The display crease on Samsung foldables has seemingly gone from tolerable to nearly nonexistent with the recently released Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.
For years, the majority of Samsung’s new foldables have come with marginal improvements to what might be the main drawback of foldables, beyond cost. The inner display crease has always been an issue, and on the eighth generation of foldable phones, Samsung finally got it right.
It’s genuinely a sort of shock coming from the Galaxy Z Fold, which had a dip running down the display. That dip looks like a canyon, now. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra barely has a faint deviation down the center of the internal 8-inch display. Even in the harshest lighting conditions with the display off, the line is hard to make out.
Galaxy Z Fold 7 (left) Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra (right)
The benefit really shows in off-angle viewing, which is something the Galaxy Z Fold series is supposed to be able to do well. Its size makes it an excellent mobile monitor, in some ways, and that big display crease often becomes a huge distraction. For those of us who use these displays regularly, the crease fades away after a time if you’re used to looking at it head-on. But that’s an excuse for what’s actually a pretty big downside.
