Samsung is hopeless. Spread this issue to every platform on phone reviews.
I gave up. After UI5.1, WiFi gone. Need to fix need to replace inner screen.
Followed by audio lost when using opened screen. Not auto switching between folded and unfold. Audio when folded start to give issues, cracking sound that are chronic as sometimes it works. Then the front screen goes.
So definitely a serious design flaw somewhere. One goes, everything goes. Not going to buy another Fold unless they address the issue.
With inner screen still working, I had to buy a new phone fast. no screen means no way to transfer. And I have no WiFi, so no auto to the cloud without using data.
Went to Vivo, Their X Fold 2 not on my shore yet. Went to Oppo, no Gen 2 chip yet.
Next is Samsung Experience Shop, service and attitude is very good, trade in, offer deal of latest S23 Ultra. Trade in my dying Fold 3 for only $336 but they do all my transfer for me. Cost me $1,619 with a screen protector and a casing. These are all Singapore Dollars.
I was desperate. It is a Gen 2 512Gb. It is not a Fold. And there are no alternative to get a Gen 2 phone; I always try to buy the Baddest Phone available with the latest chipset. Would have bought any other brand at a blink cos I was so pissed off with the Fold 3 experience. Maybe their strategist feels that it is cheaper not to address the issues with the Fold 3. Hope those who are in line for Fold 5 to seriously reconsider. I have never had a Wi-Fi failure. The only issues I had is always battery. So normally I buy the latest, hope to use it for 2 years and change. Before the fold is a P10 Pro and a P30 Pro from Huawei but P50 Pro do not have Andriod. Before my P10 Pro was Samsung all the way, without any issues. Switch to P10 Pro cost performance of Samsung do not measure up.
