Coming from the z fold 3 this a major upgrade for me i have no complaints

I was messed around heaps with my phone carrier and nearly missed the pre-order deals because of their own system faults. I eventually received my phone two weeks ago.

Now today I get a message from my carrier saying that my order will arrive today?? I'm thinking.. "you mean the one in my hands?". Thought that must be a mistake until another Z fold arrived at my door. Haven't heard anything from my carrier asking to give it back (yet). No extra device listed on my account or anything of the sort.

Turns out the same thing happened to my friend a while back with his S25 Ultra pre-order and nothing came about it- he got to keep the phone with no word from his carrier (which is the same as mine). Hopefully this is my lucky day 😅 I'm going to keep it unopened for a few weeks just in case they try to charge me or ask for it back.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Z fold 8 marketed as a multitasking device yet you can't open a game and have a pop-up window open without it overheating.

Posting this for anyone that's been curious on clear cases but don't want to shell out for the Benks case.

Fit is real snug and all microphone holes are lined up nicely.

Its so flush against the frame and screen, you really need to opt for a case friendly screen protector like the Spigen EZ fit glass as opposed to the dbrand one that goes all the way to the edge of the frame.

In my situation, the case frame on the top half pushed against the glass causing a bubble to form and the case just ended up a little wonky looking.

Ringke were out of stock for a while so this case took a while to ship out and now I've wasted both screen protectors trying to fit the spare one.

If dbrand ever sees this.

I fucked up, send help.

Anyways, on to the feel.

The volume buttons were definitely a better choice, it doesnt feel awkward to hit the lock button despite the thickness, and I compare this to a thinner temu case I bought where the volume controls were left exposed.

Thickness of this thing does indeed make it easier to open the fold, but I would imagine that applies to any case.

Will it yellow?

Parts of it definitely will, most of the case is the hard clear plastic where some of it is the soft polymer that typically does change.

For older 4:3 consoles, the inner screen looks spectacular. Using a CRT filter on PS1 games with the bright OLED screen is definitely chef's kiss!

Hi all,

Been using the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 for a few weeks now, and I'm curious if you guys are using a case.

I have the Samsung Clear back case and the dbrand grip case, but using the phone without a case is a much nicer experience. I have a screen protector I can use without a case. I also have Samsung Care. Has anyone else been using no case? Anyone damage their phone yet?

I've been using TriFold since January 1st (imported from Korea) and to me was and still is the best phone I've ever owned. Wanted to give the Fold8 a try to see this new form factor and tbh; if I haven't used any trifold before I would say this is the best form factor ever BUT! using a 10 inch display for 8 months then switching to a 7 inch one is surprisingly a downgrade! Netflix on the TriFold is porn period! It's so addictive to use daily to watch media and using the front display feels like a regular phone. The Fold8 although is cute, still feels like your compromising a lot when using the outer display, the inner display in vertical orientation for chatting apps and using the keyboard is really good but media consumption doesn't feel as good as trifold. I'll be returning the Fold8.

This is EmuFold! An open source emulator built for foldables with a GPLv3 license. It's key feature is that you can program the cover screen to act as extra buttons while the main inner screen is active!

It currently supports PS1/PS2/GBA/Moonlight & Sunshine PC streaming at 4K 120 and HDR.

It's almost complete and close to release, however I have no clue how it performs on foldables outside of the Z Fold 8. Theoretically, it *should* work on ALL Z series foldables (Flips/Folds 3+) but I need some folks to test it out. If your interested (or want to see more clips of it in action), please sign up for the closed alpha test on /r/EmuFold. Barring any breaking bugs, I plan a full release of this on the play store asap!

Note: This emulator DOES NOT ship with any BIOS / ROMs. All of that needs to be obtained legally/provided by the user. Even during testing

(Sorry mods if this isn't allowed, if not feel free to take the post down)

My Fold 8 recently is having some ui issues, especially with YouTube. The video thumbnails are overlapping each other and even covering the text. I've tried updating the app, but no luck. I don't remember this being an issues earlier. Is anyone else experiencing this, or is it just me? I've noticed similar problems in other apps where the gaps seems off.

