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TL;DR Samsung’s expected to introduce a new wider version of the Galaxy Z Fold this summer.
Recent renders have attempted to preview what to expect from this so-called Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide.
Now we’ve found some new artwork and an animation depicting the Fold 8 Wide.
Samsung’s got something new in the works for its foldables this year, as evidence continues to amass for the introduction of a new Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide model, offering a slightly new form-factor option for the company’s book-style Fold. While we’ve still yet to see the actual hardware in the flesh, we’ve recently had the opportunity to check out quite a few finds that attempt to convey the new screen shape of the Fold 8 Wide, first in the form of some CAD-based renders, and then with the publication of some screens extracted from One UI 9. We’ve been poking around One UI 9 ourselves, and have uncovered some fresh Fold 8 Wide graphics to share with you.
As Samsung gets its Android 17-based One UI 9 system software ready for its fleet of Galaxy devices, early firmware builds have revealed some depictions of the Fold 8 Wide. Last week, we got a look at these still images:
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Even if they don’t show anything of the Fold 8 Wide hardware themselves, these screens helped reinforce our expectations for the screen shape users can expect. And now we’ve got some new screens, as well as a new animation to further back that up:
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