Amazon slashes $300 off the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra in its first price drop

Amazon cuts the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra to $1,799.99, making Samsung’s new foldable much more tempting. Amazon slashes $300 off the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra in its first price drop. That is a 14% discount relative to the recommended retail price, and it is the first Amazon price drop we have seen for this recently launched foldable.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra sits above the standard Z Fold 8 as Samsung’s first Ultra foldable. It is a thinner, lighter book-style phone built for premium productivity, with a more traditional smartphone-like outer screen. Samsung gives it a larger 6.5-inch cover display and an 8-inch main folding display, along with a sharper inner-panel resolution than before.

Inside, it packs flagship-level hardware with a top-tier Snapdragon chip, and Samsung is putting a big focus on AI features for multitasking and on-device experiences. Battery details point to roughly a 5,000mAh cell, and faster wired charging than earlier Fold models is also part of the package.

Samsung may be changing course at the 11th hour – development of the Galaxy S27 Ultra is nearly complete, but now insiders are saying that the company will dual-source chipsets for the new flagship. The original plan was for the S27 Ultra to use the top Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip in all markets.

Following encouraging internal benchmarks, the Exynos 2700 has become a viable option for the 2027 flagship. The insiders quoted by Korean publication MoneyToday claim that Samsung MX and LSI have coordinated to develop an Exynos-based motherboard for the S27 Ultra and to ensure a…

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By the sound of it, the Galaxy S27 Ultra will be subject to the same regional divisions as the other S27 members – US-bound units will still be powered by a Snapdragon chip, while Ultra phones for Korea and Europe will get the Exynos chip instead. Something like this hasn’t happened in years – the Galaxy S22 Ultra from 2022 was the last S Ultra to have an Exynos variant.

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra (CAD-based render) “It is unusual for an Exynos version to be added when the major development process for Snapdragon was nearly complete. This signifies high expectations for the proprietary AP (Application Processor),” said one of the insiders.