Overview
- Professional reviews published Aug. 7–8 confirm the Fold 8 Ultra is on sale and that Samsung’s hardware changes deliver measurable gains in brightness, crease reduction and everyday performance.
- The phone uses a reworked foldable display that adds titanium alloy layers and an anti‑reflective coating to make the crease less visible and improve outdoor brightness compared with last year’s model.
- Samsung moved to a 5,000mAh silicon‑carbon battery and faster 45W wired charging, and independent tests show substantially longer runtimes than the Fold 7 in web‑surfing battery benchmarks.
- Imaging is upgraded with a triple rear array led by a 200MP main sensor, a 50MP ultrawide and a 10MP 3x telephoto that boost detail and short‑range zoom but still deliver mixed results at long range and in low light versus some rivals.
- The Ultra drops several flagship conveniences — no S Pen support, no Privacy Display and an IP48 rating — and strong early demand has led Samsung to issue day‑one software fixes while supply catches up.