This week, Samsung unveiled its next procreation foldables, which included the archetypal wide foldable for the US market. The institution is besides launching a brace of caller smartwatches. Currently, the foldables and watches are connected pre-order – unfastened income commencement connected August 7. Here are immoderate of the offers we recovered for the caller models.
You tin cheque retired our hands-on review for a person look astatine the Galaxy Z Fold8 (the caller wide foldable), the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra (the successor to the Z Fold7) and the Galaxy Z Flip8.
Starting with Samsung US, the institution nary longer offers escaped retention upgrades. However, determination are discounts that marque up astir oregon each of the quality betwixt the basal 256GB models and the 512GB upgrades – $200 disconnected for the Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra and $150 disconnected for the Z Flip8. Additionally, you tin get an other $100 disconnected the Folds if you implicit the acquisition with PayPal (and usage the codification PAYPAL100). This is without a trade-in. If you bash person an aged instrumentality that you tin portion ways with, you tin get up to $1,200 disconnected the Folds and up to $600 disconnected the Flip.
Switching implicit to Amazon, the retailer offers Gift Cards alternatively of consecutive discounts – $350 for the Folds and $200 for the Flip. Additionally, determination are trade-in bonuses – this is recognition you person connected apical of the worth of your aged device.
Samsung besides refreshed its smartwatches – aft 2 years, the Galaxy Watch Ultra yet got a sequel and determination is simply a caller vanilla Galaxy Watch excessively (but determination is nary Classic successful this generation). Check retired our hands-on review for much details connected the caller 800mAh artillery connected the Watch Ultra2, the caller Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset and different improvements.
In presumption of competition, Google lone has a book-style foldable – the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The caller Pixel 11 bid is coming connected August 12, truthful this 1 is owed for replacement lone a fewer days aft the Galaxys deed the market. For completeness’ sake, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold has a 6.4” screen show and an 8.0” interior display. It’s powered by the Tensor G5 and a 5,015mAh artillery (30W wired, 15W wireless charging). It has a 48MP main, a 10.8MP 5x/112mm periscope and a 10.5MP ultra-wide camera. The Pixel has superior IP68 particulate and h2o resistance.
Motorola precocious launched its first-ever book-style foldable, the Moto Razr Fold. It’s rated IP48 and IP49 – amended h2o absorption than the Galaxy (IP48), but the aforesaid ingress extortion (“4” is not truly particulate protection). The Razr has a 6.6” screen and an 8.1” interior display. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (not Elite) and a ample 6,000mAh Si/C artillery with accelerated charging (80W wired, 50W wireless). It has a 50MP main camera, a 50MP 3x/71mm periscope and a 50MP ultra-wide.
Moto is amended known for its flips, of course. We’ll look astatine the existent 2026 models successful a moment, but archetypal we person to item the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025. At $400 little than the Z Flip8 (more than that, erstwhile you relationship for the other RAM and storage), the telephone offers a 4” screen and a 7” interior display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite (the aged one), a 4,700mAh artillery (68W/30W), an IP48 standing and a dual 50MP camera (wide + ultra-wide).
And since determination is nary Z Flip FE this generation, we’ll besides item the Motorola Razr 2025. It’s a basal flip, but it’s a inexpensive one. It has a 3.6” screen and a 6.9” interior display, runs connected the Dimensity 7400X chipset and a 4,500mAh artillery (30W/15W). It has a 50MP main and a 13MP ultra-wide camera.
Let’s look astatine the 2026 models now. The Motorola Razr Ultra 2026 costs astir doubly arsenic overmuch arsenic its 2025 sibling, but doesn’t amended much. It has the aforesaid Snapdragon 8 Elite spot (not Gen 5), the aforesaid cameras, the remainder is mostly the aforesaid too. It has a brighter show and a larger 5,000mAh battery, but that’s astir it for the large changes.
The Motorola Razr+ 2026 is cheaper – it costs $100 little than the Z Flip8, but it uses adjacent older hardware. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip. By the way, the Z Flip8 for the US uses the aforesaid Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy arsenic the Z Folds. Anyway, it’s hard to spot a crushed to prime the Razr+ 2026 implicit the Razr Ultra 2025, adjacent if they were the aforesaid terms (and they are not).
The Motorola Razr 2026 costs arsenic overmuch arsenic the aged Ultra (despite having lone fractional the RAM and storage) and it is simply a reasonably insignificant upgrade implicit the vanilla 2025 model. It has a Dimensity 7450X and faster UFS 3.1 retention (vs. UFS 2.2), positive a larger 4,800mAh artillery (30W/15W). Overall, it has small other to warrant the terms premium implicit the Razr 2025.
Let’s wrapper up by looking astatine immoderate smartwatch alternatives. The Google Pixel Watch 4 is apt to beryllium replaced on with the Pixel 10 models. At slightest it’s inexpensive with a $100 discount – and this is for the LTE model, which besides features outer SOS. This is thing that adjacent the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 doesn’t offer.
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 does person outer SOS, but it costs much than treble the Pixel price. And it’s $80 much than the Galaxy. Of course, watchOS devices are champion paired with an iPhone. Note that some the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 are rated for diving and person dedicated apps for it (well, Samsung’s is inactive being developed – it’s coming aboriginal this year).
Finally, a speedy cheque connected the S26 family. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has the aforesaid 200MP camera arsenic the Z Fold8 Ultra, the aforesaid 50MP ultra-wide and adjacent the aforesaid dinky 10MP 3x telephoto. But it has the overmuch amended 50MP 5x/111mm periscope too. This telephone measures 7.9mm heavy and weighs 214g compared to 8.9mm and 215g for the foldable Ultra. This is with the aforesaid size 5,000mAh artillery (and adjacent identical 45W/25W charging). They person the aforesaid Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy too, of course. You tin get the S26 Ultra for little than the terms of the Z Flip8.
Speaking of, you tin person a Galaxy S26 alternatively of the Flip. The telephone is thinner and lighter (7.2mm, 167g vs. 13.1mm and 180g) with the aforesaid size 4,300mAh battery. It has superior particulate extortion with an IP68 standing and adds that dinky 10MP 3x telephoto camera – which is inactive amended than what the Z Flip8 has (it has nary tele camera astatine all). For the US market, these 2 usage the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy.
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