Samsung hosted the Galaxy Unpacked July event in London today wherein it launched its next generation of foldable display smartphones. Unlike past years, the company this year introduced not two but three foldable display smartphones, signaling that it is as serious about its foldables as it is about its Galaxy S series devices. This year’s lineup includes the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, which succeeds last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Galaxy Z Flip 8, which succeeds last year’s Galaxy Z Flip 7 and the Galaxy Z Fold 8, which features a brand new form factor.
All of these new foldable phones come with top of the line hardware, a brand new display and hinge technology and an updated Galaxy AI that has been optimised for each of these form factors. This updated Galaxy AI brings features such as Now Brief, Now Nudge, and Gemini Intelligence to users’ fingertips. They also get Samsung Knox for security. Samsung has also added a new layer of security called Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP), which is aimed at protecting the Personal Data Engine on these foldables phones. For the unversed, Personal Data Engine (PDE) brings context-aware and personalized AI experiences to the new Z Series devices. Other security features include Auto Blocker, Theft Protection, Private Sharing, and Secure Wi-Fi.
Here’s everything you need to know about these newly launched smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 specifications
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, as mentioned before, gets a new form factor. It gets a notebook-like shape and Samsung says that its display ratios are designed around the way people naturally consume content throughout the day. This phone weighs just 201g. When folded, it gets a display ratio of 10:16, and when folded it maintains the display ratio of 4:3.
On the design front Samsung has introduced a new Flex Titanium technology which brings a titanium-based display structure to this device. This new structure is aimed to make foldables thinner while maintaining durability. It is combined with a titanium-alloy film with an enhanced titanium plate that strengthens the display, absorbs pressure and impact, and reduce crease visibility over time.
On the specifications front, the Galaxy Z Fold8 gets a 7.6-inch QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED 2x display with a 120Hz screen refresh rate, 3,000 nits of peak brightness and a resolution of 1,848 x 2,448 pixels. The cover display, on the other hand, measures 5.5-inch. It gets Dynamic AMOLED 2X WUXGA+ panel with a resolution of 1,248 x 1,972, and a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate. This smartphone gets a 10MP selfie camera on the cover display, a 10MP main camera and a dual rear camera setup which includes a 50MP wide-angle lens with Dual Pixel AF, OIS and 2X optical quality zoom, and a 50 MP ultra-wide angle lens with Quad Pixel AF.
This smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform for Galaxy and it coupled with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage space. It runs Android 17-based One UI 9. Coming to the battery, it gets a 4,800mAh dual battery with a 45W adapter and a 20W fast charger and for connectivity it has 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth v6.0.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 comes in four colour variants — Graphite, Cream, Lavender and Pistachio.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra specifications
The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra gets an 8-inch QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a resolution of 2,504 x 2,256 pixels and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. Its cover screen gets a 6.5-inch FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,520 pixels, a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate and the company’s Vision booster technology. On the camera front, this foldable phone gets a 10MP selfie camera on the cover, a 10MP main camera and a triple rear camera setup, which includes a 50 MP ultra-wide angle lens with Quad Pixel AF, a 200MP wide-angle lens with Quad Pixel AF, OIS and 2x optical quality zoom and a 10MP telephoto lens with PDAF, OIS and 3x optical zoom.
This smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform for Galaxy that is coupled with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage space and runs Android 17-based One UI 9. It gets a 5,000mAh dual battery with 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth v 6.0 as connectivity options. It comes in Graphite, Cream, Violet Shadow and Green Shadow colour variants.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 specifications
Lastly, the Galaxy Z Flip8 gets a 6.9-inch FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X main display with a resolution of 1080 x 2520 pixels and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. Its cover screen gets a 4.1-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 948 x 1048 pixels, a screen refresh rate of up to 120Hz.
Coming to the cameras, the Galaxy Z Flip8 gets a 10MP selfie camera and a dual rear camera setup, which includes a 50 MP wide-angle lens with Dual Pixel AF, OIS and 2x optical quality zoom and a 12MP ultra-wide-angle lens. This smartphone is powered by Samsung’s Exynos 2600 chipset that is coupled with 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage space and runs Android 17-based One UI 9. It gets a 4,300mAh dual battery with 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth v 6.0 as connectivity options. The Galaxy Z Flip8 comes in Graphite, Cream, Pink and Mint colour variants.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Flip8 India prices
Coming to the India prices, the Galaxy Z Fold8 starts at ₹1,79,999 for the 12GB + 256GB variant. It also comes in a 12GB + 512GB variant that costs ₹1,99,999 and a 16GB + 1TB variant that costs ₹2,29,999.
The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, on the other hand, starts at ₹1,99,999 for the 12GB + 256GB variant, ₹2,19,999 for the 12GB + 512GB variant and ₹2,59,999 for the 16GB + 1TB variant.
Lastly, the Galaxy Z Flip8 costs ₹1,24,999 for the 12GB + 256GB variant and ₹1,44,999 for the 12GB + 512GB variant.
All of these devices are available for pre-orders in India.