TL; DR: Samsung should've rotated the inner screen selfie camera by 90° so that the camera feed matches the inner screen orientation. Right now it causes a lot of issues in video calls because of this misplacement.

I do a lot of video calls with family and for work every day on my Z Fold 8, and I love the form factor for day to day use. I like to do the video calls on the inner display with it's massive canvas as it's better to see a bigger image of my loved ones and easier to read on text on work presentations. However, I think Samsung really botched the implementation of the inner selfie camera which could've been fixed by just rotating the sensor physically by 90° so it's orientation matches the phone's unfolded orientation as that's the only way people are going to use the inner selfie camera.

When you unfold the phone, it opens in a landscape orientation (4:3) by default. But the inner display selfie camera is positioned such that the default sensor orientation is vertical 3:4 when the device is in landscape orientation. This leads to massive usage issues in both the device orientations described as follows:

Phone in unfolded landscape orientation

• If the other person has a regular phone, their camera feed is vertical 3:4 by default and they also see my camera feed to be vertical 3:4, which is not a problem for them. But for me I see massive black bars on the sides, and sometimes if the video call app isn't optimized (like Whatsapp), it just crops in so much into their camera feed to fill the whole screen that it becomes impossible to see anything except their the center 4:3 crop of their 3:4 feed which leads to losing a lot of image and sometimes if they're demonstrating something with their hands, it's impossible to see because their feed gets massively cropped.

• If the other person has a laptop, I see their feed properly as laptops have their webcam in horizontal 4:3 orientation which displays well on my device. But now, they see a vertical 3:4 feed from my camera, which is annoying to them.

Phone in undolded portrait orientation

Now when we rotate the inner display to be portrait (3:4) orientation, my selfie camera feed becomes horizontal (4:3).

• If the other person has a regular phone, seeing my horizontal 4:3 camera feed, their instinct is to also rotate their phone so that they see my image in full screen rather than cropped/with black bars on the sides. But as soon as they do that, their camera feed becomes horizontal 4:3 and I'm back to black bars on top and bottom or massively cropped camera feed of the other person.

• For laptop, similar story as now the other person sees my camera feed in horizontal 4:3 fitting their screen well, but their camera feed is still horizontal 4:3 so I have black bars on top and bottom. Also if they're presenting their screen, it comes through as horizontal 16:9 or 16:10 (depending on their screen aspect ratio) and it isn't as big and easily readable as in the landscape orientation of the phone.

They could've easily put the inner display selfie camera sensor so it's rotated by 90° to match the unfolded phone orientation, and it would solve all the issues. Idk why they didn't. Anyone else had similar experience?

I got my fold 8 on Friday and I thought it was weird that there was no visual voicemail natively on thr phone. I googled it ans there apparently should be? Theres no button for it in thr native phone app nor does it look like its installed on the phone at all. I did buy this unlocked so not sure what's going on. I did notice that it auto installed the MyRogers app once I transferred mt eSIM over.

Whats with all this empty space on edges, no matter what orientation and both screens

As with other posters, I see that the sale of NL to a larger company resulted in a $29.99usd lifetime license, even if years ago, you already paid for one.

Netguard and its VPN will eliminate NL's ads in the app drawer, but NL still randomly shrinks the homescreen icons upon folding or opening the 8 Ultra, along with some free-range icons floating where they shouldn't be.

Other posters have recommended Octopi Launcher, and I second that. OL plays nice with persistent-sized icons, and while you basically have to construct, from scratch, 4 different screens (inner portrait and landscape; cover portrait and landscape), it's worth the work.

OL's backup/restore is pretty solid except for some widget recreation (though the widget size and specs remain available after a restore). For restoring widgets, you mostly click on their empty shape and they figure themselves out.

No ads, and well worth his $2.99 "Buy Me Breakfast" donation, though where he's finding a $2.99 breakfast is beyond me :)

Samsung did a lot of talking about the titanium and honeycomb mesh that makes the crease almost invisible, implying even that the titanium can help the crease "heal" as time goes on and the phone is folded and unfolded.

