I need to stop using the Galaxy Z Fold 8

It really is a hard phone to put down. I need to stop using the Galaxy Z Fold 8, but I can’t. Mobile I need to stop using the Galaxy Z Fold 8, but I can’t It really is a hard phone to put down.

I got some hands-on time with the device before picking one up, so I largely knew what to expect. What I didn’t anticipate was not wanting to use any other phone afterward. I test over 40 smartphones a year, and I desperately need to move on to other devices, but I’m just having too much fun with the Galaxy Z Fold 8.

If you’re using the Galaxy Z Fold 8, you know the feeling extends beyond the initial honeymoon phase. The phone has flaws, and I can easily point them out. The mark of an excellent phone is that I look beyond them.

The Galaxy FE models have always enjoyed the attention of loyal and savvy Galaxy fans, but Samsung may be cutting it a bit too close with the Galaxy S26 FE. We called it the "Galaxy S26 AI and the Galaxy S25 FE Part 2 in our announcement news, and we still stand by that.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra gets put through its paces, and there’s one key difference from the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra owners should sit down before they watch JerryRigEverything’s durability test.

To start with, the Galaxy S26 FE is nearly identical, spec-for-spec, with its predecessor. The major aspects of the phone are the same: the same 6.7-inch screen, triple camera system, battery and charging, and overall feel in the hand.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra durability test highlights a crucial change. While the foldable performs as expected in the scratch test, the inner display appears to give up after a bend test.

Well, okay, the S26 FE has a camera island, whereas the older phone’s camera system… Samsung Galaxy S26 FE in for review.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra continues to exhibit decent dust resistance, similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is finally here, though some variants are facing delayed shipments due to high demand.

A familiar-looking phone So what’s not the same. The new phone uses a newer Exynos 2500 chipset that’s 3nm (vs the 4nm Exynos 2400).

It’s not uncommon for a newly released flagship phone to be put through its paces in durability tests, and Samsung’s latest foldable has received the same treatment, with a rather surprising result. JerryRigEverything, uploaded a durability test video of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, starting with the customary scratch test to gauge how the screens will manage under duress.

The newer CPU cores should mean faster apps, and the new AMD RDNA 3-based GPU has up to 33% more work groups, and the NPU has 40% more compute units – nice.

The cover display fares on par with most phones available today, showing faint scratches at level 6 on the Mohs scale, with the scratches becoming more prominent at level 7.