- Images of the Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 8 have been unearthed in One UI 9 code
- The Z Fold 8 looks virtually identical to its predecessor, while the Wide Fold looks very different
- While Wide Fold looks the most interesting visually, it can also be quite niche
Samsung is likely to launch two book-style foldable phones this year, with the expected Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 likely to be joined by the Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold, and we just got a little official look at both of them.
You see, Samsung has included images of both devices in its One UI 9 software, and while those images aren’t currently meant to be user-facing, Android Authority has managed to dig them up.
As you can see from the images below, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 (codenamed Q8) looks a lot like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, with a triple camera on the back and a slightly narrow cover display. Visually, there’s really nothing to note here, so this could be a boring upgrade.
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But the Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold (codenamed H8) is far more interesting, with only a dual-lens camera but a much wider screen that looks like it could match a small tablet even when folded.
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This design is pretty much in line with previous leaks, so it’s not too surprising in that sense, but it’s the closest we’ve gotten yet to an official look at the Galaxy Wide Fold, and it’s drastically different than any foldable phone Samsung has launched so far.
Yes, there’s the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold, which has a wide foldable screen, but has three sections, and the cover screen is still quite narrow and phone-like, so it’s a fundamentally different proposition to the device shown here.
A questionable design
However, whether the Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold will be a hit with a design like this remains to be seen. After all, foldables are still a bit niche, and this design would mean it can’t quite match a phone’s form factor even when folded. Personally, I’m not sold on it, but I approve of brands experimenting with new designs.
And with the foldable iPhone Ultra also reportedly launching this year, we could be on the way to foldable phones becoming more mainstream, after which there might be more appetite for a phone like this.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold, we should learn exactly what it has to offer in July, as that’s when it will likely land alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, and perhaps the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 FE.
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