Hello Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, where have you been all my life?
Samsung's wider foldable phone appears in hands-on and marketing shots ahead of this week's Unpacked
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A couple of leaks (or managed teases) have appeared online showing Samsung's latest foldable in even more depth.
Expected to launch this Wednesday at Galaxy Unpacked, video of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 has even been posted by J-Hope from boy band BTS.
Samsung will host its annual foldable phone launch event this week, with Galaxy Unpacked on Wednesday, but there might be nothing left to announce by then. Nothing that will come as a surprise, anyway.
That's because just about everything is either already known or subject to more leaks than the hull of the Titanic. We fully expect a couple of new Galaxy Watches and a trio of new foldables, including the wider Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Samsung itself has not been shy about its ambitions for the latter, revealing a new, more square-like form factor is coming in online teases. And now we have almost everything else, thanks to serial leaker Evan Blass and a regular Samsung collaborator, J-Hope from BTS.
J-Hope's posts on X (via @smasithick) show him using the new device openly during the band's global tour – currently in Paris.
🚨 j-hope was spotted using the unreleased Galaxy Z Fold8 Wide during the BTS WORLD TOUR ARIRANG in Paris 🔥Galaxy Z Fold8 Wide era has officially begun. pic.twitter.com/CpjWxvSladJuly 17, 2026
His hands-on clips are likely staged for Samsung, as we never get to see the new phone open. However, you do get to see the device's shape and, as all the videos are recording using it, what the selfie camera is capable of.
Perhaps more revealing are a mighty bunch of marketing images posted by Blass. He has a renowned history of acquiring press images from a number of companies, including Samsung, ahead of launch. And while he's on a self-imposed "retirement" at present, he clearly couldn't resist sharing the latest.
Appearing on his Leakmail newsletter (via 9to5Google) there are official-looking images of all the foldable phones we expect, including the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Flip 8, too.
The Ultra is the more conventional book-style foldable, but with a few tech tweaks to justify its new moniker.
The Flip 8 looks very similar to the existing Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, so arguably the most interesting is the wider device, which unfolds into an iPad mini-like tablet.
The rest of the leaked images reveal some details, but not everything. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, for example, will sport dual 50-megapixel cameras on the rear (wide and ultra-wide). The selfie cam on the front will be 10-megapixel. As will the one on the internal screen.
The Z Fold 8 Ultra ups the ante in that regard. It'll have a similar 50-megapixel ultra-wide, but a 200-megapixel wide and a third lens for the 10-megapixel telephoto cam.
The selfie cams will be the same.
Finally, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 will sport a 50-megapixel wide and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera, with a 10-megapixel selfie cam on the "main screen.
All will become more clear this Wednesday, when Galaxy Unpacked starts at 2pm BST in London, but don't be surprised if there are more rumours and leaks in the meantime.
