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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future - The Verge
WorldBy Dominic Preston7/29/20261 min read
The Z Fold 8 looks unusual at first, with its squat outer screen, but you get used to it fast — and the wide inner display makes it all worthwhile.
✨ Key Highlights
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, priced at $1,899, adopts an unusually short and wide design that positions the wide foldable as the new default shape for the category, reviewed by The Verge's Dominic Preston on July 29, 2026.
- Despite being the shortest and widest phone the reviewer could recall using, the device felt comfortable, natural, and normal after a week of use.
- The 4:3 inner display is well-suited to both reading and watching video, encouraging the reviewer to use it as a foldable more than with previous Samsung models.
- Downsides include a reduction from three cameras on last year's model to two, meaning no telephoto lens, which feels like a downgrade at that price, along with the absence of an IP68 rating.
- The outer screen occasionally produces app errors, though such issues are described as rare, while the phone offers impressive battery life and is the lightest Z Fold yet, earning a Verge score of 8.
- The design trend appears to be industry-wide, with Huawei's Pura X Max arriving first and a similarly squat foldable iPhone from Apple widely expected to launch in September, a debut that could clarify the future direction of foldables.