The $1,980 Galaxy Fold will launch in 2 months but Samsung doesn't seem ready to actually show it to anyone yet

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• Samsung showed off its folding smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, onstage at its Unpacked event on Wednesday.
• The Fold will cost almost $2,000 and arrives in the US in April and in Europe in May.
• Despite the launch being just two months away, Samsung hasn't allowed the press or analysts to see the Galaxy Fold up close.
• That suggests ongoing tweaks to the design and, maybe, a conviction that almost no one will buy it.

Samsung's annual "Unpacked" events for its flagship phones are always a hoop-la, but the pinnacle this year had to be its unveiling of the Galaxy Fold folding smartphone.

Intended to be a major iteration on a form factor that hasn't changed in years, the Galaxy Fold is a 4.6-inch phone that opens up to become a 7.3-inch tablet, and which can run multiple apps simultaneously.

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