- Images of cases for the rumored wider Galaxy foldable have been leaked
- They look like official cases, but they call the phone ‘Galaxy New Fold’
- Fans have questioned whether these are true
One of the big questions surrounding Samsung’s rumored wider foldable is what it will actually be called.
Early leaks referred to it as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, but more recently we heard that it could be launched simply as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and that the direct successor to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is now called the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. Now, however, another possibility has arisen.
Some leaked images have been shared on X by Mohammed Khatri and @thinborne show the packaging of apparently official cases for the phone, listed here as ‘Samsung Galaxy New Fold’.
But there are reasons to doubt this name, since while the photos are probably real, there is a high probability that the products they show are imitations from China.
Kindsuit Case for Galaxy Z Fold8 (Wide) 🔥The box mentions “Galaxy New Fold”‼️ Could Samsung be planning a name change? 📱I found this on retail listings. It looks genuine, but I can’t confirm its authenticity ✅️ pic.twitter.com/Cze4QxkxBpJune 27, 2026
As one Reddit commenter stated: “These are fake cases made by Chinese companies sold through eBay, temu, shein, ali express, etc… they copy Samsung boxes well, but they don’t know the new fold name, so you can see on the box where it’s just called new fold. Samsung would never do that.”
Another Reddit user agreed, writing, “I’ve seen cases like that pop up all over Aliexpress and almost all of them are knockoffs with the Samsung logo.”
And on top of all that, these are supposedly ‘Kindsuit’ cases, which are a style of case that Samsung offers for last year’s flagship phones, but not for the Samsung Galaxy S26 series. Therefore, there are questions about whether the company’s upcoming foldable devices would have this style of case.
We’ll find out soon
On the other hand, questionable name aside, it looks like they could be official Samsung cases, so we can’t completely rule out the possibility of this being the official name of the wider foldable.
But it would seem an odd choice, as later wide models will no longer be “new” in the same sense, so it would quickly become a clunky naming scheme.
We’ll probably find out very soon anyway, as Samsung is rumored to launch its next batch of foldable devices on July 22.
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