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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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Top Rated Comments

3 weeks ago
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: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
d-klumpp Avatar
3 weeks ago

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.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
contacos Avatar
3 weeks ago

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: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
snipr125 Avatar
3 weeks ago
But i thought foldable phones were a gimmick, yet this new wide one is selling out? /s
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 weeks ago
People pretend that these companies are even in competition. Samsung wants Apple to sell a billion folding phones so they can make them a billion screens. They both want Apple to sell as many as possible.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mattopotamus Avatar
3 weeks ago

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: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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