{"id":558495,"date":"2026-07-20T05:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558495\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:13:10","slug":"lionel-messis-face-just-unveiled-the-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558495\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi’s face just unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra early"},"content":{"rendered":"

And just like that, the World Cup season is over. Spain prevailed over Argentina in a 1-0 caper. Despite the loss, however, Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi is (indirectly) leaving us a little surprise by spoiling the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra a few days early.<\/p>\n

Technically, it\u2019s not Messi himself doing the spoiling. Caviar, the infamous luxury smartphone company, has revealed<\/a> an extravagant Lionel Messi-themed edition of the unannounced Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.<\/p>\n

As with the brand\u2019s other creations, the special smartphone is covered in 24-karat gold plating. The design is styled to look like Messi and the colors of the Argentinian football team.<\/p>\n

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Image source: Caviar<\/p>\n

Now, before you say that this design is worthless now after the loss to Spain, the edition is meant to celebrate the 2022 win, exemplified by the badge on Messi\u2019s shirt saying \u201c2022\u201d. And even then, Messi is still one of the most globally recognized sports personalities in the world, making this quite the collector\u2019s item.<\/p>\n

However, if you\u2019re looking for any hardware leaks, you\u2019re out of luck. The listing has no mention of specs, except for the storage, which includes options for 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. Other than that, you\u2019ll have to wait like the rest of us.<\/p>\n

Additionally, if you\u2019re interested in the Messi-themed edition, it will cost you a fortune. Caviar\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra will start at a whopping US$ 13,130.<\/p>\n

Besides its nature as a special edition, this phone is the most official thing we\u2019ve seen of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. Samsung is still scheduled to launch the new foldable, along with other models, in a few days. The brand is also rumored to launch a wide version of this model.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: New leak reveals first look at Samsung\u2019s wide foldable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And just like that, the World Cup season is over. Spain prevailed over Argentina in a 1-0 caper.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[208527,61,60,573,80],"class_list":["post-558495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-samsung","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558495","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=558495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}