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Jason England

My first 36 hours with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: I was wrong about the passport screen (but that $1,899 price still stings)

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 in hand showing cover display against a wall with graffiti.

You may have seen that Samsung showed me all of its canceled prototypes of the Galaxy Z Fold 8. That moment combined with my time flying to China and checking out this future of passport foldables that the iPhone Ultra looks set to adopt made me nervous that this stubbier size isn’t quite right.

But after my first 36 hours with the Z Fold 8, I’m coming around to the idea of this aspect ratio choice. Maybe the weight of my previous experiences clouded my judgement, but now out in the real world, it’s starting to click and make sense.

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