Samsung Z Fold 8 Ultra hands-on: new Flex Titanium tech makes the crease practically nonexistent, similar specs to the S26 Ultra, and a $100 price increase
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Foldables are crossing from novelty to premium slab replacement—“no-crease” plus S26 Ultra-class specs at a modest price delta reframes them as the top of the Android stack. If you build consumer apps, assume more users will treat the inner display as a small tablet and design your layouts and monetization surfaces accordingly.
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