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Apple's Foldable iPhone Ultra Faces a Surging Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8

samsung galaxy zfold8Apple's foldable iPhone is expected to arrive in September against a rival already outrunning its own forecasts.

ETNews reports Samsung is building an extra one million Galaxy Z Fold 8 units, after the 4:3 device took 70 percent of a record 1.44 million Galaxy Z8 series pre-orders. Apple's foldable display – made by Samsung – is rumored to use the same aspect ratio in the same book-style form factor.

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contacos Avatar
56 minutes ago at 08:05 am

That's not a Galaxy Z Fold 8 in the photo of the story?
It certainly is.

I love mine. Best phone experience of something new since iPhone (to me)
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
d-klumpp Avatar
57 minutes ago at 08:04 am

Apple can be easy to beat, at least in the short-run because they're slow and complacent.
"Slow" may better reflect "methodical" and "rigorous" than complacency.
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groove-agent Avatar
1 hour ago at 07:45 am
Apple can be easy to beat, at least in the short-run because they're slow and complacent.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
1 hour ago at 07:42 am
In 2026, I think the amount of people who move between Android and iOS is fairly minimal. If you wanted a folding phone, I would have thougth you would go to Android a few years ago already. Is this really a big competition for Apple?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mattopotamus Avatar
43 minutes ago at 08:18 am

Z Fold 8 has been a huge hit so far and so will be the folding iPhone.
This is exactly what Apple wants to see. Samsung switched to the "rumored" iphone form factor for their foldable, and it's getting rave reviews. That is only good for Apple.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jlc1978 Avatar
52 minutes ago at 08:09 am

Apple HAVE to get the price right. get it started at £1999 and they will be onto a winner.
hat's the key. The Z8 fold looks like it is about$800 more than the iPhone Pro, so it will be interesting to see where the iPhone foldable lands on the price spectrum.


"Slow" may better reflect "methodical" and "rigorous" than complacency.
Apple rarely is first to market, they are very good, however, at seeing things in the market and coming up with an innovated twist on that. The iPhone, iPad, and iPod for example were not new ideas, just much better implementations of existing products.
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