The fold in our stars

At a cool ₹1,49,999, Samsung’s Fold 3 isn’t messing around. Is it just an expensive gimmick though?

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₹1,59,900 / samsung.com/in

Foldable screens were long overdue, in fact I’m surprised it took so long to come to fruition what with the LG G Flex that launched way back in 2013! But are foldable display devices like the Fold 3 ready to go mainstream? Well, not in 2021 at least, and the sheer lack of them (and the crazy price tag) is proof enough as of now. The Samsung Flip 3 retails for ₹84,999, but it’s also half the phone the Fold 3 is... quite literally.

So should you cough up a kidney or two and throw in an esophagus too? The answer to that isn’t very straightforward. The reactions to the Fold 3 go from ‘Oh Wow’ to ‘Oh yeh, it’s that foldable one isn’t it? Cool.’ The point is that the entire charm of the folding bit is short-lived. So, if you’re buying it to make a statement, it’ll be for a short time. The trade off? You end up with a phone that looks like a dusty, grime sandwich at the end of the day. But with our time with the Fold 3, we kind of learned to live with it...

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