I’ve got a galaxy fold 4 that I pre-ordered, so over 2 years old. I’ve rocked it this whole time with no case and dropped it plenty of times. It’s got a couple of scratches on the hinge but has been the most solid phone I’ve ever owned. From my experience, your claims are simply not true.

The name is silly but the Galaxy XCover 6 pro checks all those boxes as a new phone. It even has the old style notification light, different colors for notifications.