{"id":24374,"date":"2026-08-13T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-review-the-top-dog-of-folding-androids\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:37:19","slug":"samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-review-the-top-dog-of-folding-androids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-review-the-top-dog-of-folding-androids\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the top dog of folding Androids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With great software and battery for two days, the pricey svelte folder strikes best balance between phone and tablet<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s top folding phone for 2026 is its first to carry the \u201cUltra\u201d moniker in its name, packing a much bigger battery and better cameras into the thin and light body of a book-style foldable.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra continues from where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jul\/23\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7-android-review-thinner-lighter-better-folding\">exquisite Z Fold 7<\/a> left off last year. With its svelte chocolate bar dimensions opening into a square tablet, the Ultra sits above the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/10\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-review-folding-phone\">passport-shaped Z Fold 8<\/a> as Samsung\u2019s top model. Costing \u00a31,899 (\u20ac2,199\/$2,099.99\/A$2,999), it is a lot of money to pay for a phone, regardless of how many other devices it can theoretically replace in your pocket.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/13\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-review-the-top-dog-of-folding-androids\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/84a912bc005ecdf633187b99cc539869fb3a386e\/1155_386_4618_3695\/master\/4618.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=64c07ef8dff1f5a02275daf393d0f2e0\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the top dog of folding Androids\" \/>With great software and battery for two days, the pricey svelte folder strikes best balance between phone and tablet<br \/>\nSamsung\u2019s top folding phone for 2026 is its first to carry the \u201cUltra\u201d moniker in its name, packing a much bigger battery and better cameras into the thin and light body of a book-style foldable.<br \/>\nThe Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra continues from where the exquisite Z Fold 7 left off last year. With its svelte chocolate bar dimensions opening into a square tablet, the Ultra sits above the new passport-shaped Z Fold 8 as Samsung\u2019s top model. Costing \u00a31,899 (\u20ac2,199\/$2,099.99\/A$2,999), it is a lot of money to pay for a phone, regardless of how many other devices it can theoretically replace in your pocket. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With great software and battery for two days, the pricey svelte folder strikes best balance between phone and tablet Samsung\u2019s top folding phone for 2026 is its first to carry the \u201cUltra\u201d moniker in its name, packing a much bigger battery and better cameras into the thin and light body of a book-style foldable. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-review-the-top-dog-of-folding-androids\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the top dog of folding Androids<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24374"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}