Overview
- Samsung formally revealed the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Flip 8 at Galaxy Unpacked on July 22 and opened preorders with U.S. availability set for August 7.
- The new, wider Galaxy Z Fold 8 folds out to a 7.6‑inch 4:3 display aimed at media and reading while the Z Fold 8 Ultra is the pro tier with an 8.0‑inch panel and a 200MP main camera.
- All three phones use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy and ship with One UI 9 on Android 17 plus new Galaxy AI features for generative edits and multitasking.
- Samsung published U.S. starting prices for the lineup — Fold 8 at $1,899, Fold 8 Ultra at about $2,099 and Flip 8 around $1,200 — and many outlets link the higher tags to rising DRAM and NAND costs.
- A report summarizing ET News coverage says Samsung plans to make more units of the wide Fold in the early run (about 2.8M Fold 8, 2.0M Ultra, 1.5M Flip in three months) but notes that production figures were reported rather than confirmed by Samsung and that long‑term durability and repair impacts of Flex Titanium remain to be validated.