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In summary:
- Tech Advisor reports that Samsung has essentially confirmed its Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide through images found in an early One UI 9 build by Android Authority.
- The Wide model features a squarer external display and stouter build, potentially dropping one rear camera compared to the regular Z Fold 8.
- Samsung’s new foldable lineup is expected to launch in July, with the standard Z Fold 8 possibly receiving battery and charging upgrades.
It’s well known by now that Samsung is looking to launch a bumper crop of foldables this summer, and it just offered a glimpse at the design of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide and the Galaxy Z Fold 8.
We’ve heard a number of leaks and rumours that more or less confirm the company’s foldable plans, including specifications and some convincing-looking renders of the Fold 8 Wide.
Now Samsung itself appears to have confirmed the existence of its new, more expansive foldable, as well as essentially confirming its design.
Android Authority has been delving into an early build of One UI 9, Samsung’s next Android-based interface, which is expected to debut on the company’s new foldables.
According to the site, they “dug into a build of Samsung’s One UI 9 software and discovered images of both the Galaxy Z Fold 8… and the Wide Fold”.
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What these leaked Galaxy Fold images tell us
Placing the images side by side, as we have above, proves both informative and somewhat deceptive. The more regular Fold 8 (on the right) serves as a handy point of comparison, as you can see how the Fold 8 Wide is going to be a much stouter device, with a squarer external display that produces a more regular widescreen tablet experience when opened.
It’s worth pointing out that these aren’t to scale, however, and that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is set to be quite a bit taller than its Wide brother.
The render also appears to confirm that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide will drop one of the cameras from the rear set-up compared to the regular Fold 8.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, well, it could be tricky to discern any major difference from the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 – although it has been claimed that it’ll upgrade the battery to a more respectable 5000mAh (up from 4400mAh), and the wired charging provision to 45W (up from 25W).
We typically expect to see Samsung launch its new foldables some time in July, so we’re only a couple of months away from knowing for sure.
Excitingly, it could precede Apple’s foldable debut by only a couple of months, with the iPhone Fold predicted to look very similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide.
