Believe it or not, Samsung is (already) tipped to improve the undeniably stunning and popular Galaxy Z Fold 7 in as many as three key departments for next year’s Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Is it too early to call Samsung’s latest book-style foldable a global box-office hit? Perhaps, but it’s certainly not premature to put it at or near the top of our list of the best phones money can buy in 2025, especially after our comprehensive and largely glowing Galaxy Z Fold 7 review.
Naturally, common sense dictates that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will be even better, but you might not be ready for the substantial upgrades Samsung is reportedly preparing for next year. Now, it’s clearly way too soon to be sure of anything regarding this 2026 powerhouse (which is obviously unlikely to come out very early in the year), but if we’re taking « kro’s » latest Galaxy S26 Edge rumor seriously, I think the X leaker’s new Z Fold 8 prediction also deserves a little attention.
Those are some bold numbers put out by the generally reliable @kro_roe, although if you ask me, I’m pretty sure nobody can know anything with « 75% certainty » about a device like the Galaxy Z Fold 8 with close to a year to go before an official announcement.
I’m not convinced Samsung’s top engineers and executives currently know what will and won’t be possible for the Z Fold 8 to improve about its predecessor, but because there’s rarely smoke without fire in the rumor mill (especially from an occasionally trustworthy insider), I’ll assume that the company is at least considering putting a 5,000mAh battery on its next-gen book-style foldable flagship.
