US EditionRumored Samsung Wide Fold Pops up in Early One UI 9 Builds
Early One UI 9 builds reveal a wider Galaxy Z Fold variant with a 4:3 aspect ratio, aiming to compete with the rumored iPhone Fold, Samsung plans a summer launch.
- Samsung revealed assets in early One UI 9 test builds suggesting a wide Fold codenamed H8 and a Fold variant with build F971USQU0AZB1, Android Authority spotted.
- After last year's Galaxy Z Fold 7 revival, Samsung is preparing at least two additional book-style foldables for later this year, building on recent foldable momentum.
- Assets in the build depict the Wide Galaxy Z Fold’s inner display shifting toward a 4:3 aspect ratio with centered front-facing cameras in both closed and open positions, showing few other features.
- The leak suggests that the Wide Galaxy Z Fold might debut alongside Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Flip 8, with One UI 9 potentially shipping with them, Android Authority reported.
- Amid a busy product calendar, Samsung faces pressure from Honor pursuing similar foldable designs and a rumored Apple iPhone Fold as the Galaxy S26 unveiling approaches.
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Samsung hasn't announced anything, but his software is already talking. Animations and schematics hidden in One UI's code have just delivered a very concrete first preview — almost "official" in intent — of a new foldable nickname Galaxy Z "Wide Fold". It would be a much wider device than the usual Galaxy Z Folds, [...] The Galaxy Z article "Wide Fold": Samsung inadvertently unveils the format of its new foldable in One UI appeared first on Blog…
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