{"id":775517,"date":"2026-07-02T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775517\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:28:13","slug":"samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-rumor-roundup-wider-and-ultra-phones-may-be-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775517\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Rumor Roundup: Wider and Ultra Phones May Be Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though Samsung<\/a> revealed its flagship Galaxy S26 lineup<\/a> in February this year, it’s not done unveiling new phones<\/a> just yet. The company is likely to debut a new line of folding phones<\/a> sometime soon, with Samsung already teasing new Z Fold and Z Flip phones<\/a> in cryptic social media videos. Rumors are pointing to a July 22 event in London, in which Samsung could reveal a new line of foldable phones alongside wearable products such as the Galaxy Watch 9<\/a> and Galaxy Glasses<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of those foldables will likely be a new Galaxy Z Fold 8, which is said to be the successor to last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a>. Since that phone won high praise as one of the top Android book-style foldables on the market, driven by its thinner design, anticipation is high for how the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will shape up. This could include a variant with a new wider design for its external display.<\/p>\n

There are already plenty of rumors and purported leaks about the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and its variations. Here’s everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Last year’s summer Galaxy Unpacked (pictured here) was held in New York, but the next one’s expected to be in London.<\/p>\n

Tara Brown\/CNETRelease date and pricing<\/p>\n

While Samsung has not yet confirmed its next Galaxy Unpacked event, there are reports pointing to a London launch on July 22. According to Korea Economic TV<\/a> and Seoul Economic Daily<\/a>, the Z Fold and Flip series could debut later this month as part of the company’s annual summer Galaxy Unpacked.<\/p>\n

We haven’t heard anything about its supposed price just yet, but we’re suspecting that it might be more than the $2,000 Galaxy Z Fold 7.<\/p>\n

That’s because Samsung increased the price<\/a> of the higher storage versions of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 this year, a mere nine months after its release. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 with 1TB of storage went from $2,420 to $2,500 and the 512GB variant went from $2,120 to $2,200. As the memory shortage crisis has already led other manufacturers including Apple to raise the price of its products, we’re speculating that the same could happen to Samsung.<\/p>\n

\"Google's <\/p>\n

The Google Pixel Fold from 2023 (seen here) had a wider external screen that might be similar to what Samsung’s planning for its next Z Fold 8.<\/p>\n

James Martin\/CNETModel names: Fold? Ultra? Wide?\u00a0<\/p>\n

From all reports, it seems pretty clear that Samsung will release two different Galaxy Z Fold 8 models in July 2026. What’s not particularly clear, however, is what they’ll be called. At first, we heard that there’ll be the Galaxy Z Fold 8 as a successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and a wider model called the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, however, we’re seeing possible leaks<\/a> that they’ll be called something different. The wider model is the one that’ll be the Galaxy Z Fold 8, while a Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra will instead have a similar design to last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7. According to 9to5Google<\/a>, case listings from the WPC database seem to confirm this. At the very least, the “Ultra” branding seems to have appeared in the Bluetooth SIG database<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The design of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is rumored to be the basis for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.<\/p>\n

James Martin\/CNETDesign differences<\/p>\n

Name confusions aside, it seems fairly certain that one of the models will have a new, wider, passport-style chassis. Well-known source Sonny Dickson has posted some photos<\/a> of what appear to be dummy units of the Z Fold 8 Ultra, the Z Fold 8 and the Z Flip 8, and the Fold 8 does look shorter and wider than the Z Fold 7. Mashable<\/a> says that the phone appears to have a smaller 5.4-inch outer display along with a 7.6-inch inner screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leaker Tarun Vats<\/a> recently leaked that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will have a 7.6-inch Quad HD Plus internal display with a 4:3 ratio and a 5.5-inch Quad HD Plus cover display with a 16:10 ratio. He said that both use Dynamic AMOLED 2x panels with a 120Hz refresh rate (via Android Central<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vats also reported that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will measure 123.9×81.9×9.7mm when folded and 123.9×161.4×4.5mm when unfolded, and that it’ll weigh 201 grams. This aligns with some other leaks that said the Fold 8 feels surprisingly light<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s some speculation that Samsung is developing this wider format to compete directly against the potential iPhone Fold<\/a>, which is rumored to be wider as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ZDNet Korea<\/a> also recently reported that the Z Fold 8 uses 60-micrometer ultra-thin glass, which is more than 30% thicker than the 45-micrometer glass on the Z Fold 8 Ultra. A thicker ultra-thin glass could lead to improved creases and increased durability. This lines up with another leak<\/a> that suggests the wider Z Fold 8 has a less noticeable crease than the Z Fold 8 Ultra.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, however, seems to have a nearly identical profile to the Galaxy Z Fold 7. As a reminder, that phone has a 6.5-inch outer display plus an 8-inch inner display. While it appears identical, however, leaker Ice Universe<\/a> has recently posted that the display resolution on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is “significantly” improved over the Fold 7. Seeing as the Fold 7’s outer screen is just 422 ppi and the inner display is only 368 ppi, that sounds like a welcome change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Digital Citizen<\/a>, the Fold 8 will be available in cream, graphite, lavender and pistachio, while the Fold 8 Ultra will be available in cream, graphite, green shadow and violet shadow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 7.<\/p>\n

James Martin\/CNETCamera changes<\/p>\n

Recent reports (via 9to5Google<\/a>) from Korean publication Sisa Journal<\/a> appear to indicate that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will have two rear cameras: a 50-megapixel main camera as well as a 50-megapixel ultrawide. It’s expected to have two 10-megapixel selfie cameras (one on the cover, one on the inside).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, on the other hand, is expected to have three rear cameras, with a 200-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel ultrawide and a 10-megapixel telephoto. It’ll also have two 10-megapixel front-facing cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide Spotted in the Wild and It Looks Real\n <\/p>\n

07:32 Possible specs and battery life<\/p>\n

Both Fold 8 models are expected to ship with the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, which is also in the most recent S26 handsets. The Fold 8 is rumored<\/a> to ship with 12GB of RAM and a 4,800-mAh battery, while the Z Fold 8 Ultra<\/a> is rumored to have a larger 5,000-mAh battery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both Fold 8 models are also rumored to come in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacities<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though Samsung revealed its flagship Galaxy S26 lineup in February this year, it’s not done unveiling new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-775517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775517","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=775517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}