Samsung Galaxy Fold 8 vs Apple iPhone Fold: How the rumors compare
Samsung Galaxy Fold 8 vs Apple iPhone Fold: How the rumors compare
Publish Date: 2026-06-13 05:00:00
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Later this year, assuming nothing goes wrong, Apple and Samsung will officially be competitors in the realm of foldable devices. What will that look like?
It’s hard to say at this point because neither the iPhone Fold nor the Galaxy Z Fold 8 has officially been announced yet. It’s widely expected that Apple will unveil its first foldable in September alongside the iPhone 18, while Samsung is said to be planning a July 22 launch for its next batch of foldables. In the meantime, we have a decent number of rumors and leaks that paint enough of a picture for us to compare these two devices prior to their unveilings.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: What we know so far
iPhone Fold vs. Galaxy Z Fold 8: Design differences
While these two devices will technically be competitors, they won’t necessarily look or feel the same, according to everything we’ve heard. To be more specific, Apple and Samsung are going to adopt entirely different display form factors in these two book-style foldables, at least if every leak is to be believed.
For starters, it’s expected that Samsung will retain the Z Fold 7’s display sizes with a few minor changes. That means it’ll probably have a 6.5-inch outer display and an 8-inch inner display when unfolded. When it was released, the Z Fold 7 was the best foldable we’d ever tested up to that point (and might still be), especially thanks to its extreme thinness. It measured in at 8.9mm when folded and a mere 4.2mm when unfolded. One Korean news report indicated the Z Fold 8 could actually be slightly lighter than the Fold 7, so it could be downsized even more.
Backing up all of this was a leaked image of some dummy cases posted by prominent leaker Sonny Dickson earlier this year. One of them is clearly meant to be a successor to the Z Fold 7.
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