Galaxy Z Fold8 The Galaxy Z Fold8 is a lightweight phone that unfolds to pioneer the future of mobile viewability.

The Galaxy Z Fold8 unfolds to an expansive 4:3 aspect ratio, elevating the smartphone viewing experience with an immersive full-screen display. This is ideal for a wide array of media consumption, whether you’re enjoying long-form videos from your favourite creators, watching the game on the go, or getting a digitalised magazine experience as you read a blog.

It’s available in Lavender, Graphite, and Cream colour variants, with an online exclusive Pistachio option.

Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra
The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is a thin phone that prioritises multitasking, unfolding to give you double the space to do what you love.

The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra offers heightened convenience, with the unfolded screen enabling a seamless side-by-side multitasking experience—acting like two phones in one. This empowers you to optimise endless situations, whether it’s the added ease and efficiency of texting the group chat in real time as you book the group holiday, or getting more out of your viewing by taking notes as you watch a talk on your favourite topic.

It’s available in Violet Shadow, Graphite, and Cream colour variants, with an online exclusive Green Shadow option.

Design

The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra pack their powerful hardware into some of the world’s sleekest foldable models at their time of release.

Foldability

The Galaxy Z Fold series has a long history of pioneering foldable smartphones and has evolved foldable tech even further with the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. Both phones are virtually creaseless and can lie flat, adding extra convenience for daily use. The phones have bevelled edges for easy opening, with the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra offering 20% wider bevelled edges.

The Galaxy Z Fold8 is the lightest Z Fold phone at launch, weighing only 201g. It has a 5.5-inch screen when folded and a 7.6-inch screen when unfolded. The Galaxy Z Fold8 features a markedly different form factor from the Galaxy Z Fold7; it is shorter and wider, enabling immersive cinematic aspect ratios of 10:1:16 on the cover screen and 4:3 on the main screen.

At 8 inches, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra has almost the same dimensions as the Galaxy Z Fold7, but Samsung have packed much more into its model. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is also slightly thinner, cementing its status as the thinnest foldable phone at its launch.

Display

The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra boast Dynamic AMOLED 2X screens with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. The main screen reaches a brightness of 3000 nits, keeping colours vibrant and images clear in all lighting conditions, even in glaring sunlight. Whether you’re watching movies or browsing online, the high-quality display offers a stunning viewing experience.

Features

The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra share a range of innovative features prioritising convenience at the heart of the user experience, many of which are powered by Galaxy AI. 

The intuitive Now Brief feature is even more personalised, providing an engaging overview with real-time, practical updates on the weather, your plans for the day, and more. On the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, you can even customise up to three of your own Now Brief cards. You just have to describe the kind of card you'd like, and the rest is done for you—whether it's a recipe card with quick dinner ideas or a news card to keep you up to date with current affairs of your choosing. 

The Now Nudge feature also reaches the next level with the Z Fold8 series. At just the right moments, you’ll receive Now Nudge split-view or multi-window prompts depending on your model. This offers added convenience, such as accessing the location your friend sent you on maps while you continue texting them or adding a concert to your calendar simultaneously as you book it.

Camera

The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra both feature industry-leading camera specifications. The Galaxy Z Fold8 has a dual-camera system with 50 MP Wide and Ultra Wide cameras. But the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra claims the title of the most powerful Galaxy Fold camera yet. It has a triple-camera system that provides ultra-high-resolution detail, allowing it to capture clear photos in any environment with its 200 MP Wide camera, 50 MP Ultra Wide camera, and 10 MP Telephoto camera.

In terms of camera capabilities, the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra both offer innovative photography features, giving you more creative control to capture what you love:

The Dual Recording feature lets you capture the moments that matter with even more depth, allowing you to record both yourself and your subject simultaneously. The options are endless: from filming unique dance videos and creative vlogs to simply capturing more angles of special moments.

My FanCam is an auto-reframing feature that uses Galaxy AI to make content creation effortless. With Galaxy AI selected, you can tap a person or subject to automatically reframe the video to your chosen aspect ratio, making them the focus. This also works on existing videos too, so you can effortlessly create your very own perfectly framed video of your favourite dancer or sports player.

The Super Steady with Horizontal Lock feature records stable, shake-free videos by locking onto the horizon to maintain balance, no matter how much your phone moves or tilts. This is ideal for capturing your subject in action, whether it’s a video of your friend dancing across a landscape or a smooth skating video that effortlessly follows the board across the skatepark.

Hardware

The groundbreaking software features of the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra wouldn’t be possible without the innovative, industry-leading hardware powering them from behind the scenes.

Performance

The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra are both powered by the same processor: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy. Designed specifically for Galaxy, this processor delivers fast, smooth performance for multitasking, demanding gaming, and advanced AI functions.

Battery

The Galaxy Z Fold8 has a huge 4800 mAh battery capacity, whilst the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra goes even further with a 5000 mAh battery capacity.

These massive battery improvements ensure you stay connected for even longer. When it's finally time to charge, it takes only 30 minutes for the Galaxy Z Fold8 to reach 63% and the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra to reach 65%. Alternatively, Wireless PowerShare lets you charge your device with another compatible device—no charger needed.

Final thoughts

Samsung has once again shown that even the most advanced technology need not compromise on portability, fitting powerful innovation and unique personalities into sleek, foldable designs that are lighter and thinner than ever before. From immersive viewing options to impressive multitasking capabilities, the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra are ready to enhance our lives in a multitude of ways and fold away easily at our convenience.