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Buyers who want a full-size screen that folds into a genuinely pocketable square, and who care more about size and battery life than about having the best camera in the price bracket.
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The best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 contract deal starts from £34.79/month with Mozillion.
3 refurbished deals available - SIM-free from £926.00.
The Galaxy Z Flip8 is Samsung's clamshell foldable at its most polished, and also its most cautious. Almost everything that mattered about the Flip7 carries over: the same 6.9-inch inner screen, the same 4.1-inch cover display that runs full apps rather than widgets, the same 4,300mAh battery. What Samsung has done instead is shave the phone down. It is 8g lighter and thinner both open and shut, which counts for more than it sounds on a device whose whole appeal is disappearing into a pocket. The hinge opens more smoothly, and a titanium layer under the panel is meant to stop the crease deepening with age. UK models run the 2nm Exynos 2600, and that is where the real gain shows up: battery life is comfortably better than the Flip7's from an identical cell, though the compact body throttles hard under sustained load. The cameras are untouched, so photography is dependable rather than a match for slab flagships. Flip7 owners have little reason to move, but as a first flip phone this is the most sorted version yet.
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| Feature | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 |
|---|---|---|
| Form factor | Clamshell, folds top to bottom into a square | Book-style, opens sideways into a wide 4:3 screen |
| Display | 6.9-inch inner + 4.1-inch cover | 7.6-inch inner (4:3) + 5.5-inch cover |
| Chipset | Exynos 2600 (2nm) in the UK | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy |
| Camera system | 50MP main (OIS) + 12MP ultrawide | 50MP main (OIS) + 50MP ultrawide |
| Battery and charging | 4,300mAh, 25W wired, 15W wireless | 4,800mAh, 45W wired, 20W wireless |
| Weight | 180g | 201g |
| SIM-free price | Not available | From £1,296.00 |
£400-£699 Phones · 54 phones
Based on calibrated CPU benchmark rankings (60%) and GFXBench GPU scores (40%). Apple chipsets included via editorial calibration since AnTuTu under-represents Apple's architecture.
Based on panel type (LTPO is the modern flagship gold standard), resolution, refresh rate, peak brightness, screen size, and HDR10+ / Dolby Vision support. Marketing peak-brightness claims are capped at 3500 nits to prevent inflation.
Based on main-sensor size (1-inch / 1/1.3" beats 1/2.0"), telephoto reach (periscope > 5x > 3x optical), image processing tier (Apple Pro, Pixel Pro, Galaxy Ultra, Honor Magic Pro, Xiaomi Ultra), pro video features (ProRes, Apple Log, Dolby Vision), camera-partnership branding (Leica, Hasselblad, Zeiss) and OIS. Older flagships are de-rated since image processing pipelines have advanced significantly each generation. Megapixel count is deliberately downweighted — it correlates poorly with real-world camera quality. Where DXOMARK has lab-tested the phone, its measured score replaces this estimate.
Based on the image-processing tier (Apple Pro, Pixel Pro, Galaxy Ultra and Honor Magic lead on computational processing), sensor resolution in tiers rather than raw megapixels, autofocus, aperture and max selfie-video resolution. Calibrated against DXOMARK's selfie protocol.
Based on battery capacity (mAh) adjusted for platform efficiency calibrated against NotebookCheck, Tom's Guide, GSMArena and CNET reviewer tests. Apple A-series gets +45% (iOS process freezing + LTPO 1Hz + tuned panels make iPhone Pro Max outlast many 6500+ mAh Android phones in measured tests). Top Snapdragon / Dimensity flagships get +15%, budget chipsets are penalised −15% to −25% to reflect less efficient displays and looser background limits. Charging speed is excluded — see the separate Fast charging tag for that.
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4K@30/60fps, 1080p@60/120/240fps, HDR10+
50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/1.57", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 123˚ (ultrawide)
10 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1.12µm
4K@30/60fps
Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 3000 nits (peak)
6.9
1080 x 2520 pixels, 21:9 ratio
4300
25W wired, QC2.0, 55% in 30 min 15W wireless 4.5W reverse wireless
