From CNET: Fold, fold and fold again. It doesn't matter how many times you open and close the Galaxy Z Fold 7 phone -- it's highly unlikely to give out on you. Samsung Display (SDC) announced Tuesday that its latest foldable OLED panel "remained fully functional after a 500,000-fold durability test," more than doubling its previous benchmark of 200,000 folds.
Bureau Veritas, a French leader in testing, inspection and certification, tested the screen with 500,000 folds over a 13-day period at a temperature of 25°C (77°F).
For those of you trying to wrap your head around the math, half a million folds translates to the average user folding their phone 100 times a day for 10 years, or prolific users doing 200 folds a day for 6 years. Samsung Display -- a separate company from Samsung -- says the durability results prove that "durability is no longer a limiting factor in the lifespan of foldable smartphones."
"As foldable OLED enters its seventh year of commercialization, we've achieved another meaningful breakthrough in both durability and design," Hojung Lee, EVP at Samsung Display, said in a press release. "This new panel ... builds consumer confidence in foldable OLED durability."
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