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Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right

Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right

A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely. The Z Fold 8 is wider than any of Samsung's previous foldables, and shorter too, a size and shape somewhere between Samsung's traditional Flip and Fo...

The new Z Fold 8 is squat and wide, but don’t hold that against it. | Photo: David Imel / The Verge

A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely. The Z Fold 8 is wider than any of Samsung's previous foldables, and shorter too, a size and shape somewhere between Samsung's traditional Flip and Fold models.

In photos, I wasn't impressed by the squat shape. In person, to my surprise, it feels great, and almost immediately intuitive. If you want to get a feel for it yourself, grab your passport - the Z Fold 8 is about the same height and less than half an inch thinner.

This isn't Samsung's only new foldable this year, and in fact, its line …

Read the full story at The Verge.