{"id":707359,"date":"2026-06-01T07:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707359\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:45:10","slug":"samsung-employee-spotted-using-wide-galaxy-z-fold-8-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707359\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung employee spotted using wide Galaxy Z Fold 8 in public"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung took care to obscure the\u00a0device’s<\/a> identity, shrouding it in an “anti-leak protective case” that does a pretty good job of hiding the finer details. However, it’s unmistakably the wider foldable, sporting a book-like design and two rear cameras.
A whole new look\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra vs Fold 8. | Image by Ice Universe<\/p>\n

Samsung leaker Ice Universe recently posted<\/a> a side-by-side image of the\u00a0Galaxy Z Fold 8<\/a> dummy units. The regular tall and narrow model, which will apparently be known as the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, looks quite similar to its predecessor. The Fold 8, on the other hand, opts for a passport-like design.<\/p>\n

Why might you buy the wide Fold 8?<\/p>\n

What’s the point?
Samsung’s large foldable phones<\/a> are among the best out there, but not everyone is a fan of the tall, constricted outer screen. Similarly, once unfolded, some users find the massive 8-inch inner screen a tad excessive.
\nIn contrast, the Fold 8’s slightly smaller 7.6-inch inner display and wider 4:3 aspect ratio might make it the sweet spot when hunting for a more compact handset.
Is that the reason the Flip is going the way of the dodo?
You can only have so many foldables in a lineup<\/a>. From the TriFold to the rumored wide Fold 8, Samsung has a lot on its plate. That’s apparently why the company is considering killing off the Flip series<\/a>, which has historically lagged behind its book-style counterpart in sales.<\/p>\n

The Fold 8 will be a perfect smaller option for customers who can’t find a use case for the Flip but are still open to the idea of getting a foldable device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung took care to obscure the\u00a0device’s identity, shrouding it in an “anti-leak protective case” that does a pretty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":["post-707359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}