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Samsung’s newest foldable finally feels Ultra

Samsung’s newest foldable finally feels Ultra
The Verge Wednesday 22 July 2026, 13:00 UTC By David Imel 1 min read
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While we wait for Apple's rumored foldable iPhone, Samsung is polishing a design it already has on the market. I just spent three hours with my hands on the new Z Fold 8 Ultra, and all I can think about is how Samsung finally made the crease invisible. Samsung says it achieved this thanks to its new Flex Titanium display tech.

While we wait for Apple's rumored foldable iPhone, Samsung is polishing a design it already has on the market. I just spent three hours with my hands on the new Z Fold 8 Ultra, and all I can think about is how Samsung finally made the crease invisible.

Samsung says it achieved this thanks to its new Flex Titanium display tech. Its foldable screens now utilize a titanium film that sits below the OLED panel, which Samsung says has 20-times the mechanical stiffness as opposed to the polymer film it used in its old foldables. This film is bonded to a new titanium plate, and when used together, the crease that used to plague foldable devices is …

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