{"id":680337,"date":"2026-07-08T12:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680337\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:24:22","slug":"samsung-will-launch-its-new-wide-foldable-on-july-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680337\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung will launch its new wide foldable on July 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Samsung has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/invitation-galaxy-unpacked-july-2026-a-new-shape-unfolds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that its next Galaxy Unpacked launch event will be held on July 22nd, with the tagline: \u201cA new shape unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It\u2019s long been rumored that Samsung is about to expand its foldable phone line to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/959372\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-wide-image-leaks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third format<\/a>, with a shorter and wider version of its big book-style foldables, to match <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/914807\/huawei-pura-x-max-launch-price-specs-availability\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huawei\u2019s Pura X Max<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/907856\/iphone-fold-dummy-design-delay-production\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple\u2019s expected foldable iPhone<\/a>. Today\u2019s announcement adds to that impression, showing a tall ticket with the stub torn off, leaving it shorter than before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Alongside the wider foldable, Samsung is expected to announce updated versions of its existing Flip and Fold phones, with the latter potentially rebranded to the Z Fold 8 Ultra to differentiate it from the new form factor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/955599\/samsungs-new-watches-might-look-just-like-its-old-watches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Galaxy Watches are likely too<\/a>, with potential updates to both the mainline Galaxy Watch and the more premium Ultra model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Galaxy Unpacked will be held in London, UK, kicking off at 9am ET on July 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung has announced that its next Galaxy Unpacked launch event will be held on July 22nd, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1631,786,59,2306,50,6994,1560,227,86,56,54,55,1148],"class_list":["post-680337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-foldable-phones","tag-gadgets","tag-gb","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-phones","tag-samsung","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wearable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}