Reserving costs nothing and doesn\u2019t commit you to buying anything. Sign up now and Samsung guarantees a $30 credit redeemable once pre-orders open, on top of up to $1,230 in total savings in its pre-order deal, which is likely a combination of trade-in prices and some wearable discounts. <\/p>\n
Interestingly, Samsung\u2019s pre-release discount doesn\u2019t quite match up to last year\u2019s offer, which might be a sign of the RAM crisis hitting Samsung\u2019s deals. <\/p>\n
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A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Z Fold 6 smartphone displayed at a Samsung store in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Samsung\u00a0is expected to report record-high revenue in the September quarter, buoyed by a recovery in chip prices and strong demand for AI-supporting high-bandwidth memory. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho\/Bloomberg<\/p>\n
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If that $30 figure sounds lower than you remember, you’re not wrong. The Galaxy Z Fold 7’s Reserve program offered a $50 sign-up credit last year, so it’s a $20 cut.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u2019s S-series phones have typically offered $30 store credit for its pre-registration deal, so it looks like Samsung is aligning its two major device lines while saving a bit of cash.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not a huge surprise given what leaks suggested well before the Galaxy S26 even launched: Samsung was expected to pull back on promotions <\/a>this year because of the memory chip crisis squeezing its margins. <\/p>\n I reported on early signs of that around the S26 Ultra\u2019s launch. There was no double storage deal in the U.S. for Galaxy S26 buyers, and the long-running APP5 discount code was quietly discontinued.<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that the ceiling hasn\u2019t really dropped. Last year\u2019s Fold 7 Reserve program topped out around $1,150 combined savings. This year\u2019s Fold 8 promises up to $1,230. So the guaranteed, no-strings store credit is smaller, but the maximum achievable saving, once you factor in trade-in prices, is seemingly better. How exactly that $1,230 breaks down will be interesting to see.<\/p>\n Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold 8 is expected to debut Gemini Intelligence\u2019s new agentic AI tools. Watch my video below on the dangers of agentic AI buying stuff on your behalf. <\/p>\n Galaxy Z Fold 8: What Samsung’s S26 Discount History Tells Us<\/p>\n If the Z Fold 8 follows the same pattern as this year\u2019s Galaxy S26, that\u2019s actually reassuring news for anyone waiting on a better deal. The S26 Ultra\u2019s first real discount in April was genuinely underwhelming, at$200 off, which was less generous than the equivalent Galaxy S25 promotion a year earlier. <\/p>\n But Samsung didn\u2019t stay cautious. By late May, that discount had grown to $500 off for the 512GB model<\/a>. Thus was Samsung’s most aggressive S26 Ultra promotion yet, and deals have continued stacking up through the summer since.<\/p>\n ForbesSamsung Slashes Galaxy S26 Ultra by $500 In Huge Win For BuyersBy Janhoi McGregor<\/a><\/p>\n A smaller sign-up bonus today doesn\u2019t necessarily mean weaker Z Fold 8 deals overall, it more likely means Samsung is starting cautious and leaving itself room to get more generous once the RAM crisis eases (don\u2019t count your chickens just yet), or competition forces Samsung to slash prices further. <\/p>\n It looks like the company is saving its most aggressive pricing for public holidays, like Memorial Day and likely holding its cheapest price for Black Friday, as it did with the $849 Galaxy S25 Ultra deal last year. So if you’re planning to buy the Galaxy Z Fold 8, keep an eye on Labor Day and Black Friday prices, or sign up to my free newsletter<\/a> and let me do it for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story was updated with new details on Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold 8 pre-order deal. Update: Samsung Sends…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[15233,3587,189716,2306,145139,1560,97582,234549,234548,234550,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-galaxy-s26","tag-galaxy-z-fold-7","tag-galaxy-z-fold-8-wide","tag-mobile","tag-s26-ultra","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8","tag-samsung-unpacked-july-2026","tag-samsung-z-fold-8","tag-shop-deals-on-samsung-galaxy-smartphone","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707355","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=707355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}