Kuo: Galaxy Z Fold8 to introduce crease-free display before Apple

18 July 2025
It will utilize an internal hinge featuring laser-drilled metal plates, which is key to eliminating the crease.

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Tazman, 18 Jul 2025I think you put too much stock in Samsung trying to beat Ap... moreIt's refreshing to see someone that actually thinks, in this comment section, instead of always looking to criticize and crap-talk.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 19 Jul 2025

    The Apple Z iFold developed in collaboration with Samsung.

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      • C@V
      • 19 Jul 2025

      Apple dunno how to copy yet,

      later copy also use Korean Samsung's screen.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 19 Jul 2025

        Anonymous, 19 Jul 2025That doesn't change above fact. It pretty evidently does.
        The tech simply didn't exist yet, what else do you want people to do?

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          • 19 Jul 2025

          WTF why spend all the resource making them thinner and less crease, it is good enough as it is in terms of thinenss or crease barely there even for ZF6 special edition.
          Spend more time on things that ACTUALLY MATTERS MOST.... LIKE INCREASED BATTERY CAPACITY (Si/c) or bring back S-pen for gods sake instead of usesless aesthetics about how thin it is by 0.1mm or even 9.3mm for Oppo N5 that barely bothers actual users (but it has 5800Mah battery and S-pen support!); everyone would have liked a 30% bigger battery even at the expense of some crease and slightly thicker is still good as it is still thin enough but the tiny 4400Mah that has been unchaged for at least 5 years & everybody complaints and yet nothing is being done about it is just fark up wasted all the effort for the crease that is barely there, what is the point????
          So what if samsung perfected it to zero crease or even if they got to 8.5MM & thinnest in the Freaking world but you cant use your fone because it died before your day is up because of the stupid tiny battery. So stupid like putting a v8 engine but only have a 30L tank in a 4WD instead of min 50L, so running out of gas all the time even if moderate use only.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 19 Jul 2025

            autocascading, 19 Jul 2025Apple is buying their crease free screens from Samsung.That doesn't change above fact.

              Lurker, 19 Jul 2025Really, you are scratching glass with your fingernail? Do y... moreI mean the inner screen. Normal glass gets scratched by metals and stones.

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                • CbL
                • 19 Jul 2025

                I just read somewhere that crease on folding phones gets bigger/worse with time.

                No wonder apple is going for a crease less display with a laser drilled hinge for it's iteration itself to prevent crease. This is usually so uncharacteristic of apple to provide a very required feature on the first edition of a device. Thanks apple for deciding to do so and thanks samsung for providing the technology:)

                Granted this article is about samsung but it also mentions apple so my comment is not entirely unrelated to the article.

                  GAMIR3DH, 19 Jul 2025It gets scratched, something that doesn't happen durin... moreReally, you are scratching glass with your fingernail? Do you have sharpened titanium nails or are just full of bs??

                    this fold display technology still getting perfected and its so expensive now, meh I'll wait until foldable becomes available for better price than 2k USD.

                      Socalteknique, 18 Jul 2025Typical Scamsung. Always waiting for Apple to become a thre... moreApple is buying their crease free screens from Samsung.

                        Lurker, 19 Jul 2025Try scratching your glass screen with fingernail, go ahead.It gets scratched, something that doesn't happen during regular use. Unlesd you got long nails ofcourse.

                          GAMIR3DH, 18 Jul 2025Well, a glass screen still gets scratched by anything too s... moreTry scratching your glass screen with fingernail, go ahead.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 18 Jul 2025

                            kdss, 18 Jul 2025There is reason in your words. But I have a different opin... moreWorlds biggest yapper

                              Great, crease is out. Only took 8 generations. Maybe by the the 16th iteration, the screen won't face catastrophic damagefrom a finger nail,scratches at a level 2!

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 18 Jul 2025

                                breaking news, companies using the same display, and the same outsourced parts manufacturer, are going to introduce a technology at the same time.........

                                  kdss, 18 Jul 2025There is reason in your words. But I have a different opin... moreI think you put too much stock in Samsung trying to beat Apple, especially since Apple tends to almost never do anything first, instead they refine other people's breakthroughs and make them easier for Apple's buyers to use.

                                  Samsung being first also wouldn't appeal to Apple buyers anymore than Apple doing something first appeals to most Android or Linux users. Doing something exclusively like flip/fold might, and even then it's an uphill battle.

                                  In general who puts much stock in such claims as their motivation for buying? Very small number/segment of consumer innovators, hardly the segment from which you expect large sales figures, let alone large migrations from sticky Apple users.

                                  As for battery, as I mentioned before, they're not then one to do that,
                                  It's also not a requirement to succeed in my scenario, as large volume sale is not the goal, but it is in yours, which alone tells me their motivation wasn't the same.

                                  Most importantly if Samsung was looking for wide & wild success in the Edge, then why wan't there a marketing campaign even closs to match? There was no fanfare about it, heck I've seen more ads, fanfare & news segments about each of the refreshed foldables than there was about this supposed 'we're yelling from the rooftops we did it first' product Edge. Look at last year's Samsung ring marketing, that's more what to expect at least if the Edge were intended to be a wide success IMO. It's like even to Samsung's marketing team it barely existed either.

                                  Of course we both could be wrong. 🤷🏻‍♂️

                                  Maybe in a coupla years an insider will spill the beans, it'll be a story that gets no press and of interest to a handful of people, that's usually how we find out the truth of these things.

                                  PS, you mention in your reply to Anon about big companies and risk/security, the Edge product IS a risk, not making it is the safer thing to do, just keep making S25 with spec changes, the Edge is more of a risk. There's risk and then there's risk, and the battery thing y'all focus on is not the same risk as a new product, as mentioned/explained before.
                                  And contrary to the statement, Apple isn't the bigger fish, they're equal and that's despite, as you acknowledge, Apple spending more on marketing than pretty much all other mfrs combined,
                                  The difference being that Apple sales also benefit Samsung immensely, some years when the profit from display sales to Apple outweighed the profits of their own mobile segment.

                                    Well crease or not as long as main screen will not feature GG victus or better foldables are no for me.

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                                      • 18 Jul 2025

                                      Anonymous, 18 Jul 2025I mean, they've been the biggest smartphone maker in t... moreI'm not saying they won't be good. I'm more than sure of that. Samsung is not just about smartphones.
                                      But the stupid things that the biggest companies can do when they are driven by security in their users are really big. I'm just trying to show them. And Edge shows exactly that.
                                      And there are always bigger fish in the ocean than you. In the case of Samsung phones - Apple. That's what I'm saying. And not because Apple phones are better. Apple is just on a different level in terms of marketing compared to everyone else combined.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 18 Jul 2025

                                        kdss, 18 Jul 2025There is reason in your words. But I have a different opin... moreI mean, they've been the biggest smartphone maker in the world for nearly 20 years. I think, they'll be just fine despite your strange alarmism.

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