Watch Samsung’s Galaxy Fold get folded many, many times

The Samsung Galaxy Fold’s most notable feature is that, well, it folds. 

And while it looks quite cool, the folding design of the phone — not publicly available yet — raises many questions. How many times can you fold it before the hinge gives up? Will there be a visible crease where the screen folds, and will it get worse over time?

Rest assured, Samsung is aware of the potential issues. In a new video, published on Samsung Korea’s official YouTube channel, we see a test in which the Fold’s being folded by machines again, and again, and again. 

There’s literally nothing else in the video: Just the Fold being folded. Its purpose, I reckon, is to instill confidence in the phone’s longevity. 

This confidence will be important once the phone actually hits the stores. The Galaxy Fold costs $1,980 — twice as much than your average Galaxy flagship phone — and if you’re dishing out that sort of cash, you want to know that it won’t break easily. 

The Samsung Galaxy Fold officially launches on April 26. It’ll have a 4.6-inch AMOLED screen on the outside and a foldable, 7.3-inch AMOLED screen on the inside, 12GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage, a dual front (8/10-megapixels) camera, a triple rear (16/12/12-megapixel) camera, a dual, 4,380mAh battery, and Android 9 Pie.