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<\/p>\nIt looks like Samsung and Apple are heading toward the same destination for their next big hardware shift. A new report out of Korea claims Samsung is working on a “Wide Fold” model built specifically to compete with the foldable iPhone, with both tech giants reportedly settling on a boxier 4:3 aspect ratio.<\/p>\n
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According to ETNews<\/a>, Samsung plans to broaden its foldable lineup next fall. In addition to the usual Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 updates, the company is preparing a “Wide Fold” variant sporting a 7.6-inch internal display. The move to a 4:3 ratio is a distinct change from the tall, narrow screens found on current Fold devices. The report likens this “passport” style design to holding a physical notebook, which offers a better layout for web browsing and reading, even if it means thicker black bars when watching wide-format video.<\/p>\n The Samsung device will reportedly feature a 5.4-inch outer OLED screen, specs that track closely with what we’ve heard about Apple’s prototype. ETNews claims Apple’s contender will use a 7.58-inch main screen, though specific dimensions are still a bit of a moving target among leakers. The Information reported just last week that Apple’s foldable would feature a 7.7-inch inner display and a 5.3-inch cover screen, while analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously pegged the dimensions<\/a> slightly larger at 7.8 inches and 5.5 inches respectively. Regardless of the exact millimeter count, the consensus is clear: the device will open up into a tablet experience significantly larger than any current iPhone.<\/p>\n While Samsung has been selling foldables for years, Apple has clearly been taking its time. Reports suggest Cupertino has been heads-down on durability, developing a crease-free display<\/a> and stress-testing a massive 5,800mAh battery<\/a> to make sure the hardware holds up to its standards.<\/p>\n Both the Samsung Wide Fold and Apple’s foldable iPhone are currently slated for a fall 2026 debut, setting up a major showdown between the two biggest players in the smartphone market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks like Samsung and Apple are heading toward the same destination for their next big hardware shift.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-201080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}