# Samsung's Second Foldable Smartphone, $1,380 Galaxy Z Flip, is Dead on Arrival, Too

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**Created:** [February 17, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-second-foldable-smartphone-1-380-galaxy-z-flip-is-dead-on-arrival-too/70130 "2020-02-17T15:20:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-second-foldable-smartphone-1-380-galaxy-z-flip-is-dead-on-arrival-too/70130/1 "2020-02-17T15:20:57Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bbAkY-Www40/maxresdefault.jpg "Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Durability Test – Fake Folding Glass?!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbAkY-Www40)

Evan Rodgers, reporting for Input: _When Samsung released [the Galaxy Z Flip](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/20/02/11/1918258/samsung-announces-galaxy-z-flip-with-the-worlds-first-foldable-glass-display), its newest folding phone, at midnight this past Friday, I was one of many who wasn’t able to snag one due to low stock here in New York City. So here I am, refreshing my order page while I watch the lucky few who did manage to get one put them through their paces online. Though most YouTubers and reviewers seem to be enjoying the phone, durability is a question, and at $1,380 here in the U.S., it’s a good one. At Unpacked, where Samsung announced the Z Flip, the company made a big deal about the “Ultra Thin Glass” that covers the display. One could be forgiven, then, for assuming that the display has all the scratch-resistant properties of glass, but in a [durability test](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbAkY-Www40&feature=youtu.be) by JerryRigEverything on YouTube, [that doesn’t seem to be the case](https://www.inputmag.com/tech/galaxy-z-flip-display-ultra-thin-glass-scratches-easily). In the video you can see Zack’s (the YouTuber) tools and even fingernails leaving permanent scratches on the display._