{"id":256828,"date":"2025-10-28T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/256828\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:29:09","slug":"galaxy-z-fold-8-gets-battery-upgrade-maybe-s-pen-report-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/256828\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Z Fold 8 gets battery upgrade, maybe S Pen, report claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/galaxy-z-fold-7-mint-4.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 is reportedly set for another big upgrade cycle, with the device set to both get an overdue battery upgrade while also bringing back S Pen support.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy Z Fold 7 was Samsung\u2019s first hit foldable in a few years, largely thanks to the device actually being an upgrade over prior generations, and playing a huge game of catch-up with the rest of the industry. The device received high praise from both critics and customers alike, and Samsung has repeatedly touted its success.<\/p>\n<p>A report out of Korea from <a href=\"https:\/\/dealsite.co.kr\/articles\/150200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dealsite <\/a>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jukanlosreve\/status\/1983015611186966618?s=19\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Jukanlosreve<\/a>) reveals Samsung\u2019s potential plans for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it sounds impactful as well.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims that Samsung has three big upgrades in store, starting with the battery.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold 3, every book-style foldable Samsung has released has had a 4,400 mAh battery. That capacity is less than most slab smartphones, and is also way behind that of other foldable makers. While the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has respectable battery life, it\u2019s been clear that we\u2019re overdue for an upgrade. Apparently, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will house a 5,000 mAh battery, an upgrade of roughly 13%. The report says the battery would be \u201cover 5,000 mAh,\u201d so it could potentially be even larger. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, Galaxy Z Fold 8 is also reportedly bringing back the S Pen.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s popular stylus was removed from last year\u2019s model for the sake of making the device thinner, but not without customer backlash. There are no further details on how Samsung intends to revive this feature, but hopefully this turns out to be true. Notably, reports from earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/21\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-s-pen-support-material-options\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suggested Samsung wouldn\u2019t bring back the S Pen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the report also mentions that Samsung will use a \u201claser-drilling metal plate technology\u201d to reduce the display crease. Apple is said to be using similar tech in its foldable iPhone. Again, the details of how this works are not mentioned, but with the display crease still being a point of friction among some users, it\u2019s something we\u2019re always keen to see improvements on.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is expected to launch around July-August of next year.<\/p>\n<p>More on Samsung:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ben:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758668769_557_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758668769_871_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43RjEnY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-692991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761002649_872_imazing-banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 is reportedly set for another big upgrade cycle, with the device set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-256828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}