As Samsung’s pre-order perks for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 come to an end, the company continues to advertise its new form factor as a perfect fit for “full-screen” video, which is a pretty big departure from the reality of using this new foldable.
In a pair of new posts on its newsroom, as well as a boatload of marketing over the past two weeks, Samsung has been positioning the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s wider new form factor as a great content device. Specifically, Samsung calls it the “perfect device for your favorite content.”
Throughout the leak cycle, that’s more or less what we expected. Whereas existing foldables have square displays that aren’t much better than a normal slab smartphone for video content, the Fold 8’s wider display would be much better for video and other media. And, technically, it is. While we found that the actual space used by videos on the Fold 8 is roughly the same as the Fold 7 and Fold 8 Ultra, there is less wasted space and the form factor as a whole is more compact than those devices.
But Samsung is pretty heavily implying that this is a “full-screen” experience and, let’s be clear – it’s not.
As seen in the image above and through many other Samsung promotions, the video is shown to be completely full-screen, hitting all four sides of the display. Samsung says:
