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

Samsung Galaxy Fold, folded by folding machines.
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Stan Schroeder
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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.

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Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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