Samsung's Fold issues an ominous sign

According to early reviews, the company's new foldable handset stopped working within just two days

The Samsung Galaxy Fold at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Pic: Getty

It’s the overriding question about foldable phones: can they survive all that… folding? The answer seems to be no.

TakeSamsung’s new foldable handset. According to early reviews, it stopped working within just two days. That’s an ominous sign for the smartphone industry, which had been hoping the technology would provide its next growth spurt.

Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy Fold on April 26 in the US at a price of $1,980 ...