Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Is a New Path Forward for Smartphones

Damn you, Galaxy Fold, don’t make me want you

I thought I didn’t want a folding phone. Now I’m not so sure.

My first cell phones were of the flip variety. You might even call them folding phones. They usually hid a keyboard and 2.3-inch screen inside a clamshell design. Some of them had a second, tiny screen on the outside that often showed me the caller’s number. These were good phones, until something better came along.

I’m now perfectly content with my single-screen slab phone, which offers a large, rigid display and ample power. Why would I want to backslide to the folding era?

After spending some time with the first viable folding screen smartphone, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold ($1,980), I’m open to rethinking my stance.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold’s 4.6-inch screen does not cover the whole front.

Samsung’s dual screen device surprised me. Folded, it’s much narrower than I anticipated, which makes the external 4.6-inch dynamic AMOLED screen (720x1680) operational with just one hand. I found that I could easily reach from edge to edge and from top to bottom of the small screen — granted, though, I have large hands and long…