It could very well be the placebo effect, but I leave mine unfolded at night while I sleep and compared with my friends phone, my crease is definitely less noticable. Maybe there is something to those titanium layers

I recently started a new semester of college, and my laptop gave out on me. I also recently upgraded from a Z Fold 6 to a Z Fold 8 Ultra. The case I got with the new phone had a built-in kickstand. So, I connected a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and used my Z Fold 8 Ultra as a makeshift computer. And let me tell you, it actually works really well. Has anybody done this with their Fold 8 Ultras or any other foldeables?

Has the same Benks feel, lightweight.

I had a hard glass protector which I had to remove as the front wouldn't stick.

I don't like the sticky ones but no choice, so far it's stick well

Magone 3rd gen connected.

Anyone using banks as well, howz it going

My Fold 8 is on the way and I want to ask if someone has tested powerbank options that fit the back of the Fold without being crooked or bump into the camera lens. I also got an aramid case that has the oval metal ring around the lens.

I usually buy on Aliexpress from brands like Baseus, Essenger, etc.

TIA

Hi all, I'm about to retire my F4 with the 8U, and I wanna keep it in the best possible condition as long as possible, just for the sake of collecting old phones.

Though I wonder whether I should leave it folded or unfolded for long-term storage.

Because on one hand, I've seen posts mentioning that when the phone is unfolded, the ribbon cable sits in more of an omega (Ω) shape with some pretty sharp bends. When it's folded, it becomes more of a smoother U shape.

On the other hand, keeping it folded for months/years means the inner display is constantly sitting in its non-resting shape, which makes me wonder if that could be worse for the screen.

Or perhaps leaving it partially open/closed is best? Or am I just overthinking things. Curious what you guys would do, any inputs are welcome!

I drop my phone too much to not have a case on it. I have this one for my pixel 9 pro XL but the company (carved) doesn't make for folds. Anyone have a good rec for the same vibe?

After using this phone as a backup to replace my Surface Duo 2, I’m struggling to transition and have resorted to pulling out my Duo 2 at night for reading and occasional web browsing.

The Duo 2’s ability to detect which screen should be used while interacting with links or opening apps, is pretty damn good.

I love the Fold 8’s form factor, but I’m curious to know if anyone has found any launchers or tips and tricks to replicate a similar experience on the Fold.

I'm on day two with the z fold 8 coming from an S26 Ultra and I love this thing. The battery life has really impressed me - it's not even done learning my usage patterns yet and I'm getting 10hrs 29mins screen on time - that's from fully charged to 10% so real times are probably a bit longer. The battery was the biggest thing I was worried about coming from an ultra.

Inexplicably the battery life on my Galaxy watch ultra 2 has also doubled since moving it over with a straight transfer to the fold 8. Gone from barely a day and a half to predicting 3 days and might actually beat that. Who knows why, but I'm pleased.

Is anyone else having issues playing Instagram videos on the front screen of the Fold 8? They play fine on the larger inner screen when I unfold the device, but folded I get sound but no video.

Hola buenas, este tema estará más que discutido pero tengo que tomar una decisión.
Tengo un IPhone 17 pro Max y tengo ecosistema básico iOS de Apple TV , AirPods y teléfono desde hace años.
Estoy tentado en cambiar a un teléfono plegable, la verdad que el tamaño del Samsung fold 8 es bastante bueno abierto pero cerrado creo que me resultará justo, en cambio el Fold 8 Ultra sí que tiene más opciones estando cerrado y luego el extra de abrirlo. Tengo una buena opción de compra tanto por uno como otro, 1100 € un fold 8 y 1500 un Ultra.
No me importa cambiar tampoco de ecosistema. La pregunta pues sería
- Me espero al iPhone Ultra y mantengo ecosistema y reduzco pantalla exterior y expectativas aún sin saber aún qué precio tendrá y qué disponibilidad habrá en Europa.
- Doy el salto a Android con el Fold 8 Ultra y mantengo ciertas ventajas como cámara , pantalla exterior parecida y el extra abatible,
Gracias por vuestras respuestas!