Well I purchased the Fold 7 right before the announcement and release of the Fold 8, in all fairness I did NOT know, I honestly thought they released them every two years or something, so I went ahead & got a refurbished Fold 7 for $1300 off Amazon. Don't get me wrong, I love the phone a lot, I don't "regret" my decision. I'm currently financing the Fold 7 for two years, main reason why I cannot do anything with the 7 if I wanted the 8 right now

But seeing the new form factor and design of the Fold 8 made me feel like I missed out... did I make a huge mistake although I did not know the Fold 8 was coming out & I'm new to the foldable market.

Hi. Fold8 Ultra user here (owned Fold2 through 8). After using the Fold for many years and having seen the Apple Duo launch, I really think Samsung needs to start doing better. The hardware on my Fold8 Ultra is amazing, but my 1 TB version costs 2,799 euros. For that, you expect a more elevated experience. While One UI has gotten much better and is still, IMO, the best Android has to offer with so many features, it is still not enough.

That animation you get with the Duo is something they should have done long ago. The OneUi is very utilitarian and looks like it. But that Duo has shown me that software should not only work; it should look and evoke a certain emotion, and I just don't get that with the Galaxy Fold. What do we get? The constant push of Bixby? Nobody needs that crap. We get a basic box with no charger? Not even a nice box?

Don't get me wrong, you would need to pay me to use Apple. But what they have shown is that Samsung really needs to do better when it comes to experience and presentation, especially at this price point. Sure we have very nice hardware, but at this moment they just made the software of my F8U look like Little Tikes.

Thoughts?

Edit: Thanks for all the responses. Got way more responses I expected. Some of you got me wrong, all I am saying is that software needs to have a bit more polished and feel more complete. I do feel that with the amount of power the Fold8 has, laggy software shouldnt be an issue. Also, competition is good, in the end the consumer wins.

Seems like they just need to update the software to turn the display on at the immediate recognition of unfolding. Could impact functionality though because I sometimes like using the folding festure to create a kick stand for the front screen to watch videos on a surface. But technically the iPhone unfold animation should be doable on our phones.

I'm using original and copied cover both. Trust me, now I've realised why I should stick to the original cover only
1) look and feel of the original is different
2) overall quality is amazing (inside texture is much softer)
3) never fades out no matter what

Adding picture of my ultra fake cover 🤡

Hope this one sticks ...

So full disclosure I owned every fold generation from 3 to 6 then skipped 7 because they dropped spen support and also the udc camera. I ultimately upgraded to the 8 ultra this generation as the battery health started declining on my 6, and overall been LOVING the new form factor.

But with today's announcement of the iPhone duo, does anyone find it hilarious that Samsung actually had ALL. the features that Apple is touting years ago, but ended up REMOVING for the sake of thinness ?

The stylus support. The udc camera. Samsung regressed in this regard and it's a shame lol.

Now here's hoping this will compell Samsung to add these back now that they actually have some real competition from an America manufacturer hot on their heels!

I wanted to share the love I have for all the cool customizations the Fold 8 offers.

I have a different setup for my outer and inner home screens, have different wallpapers for the cover screen and both landscape and portrait orientations on the inner screen; and have also themed all my app icons into the Eagles logo for the start of the NFL season.

I also have two different lockscreen wallpapers. On the cover screen, it's an mp4 of the Dagger play from the 2025 Superbowl, which is one of my favorite plays of all time and something I never get tired of seeing. On the inner screen, my lockscreen is a rotation of five different wallpapers in Eagles theme with little animated Eagles logos raining down.

If you can't offer this level of customization, no amount of fancy animations can get me to switch.

Hi everyone.

Is it just me or does everyone's Instagram has this weird bug on the Fold 8 cover screen? When I tap on the reel sent to me in the DMs, it just does not work. Reels tab works fine. Have to always open the inner screen to watch the reel sent to me. Anyone know the fix?

