Samsung has officially unveiled its new Galaxy Z Fold 8, which goes beyond a generation refresh, delivering a completely new form factor in the company’s foldable lineup – one that might feel familiar to early entrants in the foldable space. And it starts at $1,899.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 offers up this new form factor that includes a much wider inner display, and a short and compact outer display. Those measure in at 7.6-inch and 5.5-inch, respectively. They’re flagship-tier displays, with the inner display topping out at 3,000 nits and both at 120Hz as well.

The inner display is roughly at a 4:3 aspect ratio – give or take about 10 pixels – while the outer display is close to 10:16 in portrait. Samsung also touts that this is the lightest book-style foldable at just 201g.

Under the hood, it’s packing Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 “for Galaxy” alongside either 12GB or 16GB of RAM and 256GB/512GB or 1TB of storage. It ships with Android 17 and One UI 9 out of the box with 7 years of OS and security updates.

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That said, there are some compromises in this form factor.

The biggest is in the camera setup, with only two cameras at 50MP each, one for wide shots and the other for ultrawide. There are 10MP selfie cameras on each display, too. Beyond that, the battery is smaller at 4,800 mAh, and the whole phone is a bit thicker at 9.7mm when folded (4.5mm unfolded). In person, though, that difference doesn’t feel as prominent as it sounds on paper.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 costs $1,899 – $100 less than last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 – and comes in Lavender, Graphite, Cream, and Pistachio, which is an online-only model sold through Samsung.com. Pre-orders are open today.

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