Samsung will reportedly follow in the footsteps of Apple when it releases a Galaxy Z Fold Wide version with 25W wireless charging speed support in 2026.
It intends to copy Apple to a tee with a second 2026 Z Fold model that mimicks both the aspect ratio and the screen size of the first bendy iPhone.
Apple is said to release an iPhone Fold, or whatever it gets named, with wider body when closed, so that it can open into a 7.58-inch display with an aspect ratio that will bring immediate compatibility with the hundreds of thousands of apps written for the iPad Pro.
2026 Galaxy Z Fold Wide
Coincidentally, Samsung is also planning to enrich its 2026 foldable phone roster with a third member that will have a 7.6-inch inner screen with 4:3 aspect ratio, and a 5.4-inch outer panel that is much wider than the external screen of the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8.
It will reportedly release it in the fall, or just around the time Apple launches its foldable iPhone, too, for some easy to guess reason.
That’s not all that Samsung will be mimicking with the return to a wider Z Fold form factor similar to the OG Pixel Fold or Oppo Find N, however.
Galaxy S26 Ultra charging speed
Apparently, the first foldable iPhone will sport 25W wireless charging, just like the current iPhone 17 crop when charged with a suitable Qi2.2 charger like the Anker Prime MagSafe 3-in-1 station that is currently 30% off on Amazon.
Again coincidentally, Samsung will equip its direct competitor – the wide Z Fold – with the same 25W abilities, which will be the fastest wireless charging it has ever offered in a Galaxy. To top it all off, the most expensive member of its future Galaxy S26 series, the Ultra, will also have an answer to the iPhone 17 Pro wireless charging speed with 25W support of its own.
Long story short, Samsung won’t leave Apple without direct competition in any of its 2026 iPhone endeavors, regardless of the fact that a nearly square 4:3 aspect ratio would make less sense in a Galaxy than in an Apple foldable.
Daniel Zlatev – Senior Tech Writer – 2007 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2021
Wooed by tech since the industrial espionage of Apple computers and the times of pixelized Nintendos, Daniel went and opened a gaming club when personal computers and consoles were still an expensive rarity. Nowadays, fascination is not with specs and speed but rather the lifestyle that computers in our pocket, house, and car have shoehorned us in, from the infinite scroll and the privacy hazards to authenticating every bit and move of our existence.