Overview
- Samsung unveiled three new foldables — the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip 8 — at its Galaxy Unpacked event with preorders opening immediately and shipments scheduled to start on August 7.
- The new Z Fold 8 adopts a noticeably wider form factor with a 5.5‑inch 16:10 outer screen and a 7.6‑inch 4:3 inner display to prioritize closed‑use readability and media consumption while the Fold 8 Ultra keeps the taller, productivity‑oriented layout.
- Samsung said it built the foldable displays with a titanium alloy foil plus a titanium plate to stiffen the panel and reduce the visible crease, a process Samsung describes as perforating and rolling ultra‑thin titanium to make it bendable.
- Both Fold 8 models use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, ship with Android 17 and One UI 9, promise seven years of Android updates, and move to silicon‑carbon anode batteries with larger capacities and 45 W wired charging.
- Starting prices rose noticeably — Fold 8 from €1,999 and Fold 8 Ultra from €2,199 — a shift outlets traced to higher memory costs and market pressure, with retailers and carriers offering preorder discounts and trade‑in deals to soften the launch price.