{"id":557157,"date":"2026-07-19T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/557157\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:06:09","slug":"samsung-poised-to-unveil-new-foldable-phones-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/557157\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung poised to unveil new foldable phones, smart glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subtitle \" style=\"\">At its Galaxy Unpacked event in London, Samsung is expected to introduce a new Fold Ultra model, reveal smart glasses and outline its broader AI ecosystem strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Samsung signage during a media event ahead of Galaxy Unpacked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York on July 7, 2025.<br \/>\n        BLOOMBERG\/YONHAP\n    <\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil a lineup of new products, including foldable smartphones and smart glasses, during its Galaxy Unpacked event in London this week, industry watchers said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean tech giant will host the event under the theme &#8220;A New Shape Unfolds&#8221; on Wednesday, with the industry widely expecting the company to introduce a premium version of its book-style foldable smartphone, tentatively named the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung has normally unveiled the standard Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip models at its Unpacked events. This year, however, the company is expected to introduce the Ultra version of the Fold lineup for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>According to industry sources, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is expected to offer a 4:3 ratio when unfolded, while the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is expected to feature a 3:2 ratio.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics is also expected to unveil its strategy for an AI ecosystem while introducing a new smart glass.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Google hinted that it is jointly developing Android-based smart glasses with Samsung Electronics, with industry watchers closely watching for additional details, including specifications, pricing and the release schedule, at the Unpacked event.<\/p>\n<p>The new smart glasses are expected to offer features such as AI-powered voice conversation, real-time interpretation, navigation and camera-based visual search.<\/p>\n<p>Yonhap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At its Galaxy Unpacked event in London, Samsung is expected to introduce a new Fold Ultra model, reveal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-557157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}