I would expect every phone I buy to be the best phone I've ever used. That's how technology works, isn't it?

The seemingly widespread reports of display cracking due to hinge issues makes me question that it is "extremely well-executed".

Yeah and OP is incorrect, foldables are a rapidly growing segment in mobile phones. Having used one for over a year, I'm not going back, and had the Duo been out a couple months ago, I probably would have bought that instead of the Fold8.