Samsung has already delayed the launch of the Galaxy Fold smartphone after review units started breaking from just two days of use. Now Samsung wants all of the review units back.

As Reuters reports, Samsung is apparently searching out and retrieving all Galaxy Fold handsets it sent out to reviewers. It follows multiple reports of the review units failing in one way or another, including parts of the display bulging or flickering to the point where it was impossible to use the phone.

If that wasn't bad enough, Samsung clearly didn't provide enough information with the Fold as some recipients thought the display shipped with a screen protector attached that could be peeled off. However, there was no screen protector, it was the actual top layer of the display and pulling it off broke the phone.

Since these incidents started appearing, Samsung has decided to reassess the Galaxy Fold from a design perspective. In a statement, Samsung admitted "further improvements" were required before allowing the public to spend $1,980 buying one. The knock-on effect of that being the launch has been delayed indefinitely and an event in China planned for April 24 has been postponed.

This is embarrassing for Samsung, but by retrieving all the review units it's easily contained as nobody will have a faulty Galaxy Fold for much longer. What we also can't deny is that folding phones do have a very healthy future on the consumer market if the design can be perfected. A big step towards achieving that would be if Gorilla Glass delivers on its promise of folding glass rather than the much more fragile plastic display the Galaxy Fold currently relies on to work.