Chris KeallTechnology Editor/Senior Business Writer·NZ Herald·23 Jul, 2026 03:05 AM4 mins to read‌Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 closed, showing its external display (left) and open to show its video content-friendly "open-passport" ratio. Samsung is releasing a new foldable phone in a more content-friendly form factor – billed as the shape of an open passport – which some are seeing as a pre-emptive strike on Apple’s long-rumoured foldable.

The company’s flagship foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, closes into a rectangle, closely