SAMSUNG’S WIDER Z FOLD 8 FEELS JUST RIGHT
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The new Z Fold 8 is squat and wide, but don’t hold that against it. | Photo: David Imel / The Verge A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely.
According to The Verge, The new Z Fold 8 is squat and wide, but don’t hold that against it.
The available RSS description adds: | Photo: David Imel / The Verge A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely.
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- The Verge: The new Z Fold 8 is squat and wide, but don’t hold that against it.
- The Verge: | Photo: David Imel / The Verge A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely.
- The Verge: The Z Fold 8 is wider than any of Samsung's previous foldables, and shorter too, a size and shape somewhere between Samsung's traditional Flip and Fold models.
- The Verge: In photos, I wasn't impressed by the squat shape.
- The Verge: In person, to my surprise, it feels great, and almost immediately intuitive.
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- 22/07/2026, 14:00 PRIMARY FEED SAMSUNG’S WIDER Z FOLD 8 FEELS JUST RIGHT (The Verge • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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