Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 review

Introduction

Samsung expanded its foldable lineup successful a large mode this year. Admittedly, the naming could person been amended selected, but we present person a brand-new signifier origin successful the Z Fold8. The old, well-established Fold is besides live and well, but it is present called the Z Fold8 Ultra.

In isolation the caller naming makes sense. The accepted form-factor (the Z Fold8 Ultra) is the existent foldable flagship - the 1 with each the bells and whistles. The regular Z Fold8 cuts a fewer corners to execute the light, slender assemblage with the camera setup being the astir evident one.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 specs astatine a glance:

• Body: 161.4x123.9x4.5mm, 201g; Glass beforehand (Gorilla Glass Victus Ceramic 3) (folded), integrative beforehand (unfolded), solid backmost (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame; IP48 particulate and h2o resistant (dust > 1mm; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min), Advanced Armor aluminum frame.
• Display: 7.60" Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 3000 nits (peak), 1828x2448px resolution, 12.05:9 facet ratio, 403ppi; Flex Titanium technology, Cover display:, Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, 5.5 inches, 1248 x 1972 pixels, 428 PPI.
• Chipset: Qualcomm SM8850-1-AD Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm).
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.x.
• OS/Software: Android 17, up to 7 large Android upgrades, One UI 9.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm, 1/1.57", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/1.9, 120-degree, 1/2.5", 0.7µm, dual pixel PDAF.
• Front camera: Wide (main): 10 MP, f/2.2, 18mm, 1/3.0", 1.12µm; Wide (main): 10 MP, f/2.2, 24mm, 1/3.0", 1.12µm.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS, OIS; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS.
• Battery: 4800mAh; 45W wired, QC2.0, 63% successful 30 min, 20W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 6.0, aptX HD; NFC.
• Misc: Fingerprint scholar (side-mounted); stereo speakers; Samsung DeX (desktop acquisition support), Ultra Wideband (UWB) support.

Samsung made definite to springiness it the aforesaid impeccable physique prime and materials arsenic the Z Fold8 Ultra. The 2 displays, portion antithetic successful size and shape, committedness precise akin features and performance. Both are 120Hz LTPO AMOLED panels.

You are not giving up connected immoderate of the show by going for the caller signifier origin though - the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is inactive connected board.

There remainder of the specs besides look connected par with the Ultra. The Z Fold8 gets stereo speakers, 2 10MP selfie cameras and adjacent the quality successful artillery capableness is negligible, with the Z Fold8 rocking a coagulated 4,800 mAh battalion - lone 200 mAh smaller than the caller Si/C battalion wrong the Z Fold8 Ultra. Not atrocious astatine all, particularly considering that the Z Fold8 is astir 15 grams lighter.

Samsung adjacent went up and added its caller optimized 45W charging connected the Z Fold8. This is the fastest charging standing immoderate Samsung foldable has had to date.

Unboxing

Seeing however this is simply a modern Samsung device, don't acceptable your expectations excessively precocious successful presumption of accessories successful the box. The Z Fold8 ships successful what we would see the modular Samsung container astatine this point. It is simply a two-piece cardboard matter with this benignant of unusual grey printing connected the exterior, which starts to marque much consciousness erstwhile you recognize Samsung has eliminated each integrative from the packaging and prints everything successful soy ink. Even so, the container is sturdy capable for harmless transportation, and determination is simply a cradle for the telephone itself connected the inside.

Accessories are beauteous overmuch non-existent. Samsung hasn't included a charger successful the container for years now. There is nary complimentary lawsuit either. All you get is simply a Type-C to Type-C cable. It is 1 of Samsung's passive, non-emarked 3A cables, truthful you don't adjacent get a fancier 5A one. That said, we cognize for a information that Samsung's modern 45W charging works conscionable good with a 3A cable, truthful determination is that.