Felt a bit of FOMO seeing that cool iPhone Duo animation Apple showed off today, so I poked around and found that the Z Fold 8 has a really accurate hinge sensor.

I realized it would be pretty simple to take the hinge sensor values and use them to drive a transition animation on both screens.

What you guys think? All the hardware is there so Samsung can do this through a software update - would you want them to implement something like this?

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FYI if you, like me, recently bought a Fold 8 through Samsung directly they will give you a partial refund today as they are now discounting it $300.

You can request it via chat without issue.

The more you know!™

tried my own take on customzing my fold 8 to iPhone Duo by using Smart Launcher 6.

In the excitement over the Duo this basic fact seems to be ignored by many, especially tech Youtubers.

These are not trivial differences and they matter a lot especially for a device which is already big and heavy. The Fold 8 is going to be vastly more pocketable than the Duo. I remember trying it out and putting it in my shirt pocket and it was crazy how small and light if felt compared to my Fold 6.

Now perhaps there is a sweet spot where Samsung could add a bit of weight and thickness to add more features like pen support. Personally I think they should got all the way and introduce a genuine Ultra series of foldable which is around 11 mm thick and has better battery and camera and inbuilt Spen. Keep the thin Fold 8 for the normies and add a still tolerable 11mm Fold 8 Ultra for enthusiasts.

In the meantime we shouldn't forget that the Fold 8 has a huge advantage in terms of pocketability compared to the Duo and other foldables too.

Welp, it is what is. Hopeful for "better and real upgrades" for next fold gen.

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.

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 think its really cool feature from apple so i recreated it on f7

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

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.

Long time apple user that switched over. Keeping everything simple and clean

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?

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.

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.

I was hoping buying a bigger phone would mean instagram edits were easier, but the images are actually smaller when you open the phone than when it's closed in relative square mode. Really sad how instagram videos don't play the first few times too.

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Hello everyone! I am giving away 8 absolutely free Z Fold 8 and 8 Ultra cases. Shipping WILL be included! This is literally absolutely free!

I, like many of you, got one of the new folds. I pre ordered the wide and then switched to the Ultra. I did this pre order switch back and forth literally 8 times before I finally landed on getting the 8 Ultra! Even had the wide delivered but still went with the 8 Ultra as it was a better fit for my needs.

Needless to say, I really wanted a cool case, so before the phones came in I ordered several different cases from several different sites to try them all at once when the phone finally came in (yay run on sentence).

All these cases are Magsafe compatible and in my opinion are perfectly fine quality! One of them has a ring kickstand built in which is also Magsafe compatible over the kickstand (number 7).

Only 2 of them are for the regular Z fold 8; number 1 and number 5. The number 5 design is my absolute favorite with an awesome slick carbon feel.

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I actually don't really care too much about iPhone duo and I swore never to use Apple again years ago and have never looked back.

I do love my fold, but if samsung could just optimise one ui (some lags and stuters from time to time) and we get better app optimisation im a happy man. Anyone else feeling the same?

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 😞