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Readers and viewers who want a foldable mainly for video, ebooks and documents in a body that stays comfortable one-handed, and who can live without a telephoto camera.
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The best Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 contract deal starts from £66.50/month with Mozillion.
2 refurbished deals available - SIM-free from £1,296.00.
The Galaxy Z Fold8 is not the phone the Fold7 turned into. It is a new shape entirely, and the one worth understanding before you buy. Instead of a tall, narrow phone that opens into a near-square tablet, this is a short, wide, passport-shaped handset that opens sideways into a 7.6-inch display in a 4:3 ratio. That sounds like a small change and is not. Films play with far less letterboxing, PDFs and web pages hold a sensible column width, and the 5.5-inch cover screen is broad enough to type on with two thumbs instead of the sliver you get on a conventional Fold. At 201g it is the lightest Fold Samsung has built, and charging finally moves to 45W, filling roughly two thirds of the 4,800mAh battery in half an hour. The compromises are real: there is no telephoto lens, and the redesigned hinge no longer holds itself open at an angle, so tabletop selfies and propped-up video calls are out. It is aimed at people who want a foldable for reading and watching, not for photography.
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| Feature | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Shape | Short and wide, opens sideways | Tall bookfold, opens like a book |
| Display | 7.6-inch inner (4:3) + 5.5-inch cover | 8.0-inch inner + 6.5-inch cover |
| Camera system | 50MP main (OIS) + 50MP ultrawide | 200MP main (OIS) + 50MP ultrawide + 10MP 3x telephoto |
| Battery and charging | 4,800mAh, 45W wired, 20W wireless | 5,000mAh, 45W wired, 20W wireless |
| Weight and thickness | 201g, 9.7mm folded | 215g, 8.9mm folded |
| Flex Mode | Not supported, hinge will not hold an angle | Supported |
| SIM-free price | Not available | From £1,520.00 |
£1000-£1499 Phones · 35 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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8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS, OIS
50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 50 MP, f/1.9, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.51", 0.7µm, multi-directional PDAF
4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 3000 nits (peak)
7.6
1828 x 2448 pixels
4800
45W wired, QC2.0, 63% in 30 min 20W wireless 4.5W reverse wireless
