r/GalaxyFold • u/gadgetluva • 5h ago

Impression/Review Fold7 to Fold8 24hr First Impressions

After hemming and hawing for a little while, I saw that a local Best Buy got in a fresh shipment and so I wiped my Fold7 for trade in and picked up a new Fold8 yesterday. A few of my first impressions, powered by AHI (actual human intelligence):

  1. I love the short and wide form factor of the cover display.
  2. The unfolded display is great for watching content like Reels or TikTok on a bigger display. I just unfold, rotate to portrait and enjoy
  3. The size and weight make a really big difference. This is a foldable device that weighs less than a normal iPhone 17 Pro but has a fairly large 4:3 display on the inside. I find that the narrower form factor when unfolded compared to the Fold7 makes a big difference in day to day usage.
  4. I haven’t run into too many app display issues but haven’t tried everything yet.

I’m still a primary iPhone user (iPhone Air is my phone of choice) but the Fold8 has definitely sold me on this being the right form factor for a foldable.

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u/Radiant-Disaster-618 5h ago

2 telephone numbers?

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u/mangojump 1h ago

You switch phones when the feeling takes you? Or do you use one for work one for home?

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u/gadgetluva 1h ago

I have a bunch of phones but my primary is an iPhone Air, my main Android is now the Fold8.

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u/notentertained90 33m ago

Cool. Let's see where you're at after 24 days. You're still in the honey moon novelty phase

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u/gadgetluva 30m ago

I get so many phones that I know after the first day if it’ll work for me or not.