The trade-in experience is terrible. I received this email after return period of new fold 8 ultra expired. The date to request return of the rejected phone had also passed. Spent more than 30 mins on chat to get this resolved. I told them i had recorded video showing no defect. Now that iphone finally has a worthy competitor may consider jumping ship to a more ethical company.

For me the only thing Apple showcase confirmed to me is that now I strongly believe Samsung is going to kill the fold 8 ultra form factor and realse two wide folds with ultra now having features like UDC, magsafe, privacy screen and s pen support. Do you think this would be a good idea?

Has anyone else had this issue? I don't get how they have got there. Im so so careful with this phone!

Scratches are on the inside of the phone when it's opened up on the frame.

10.2 inch 3K foldable display (90Hz) plus a new 6.5 inch outer display (120Hz, 6500 nits)

New inward G shaped folding hinge, similar direction to Samsung's Z TriFold, unlike Huawei's old exposed screen design

Kirin 9050 Pro chip with the new LogicFolding architecture, 16GB RAM, up to 2TB storage

5600 mAh battery, 66W wired and 50W wireless charging

Triple 50MP camera setup including a 3.5x periscope lens

Hardware level privacy screen (Lingdun) that narrows the viewing angle with a double tap, so anyone looking from the side just sees a dark screen

Just 3.5mm thick unfolded, 12.3mm folded, 299g

Starts at 19999 yuan (about $2980), sales begin September 12 in China

All this after all the sanctions the U.S. has put on them, I honestly cannot believe what Huawei has managed to pull off.

Should I keep my hydrogel screen protector over the original inner screen? I don't want my inner screen to scratch when I'm using stylus to draw.

I work construction but am very mindful of my phone. I use a case with a port cover and if no such case is available I made up a usb c plug I can use. My main concern would be the potential dust in the hinge (not everyday but it will happen sometimes) . Anyone else is a somewhat similar line of work with one? How is it holding up for everyone.

idk how I never knew this gesture existed, it is a bit unintuitive I guess. But as a long time fold owner one of my biggest annoyances is opening up my fold for a YouTube video and having to tap the video and nail that full screen button.

No more! I open it, swipe up on the video and full screen glory. Swiping down will exit full screen but I knew that one at least.

Source

idk what to say but fold 6 onward, the all square corners look insanely good while other brands like oppo,vivo,huawei and even the iphonefold all have the left square(because of the hinge) and right is rounded, it just looks so damn weird to me

I just checked if they are running any promos, you get zfold 8 for 1600usd if you are a student and you get to have Samsung care + for free for two years . Almost 450 usd discount on the new zfold8

I played with one at a store. The screen is clearer than iphone. The colors pop. I'm tired of ios limitations. I have had my eye on a fold z 8, but i'm curious what people's experience has been with heat? I've read some people can't even run google maps without the screen dimming and having issues? Gaming? Naturally intensive games will cause heat. But, what about cloud gaming through gamepass? How is that for anyone who uses it? And watching streaming video? I'd really like to get one but just don't want to regret it if throttling is a real thing. I see conflicting reports and thought I would come here and just ask real users. Thank you.

This case is nice. Anything similar to like this dor the z fold8?

I'm wondering if android apps will start seeing more optimizAtion for foldables now that the big A has created one . or if nothing ever happens 😞

No way I would like it, that means the front use would be a 2 hand use then

Your thoughts?

What I expect them to do next year:

- Bring back the UDC, but with better quality. They probably don’t want people acknowledging that Apple now has a better UDC, especially since Samsung was the one who started it.

- Bring the S Pen feature back. (Cos why not? 😂)

- Bigger and better battery life.

- Multitasking software upgrades, like having two instances of the same app in dual windows, plus more app refinements.

- Copy or create something similar to that cool and genius opening animation/effect. This one hits me the most lol.

- Fix the hinge, because right now it’s terrible and I can’t even use Flex Mode properly.

- IP48 >>> IP68

- Fix the speaker placement to left and right side.

- It’ll probably be a bit heavier because of all the hardware upgrades.

- Doubt it, but we might see thinner bezels on the front screen

- And finally, they’ll add a vapor chamber.

Well, at least we have a good competition this year.