{"id":734007,"date":"2026-08-11T00:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/734007\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:24:16","slug":"report-samsung-is-increasing-the-galaxy-z-fold8-production-target-for-this-year-by-1-million-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/734007\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Samsung is increasing the Galaxy Z Fold8 production target for this year by 1 million units"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8<\/a> has proven to be more successful than even Samsung dared to hope. According to ETNews, the company\u2019s initial production batch already favored the new wide foldable \u2013 Samsung had planned to build 2.8 million Z Fold8 units this year, plus 2.0 million Z Fold8 Ultra units and 1.5 million Z Flip8 units.<\/p>\n

However, now the Korean publication is reporting that Samsung is increasing the Z Fold8 production target by 1 million units for close to 4 million units total in 2026. Component suppliers have reportedly received the additional order.<\/p>\n


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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Z Fold8 has helped the Z8 series smash pre-order records \u2013 the new foldables finally beat the 2019 record<\/a> set by the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+. Of the 1.44 million Z8 units that were pre-ordered in South Korea, a whopping 70% were Z Fold8s. The new series became highly successful in Europe<\/a> too with the wide foldable accounting for 40% of all pre-orders.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, one insider attributes the big inrush of pre-orders to anxiety over memory-related price increases. They said (machine translated): \u201cAs memory semiconductor prices have risen this year, initial demand may have surged for pre-orders offering ‘double storage’ benefits (providing a 512GB model for the price of a 256GB one). Because the Z Fold8 received a positive response, demand for Samsung foldable phones is expected to increase compared to last year, leading to higher production volumes.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra<\/p>\n

There is clearly a lot of demand for this new wide form factor foldable and Huawei (which pioneered it with the Pura X models) is not well-positioned to take advantage of that.<\/p>\n

Apple is reportedly building a wide foldable of its own, which will be called the iPhone Ultra (according to rumors). This model may<\/a> or may not<\/a> have been delayed.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a> | Via<\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra<\/p>\n

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