Image copyright Getty Images Samsung’s first foldable phone will go on sale on Friday after problems delayed its initial release.
The Galaxy Fold will be available on 6 September in South Korea, followed by select countries including the US, the UK and Singapore.
The release of the nearly $ 2, 000 (£ 1, 634) device in April was postponed afterearly reviewers reported broken screens.
Samsung has been rushing to launch the folding smartphone before its rivals.
The firm said in July it had made “improvements” to the deviceand planned for the phone to go on sale in September.
It comes as the firm has seen profits tumbleamid a broader industry slowdown, weighed down by the
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Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, is facing growing competition from rivals like Chinese tech firm Huawei.
It is also navigating possible disruption to its chip businessfrom a trade row between South Korea and Japan.
Huawei became the second-largest smartphone seller in the world last year andplans to launch its folding smartphone in September.
Earlier this year, Chinese technology firmXiaomi unveiled a prototype of a folding smartphone that transforms into a tablet.
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