Samsung puts the screws to iFixit, makes it remove the Galaxy Fold teardown

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  Samsung apparently doesn't take kindly to iFixit's disassembly of an unreleased smartphone. [credit: iFixit ]

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View more storiesThe Galaxy Fold delay has been an embarrassing mess for Samsung, and now the company is making things worse by targeting media outlets. Samsung has pressured iFixit to remove its Galaxy Fold teardown.

The Galaxy Fold teardown wasn't just a normal teardown. After the phone was delayed due to durability problems discovered by early reviewers, iFixit used the teardown to point out several flaws in its design.

When we wrote up iFixit's teardown, we openly wondered where the site managed to get a device that was never for sale and had all of its review units recalled. Apparently, the dubious origin of iFixit's Galaxy Fold (and the embarrassment of having the site poke holes in your $2,000 smartphone design) was enough to draw Samsung's retaliation.

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