Galaxy Fold review: The first mainstream foldable — a tablet that fits in a pocket.
The foldable that started it all.
Galaxy Fold was the first mainstream foldable phone — a 7.3" tablet that folds into a pocketable slab. Its rocky launch forced a hinge redesign, but it proved the form factor was real and kicked off the entire foldable category.
01Display
86/10086/100 puts it above the 80-point average for foldable phones of 2019.
02Camera
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among foldable phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among foldable phones of 2019 — 10 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among foldable phones of 2019 — 6 points above the cohort average.
05Build
74/10074/100 trails the 76-point cohort average for foldable phones of 2019.
- First mainstream foldable — genuine tablet experience
- Snapdragon 855 + 12 GB flagship internals
- App Continuity between cover and main screen
- Fragile launch — delayed for screen redesign
- Tiny 4.6" cover display
- Eye-watering $1980 price
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .