{"id":572603,"date":"2026-07-28T19:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/572603\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:53:11","slug":"samsung-is-offering-free-storage-upgrade-on-its-new-foldables-just-not-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/572603\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung is offering free storage upgrade on its new foldables, just not for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, Samsung has offered a free storage upgrade during the pre-order period for its flagship and foldable phones in most markets, including the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/sorry-us-buyers-no-free-storage-perk-on-galaxy-z-fold-8-pre-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">That&#8217;s not the case<\/a> for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8, and Z Flip 8, as long as you&#8217;re not in South Korea.\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Samsung offering the lowest prices for these foldables anywhere, South Korea also gets the free double storage promotion on the new foldables during pre-orders.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCustomers in South Korea have it best\n<\/p>\n<p>A quick check of Samsung&#8217;s online store in South Korea shows that it&#8217;s offering customers a free upgrade from 256GB to 512GB on all three new foldable phones during the pre-order period.\n<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that the company has a soft spot for its home country. In South Korea, the new foldables are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/lowest-galaxy-z-fold-8-and-z-flip-8-prices-are-still-in-samsungs-backyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">roughly 20% cheaper compared to the United States<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Customers who buy these foldables during the pre-order period are arguably getting the best deal on Samsung&#8217;s latest devices. It really doesn&#8217;t get any better than this.\n<\/p>\n<p>Find the best deals<\/p>\n<p>                    Pre-order the new Galaxy Z foldables<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"button default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/out\/galaxy-z-fold-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pre-order now<\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>In every other market, prices for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Flip 8 are up by at least $100 compared to the models they&#8217;re replacing. All models are currently available for pre-order and will be released on August 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In recent years, Samsung has offered a free storage upgrade during the pre-order period for its flagship and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[172984,95039,208527,61,60,202,541,80],"class_list":["post-572603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-galaxy-z-flip-8","tag-galaxy-z-fold-8","tag-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-south-korea","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572603","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=572603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}