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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the top dog of folding Androids

A hand holds a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra smartphone showing its closed home screen with app icons.
The slim and light Fold 8 Ultra is a great phone that squeezes a quality tablet in your pocket. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

Samsung’s top folding phone for 2026 is its first to carry the “Ultra” moniker in its name, packing a much bigger battery and better cameras into the thin and light body of a book-style foldable.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra continues from where the exquisite Z Fold 7 left off last year. With its svelte chocolate bar dimensions opening into a square tablet, the Ultra sits above the new passport-shaped Z Fold 8 as Samsung’s top model. Costing £1,899 (€2,199/$2,099.99/A$2,999), it is a lot of money to pay for a phone, regardless of how many other devices it can theoretically replace in your pocket.

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