It’s not a hyperbole to say that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is one of the most powerful and capable folding phones available in the US this year. With its razor-thin design, outstanding displays, flagship Snapdragon chip, and oodles of One UI software features, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the Fold 8 Ultra is about as robust as foldables come.
However, the foldable world is more competitive than ever, thanks to both Samsung and its rivals, and that competition makes the Fold 8 Ultra difficult to be completely enamored with. The Fold 8 Ultra is a very good phone, and I certainly think there’s a decent audience for it, just as there always has been for Samsung foldables. But if it were my money going toward a folding phone in 2026, the Fold 8 Ultra wouldn’t be my first choice.