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Galaxy Z Fold8

4 published articles

Mobile3 min read

Consumer hardware: the foldable weight race

Samsung's lightest fold loses 75 grams and gains an unverifiable superlative

Samsung's newsroom says its new fold is the world's lightest at 201 grams, down from 276 in 2019. Weighing that claim requires rivals the post never names.

2026-09-15

News4 min read

Health Tech

Samsung's 'firsts' are self-declared. Its FDA-cleared Buds feature is not

The FDA cleared the Galaxy Buds hearing aid feature in a press batch where Samsung also touted a 'world's first' HDR10+ launch and a 'first fully integrated' AI health assistant. The clearance is the one item verified outside the company; which Buds it covers, and when, is still unsaid.

2026-08-16

Mobile2 min read

Galaxy Community Connect

The Galaxy Z verdicts are in, and they come from Samsung's own superfans

Samsung brought 51 Samsung Members Stars from 17 countries to London for hands-on time with the new Galaxy Z series and Watch9. The features they picked as favorites are now collected in a Samsung Newsroom infographic.

2026-08-12

Mobile4 min read

Galaxy Z series, Galaxy Unpacked July 2026

Inside Samsung's new Galaxy Z foldables: titanium thinner than a human hair

Samsung's Z series now relies on Flex Titanium, a display support with a titanium film one-third the thickness of a human hair and a module that is 10% thinner. Hardware chief Sunghoon Moon walks through the material science, the battery rethink and the 100-plus durability tests behind the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8.

2026-08-11