{"id":558479,"date":"2026-07-20T05:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558479\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:03:31","slug":"galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-goes-on-sale-before-launch-as-caviars-lionel-messi-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558479\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra goes on sale before launch as Caviar&#8217;s Lionel Messi edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung is expected to launch its next flagship book-style foldable smartphone, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-everything-to-know\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra<\/a>, on July 22, 2026. While there are still five days to go for the phone&#8217;s official announcement, a luxury smartphone customization brand, Caviar, has already <a href=\"https:\/\/caviar.global\/catalog\/custom-samsung\/samsung-z-fold8\/samsung-z-fold8_ultra\/lionel-messi_id28884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">started selling<\/a> a custom version of the device themed around football legend Lionel Messi.\n<\/p>\n<p>The customized Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra features a portrait of Lionel Messi on the back panel, crafted using cloisonn\u00e9 enamel in the colors of Argentina&#8217;s national team. The artwork, along with Messi&#8217;s iconic number 10 and other design elements, is accented with 24-karat gold plating. It also comes in custom packaging that includes a Caviar-branded key with 24-karat gold plating.\n<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-01.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-02.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-04.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-05.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-06.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-07.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-08.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-Ultra-Caviar-Lionel-Messi-Edition-09.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Caviar\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Caviar Lionel Messi Edition \u2013 Source: Caviar\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>Caviar is offering the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Lionel Messi edition in three storage options: 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. The brand has priced them at USD 13,130, USD 13,490, and USD 13,840.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Samsung is expected to launch the phone at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/galaxy-z-fold-8-and-z-fold-8-ultra-pricing-for-the-us-may-have-leaked\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a starting price<\/a> of USD 2,099. That means the custom version of the phone is around USD 11,000, or 6.3 times more expensive than the standard version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung is expected to launch its next flagship book-style foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[208527,61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-558479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558479","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=558479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}