Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right
Samsung has released the Galaxy Z Fold 8, featuring a wider, shorter design that deviates from previous iterations. The device is positioned as a spinoff model, while the new Z Fold 8 Ultra serves as the premium, higher-priced successor to the previous generation.
Why it matters
This shift in form factor reflects the maturing foldable market and Samsung's strategy to segment its high-end hardware to manage price sensitivity.
A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely. The Z Fold 8 is wider than any of Samsung’s previous foldables, and shorter too, a size and shape somewhere between Samsung’s traditional Flip and Fold models.
In photos, I wasn’t impressed by the squat shape. In person, to my surprise, it feels great, and almost immediately intuitive. If you want to get a feel for it yourself, grab your passport — the Z Fold 8 is about the same height and less than half an inch thinner.
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