- We have a newly leaked look at the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide
- It could be the thinnest Samsung foldable to date
- A ‘wide’ foldable iPhone from Apple is also expected this year
This could be the year the foldable phone market gets really interesting, and a new leak has given us what could be our best clue yet about the design of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, and it looks to be an impressively thin phone.
Well-known tipster Sonny Dickson described the thinness as “insane” when he showed a short clip of a mock Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide unit. These physical mockups are created from information obtained from the supply chain and give accessory manufacturers the opportunity to prepare their products in advance.
The filter compares the thinness of the foldable with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, at least when unfolded, but responses to the original post are less positive, with adjectives such as “weird” and “thick” used to describe the phone.
According to information recently obtained by SamMobile, this “wide” foldable will actually be called the Galaxy Z Fold 8, while the true successor to last year’s Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 will be called the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.
Here comes Apple
First look at the Samsung Fold 8 Wide model. Thinness is crazy. Literally a slim S25 Edge when folded. pic.twitter.com/M6cAzvowZpMay 28, 2026
If you’re wondering where this “wide” nomenclature comes from, it describes the shortest and widest aspect ratio of the phone’s screen, both when it’s open and closed. It’s a departure from the tall, narrow screens of current book-style foldables.
While the currently popular form factor – used in the Galaxy Z Fold 7, for example – means foldables look more like standard phones when closed, they’re more square when open. With wider screens, foldables will look more like conventional tablets when opened (and better for use cases like watching movies).
This change hasn’t come out of nowhere: the long-rumored iPhone Fold is expected to use a wide form factor, with a 4:3 aspect ratio when open. Samsung clearly wants to get ahead of Apple on this, as Huawei has already done.
Everything indicates that the foldable iPhone will launch in September, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, perhaps with a new hinge technology that makes the fold almost invisible. For fans of foldable phones, there’s a lot to look forward to.
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