Despite the substantial strides taken by Samsung LSI in designing a thermally stable Exynos 2600 chip and an even better Exynos 2700, courtesy of the all-new Side-by-Side (SbS) packaging and the Heat Path Block (HBP) heat sink, Samsung Mobile appears to be doubling down on its dual-chip strategy. A slew of anecdotal evidence suggests Samsung is giving Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 an outsized role within the upcoming foldables, including the Galaxy Z Flip 8, while reserving the lion's share of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6/Pro for the Galaxy S27 Series. Samsung's Exynos 2600 to power the Galaxy […]

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 will launch in four striking color options, with each variant bringing incredibly created stock wallpapers. Samsung has yet to reveal the new foldable, but its wallpapers are already up for download.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 will introduce at least four wallpapers inside its Featured wallpaper section. Samsung enthusiast FahadAliJaved extracted the stock wallpapers from early firmware of the upcoming foldable phone.

After the initial reveal, the source has now shared the complete set of four wallpapers. Each picture features the same design element, but they differentiate through the application of colors, tied to the phone’s color shades.

Stock wallpapers can be downloaded and used on your existing phone. Samsung doesn’t bar users from having custom wallpapers on their phone’s home screen or lock screen.

You can get the wallpapers from the original X post or from the Google Drive link shared below. Once done, tap and hold on the home/lock screen, tap Wallpaper and style > Change wallpapers > Gallery.

• Download wallpapers from Google Drive (courtesy FahadAliJaved)

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 (Wide) could come in Cream, Graphite, Lavender, and Pistachio. On the flip side, the Fold 8 Ultra could bring premium shades such as Green Shadow and Violet Shadow alongside Cream and Graphite.

It’s expected that the new foldable smartphones could be announced on July 22 in London. The company may run a two-week preorders program and the worldwide release is slated to kickstart on August 5, 2026.

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Samsung has a very colorful lineup of 2026 foldables, including the Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 series. The three foldable phones will launch in late July, but a new report has apparently revealed the potential color options.

Galaxy Z Flip 8 will be a compact phone with a clamshell-style design. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 will feature wide cover and main screens. Meanwhile, the Z Fold 8 Ultra is set to succeed the Galaxy Z Fold 7 of the previous year.

Galaxy Z Flip 8, Z Fold 8 (Wide), and Z Fold 8 Ultra, each, will be available in four color options. The DigitalCitizen also revealed model numbers and storage variants, which include up to 1TB configuration for the Fold 8 series.

Among the colors, Cream and Graphite are the common colors across the three models. The remaining two are different for each smartphone. Samsung would decide a specific version as the hero color in commercial images.

Here are the leaked color options:

Galaxy Z Flip 8

1. Cream
2. Graphite
3. Mint
4. Pink

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide

1. Cream
2. Graphite
3. Lavendar
4. Pistachio

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra

1. Cream
2. Graphite
3. Green Shadow
4. Violet Shadow

The leaked color options hint at a striking palette over last year’s boring shades. The Fold Ultra has two shades with “Shadow” suffix, which signal something more exciting than our imagination and expectations from Samsung.

Samsung is bringing a Wide Fold model to compete with Apple’s first foldable iPhone. The device reportedly shares a similar aspect ratio and screen size to its Apple counterpart, seizing the market before iPhone Ultra’s entry.

Galaxy Unpacked event may be held in London on July 22. Samsung hasn’t confirmed the venue or date; they just emerged in Korean reports. As we approach July, things will start to unfold as we await a mega launch event.

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The growing disparity in the relative strength of Samsung's various divisions is now becoming quite extreme, with its mobile division continuing to languish in ultimate purgatory, even as its semiconductor division keeps soaring, living the good life, so to speak. Samsung will earn negligible profits from its mobile division on a relative basis in Q2, establishing a troubling hierarchy of haves and have-nots under the same proverbial roof According to the tipster Ice Universe, Samsung's mobile division is likely to report a quarterly profit in Q2 that is just around 1 percent of that expected to be reported by its […]

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 (Wide), and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra are actively clearing certification hurdles ahead of launch.

The South Korean tech giant is preparing three foldable phones for 2026. The lineup reportedly includes a flip phone and two book-style foldables. The company has also revamped its naming strategy for the next foldable lineup.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 would feature wide cover and main screens. It was earlier rumored to launch as the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, but Samsung plans differently. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra will be a true successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

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Flip 8 to get Snapdragon chip in the US [Update – June 24]

FCC certification of the Galaxy Z Flip 8 validates the claim made by tipster IceUniverse that the flip phone will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor in the US, while other markets could ship the Exynos 2600 version.

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Global sale to start in early August [Update – June 24]

Samsung is rumored to hold its Summer Unpacked in late July 2026. If supply chain reports are to be believed, the event would be held on July 22 in London. That said, the official Samsung reveal is roughly 30 days away.

PriceBee has listed that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will be announced on Wednesday, July 22, and the worldwide sale may begin on Wednesday, August 5. The company may run a preorder program for about two weeks.

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Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra price rumor [Update – June 18]

Samsung may launch Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra at higher prices than the Fold 7. The company would offer a 256GB version of the new foldable phone at around the same cost as the 512GB model of last year’s Fold device.

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Galaxy Z Fold 8 series emerges on FCC [Update – June 15]

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra has appeared on FCC certification database. Following the certification, the device is now approved to launch in the United States. Samsung’s SM-F976U has surfaced along with a design render on the database, via DroidLife.

 

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Galaxy Z Fold 8 appears on BIS certification [Update – June 11]

Samsung will launch its Galaxy Z Fold 8 (Wide) model in India as well. This has been confirmed after the device’s model number SM-F971B surfaced on the country’s BIS certification database; however, it doesn’t reveal any other details.

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Galaxy Z Flip 8 obtains FCC certification [Update – June 9]

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 8 has surfaced on the FCC database with the SM-F776U model number. The device has reportedly gone through an RF exposure test, specifically a SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) test report.

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Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Fold 8 series clear BIS certification [Initial post]

Ahead of their official reveal, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, and Flip 8 have cleared the BIS certification in India. This milestone hands the three foldables a mandatory regulatory approval for official release in the market.

Our friends over at SammyGuru spotted Samsung’s unreleased SM-F776B, SM-F-971B and SM-F976B models on the BIS database.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy SoC will power the upcoming Samsung foldables. The clamshell model, which is rumored to be the last of its kind, is slated to bring Exynos 2600 chips to certain markets.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is reportedly getting a 5000mAh battery with 45W charging support. The camera system is staying the same, which should have been improved to justify the company’s decision to slap the Ultra tag.

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