Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra: gran plegable, però prou “Ultra”?

What does ultra really mean? I was

curious, so I had a look. Ultra means

beyond, extreme, or surpassing ordinary

limits. And I think someone needs to

remind Samsung of that. I'm Paul, and

Usually when reviewing a phone, I like

to take a few weeks to really use it,

find out its quirks, and just play with

what is new. But the Galaxy Z Fold 8

Ultra, I didn't need that much time with

it at all because this is very familiar.

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To me, this is the foldable that most

people won't be picking up this year.

For one, it's $2,100.

And the Fold 8, it's probably quirky

enough to tempt a few people, but I

can't really get on board with that

cover display. I'm just not sure about

that yet. If you have a Z Fold 7, then

there's just not enough here that's new

to make you want to switch. And here's

the problem with this phone. Samsung

have called this ultra, but where's the

ultra?

I don't want to come in and complain

about this phone because it's a good

folding phone, but Samsung, they called

it ultra, so it kind of left me with no

choice to compare [music] this to the

competition. One of my biggest gripes

with the Fold 8 Ultra is it has a

terrible IP rating. Oppo has IP56, 58,

and 59. Honor and Google, they have

IP68, so it's protected from dust.

Samsung, this is still chilling back in

2024, the Z Fold 6, because this has an

IP48 rating. And this annoys me a little

bit, mostly because I got sand in my Z

Fold 7 hinge a couple of weeks ago, and

I was just thinking, if I had bought

that phone and I was going to use it for

a couple more years, I'm not sure it

would last. Most folds are pretty

durable, especially if you just drop

them in water, you should be okay. And

if you drop them, like my Z Fold 7 is

proof that it should be okay. But I

asked Samsung in person why they not

have a better IP rating, and the answer

I got was pretty bad. Like they told me

that Samsung, they don't chase numbers,

but this is the exact number that you

need to chase.

While I'm on of

I've got one more, which is cheesy

magnets. I know Google is the only one

that does this in a fold at the moment,

and maybe it's not possible with how

thin the Z Fold 8 Ultra is, but the

constant need for a case drives me

insane. And even when you do put a case

on it, it's pretty pointless if you have

a MagSafe battery pack.

Moving on to the three cameras, and I'm

going to use the word pointless again,

especially for one of these lenses. The

one you won't catch me complaining about

is that 200 megapixel main. This is

practically the same sensor that is in

the S26 [music] Ultra. You want a good

punchy Samsung-looking shot, then this

is your go-to. The improved nightography

for both photos and videos, I like this.

I'm not complaining about it. It's

actually quite good, as long as you're

not in like pitch darkness, then it'll

give you something decent. Using the

main lens for photos and videos, this

gives you a flagship camera in a phone

that's barely thicker than my passport,

if you ignore the massive camera bump

that has been put onto the back of the

phone this year. I would absolutely

rather pick this over a main camera than

in an Oppo or an Honor fold. Like, for

me, this is the main camera that you

want on a foldable. It stands out by

miles. I kind of love the video that

this main lens can produce as well,

especially now you can use log and those

cine lots. Like, I'm all for this.

There's also the my fan cam feature,

which I'm sure I will never use after

this review, and that's mainly because

that this doesn't work on pets. Like,

Samsung, come on. Update this so I can

use it on my dog. There was an upgrade

to the cameras this year, and this is

where I was a little disappointed. The

ultrawide lens is now on par with the

Chinese foldables. It's a 50-megapixel

f/1.9 lens, and Samsung said that this

can let in up to 34% more light than

last year. In good light, this is a very

good ultrawide. At a quick glance, if

you focus on it a bit more, you'll see

that the details, they are a little

soft. But, compared to last year's on

the Z Fold 7, I'm happy. Where this lens

isn't so great is video. I just think

it's a little weak. The details aren't

great. [music] There's lots of quality

loss around the edges. So, I would just

use that main camera. Having the

upgraded ultra-wide is great, but I'd

rather Samsung have upgraded the three

times telephoto lens because this one,

it's still not very good.

Just remember what ultra means. It means

being better than everything else. And

this telephoto camera is not the one.

It's the same 10-megapixel three times

lens that we saw in the Galaxy Z Fold 4.

I just feel that the camera you should

really be upgrading here is not the

ultra-wide, but it's the telephoto lens

because it's so far behind. There hasn't

been a Fold that's released in the last

few years that's had a telephoto camera

as bad as the Z Fold 8 Ultra. The

pictures, they're mostly fine. You can

get some nice-looking images out of

them, but the details are so far off the

competition. Like, look at this. Where

did all the detail go? Even for video,

this is weak, and I just don't love it.

You're paying almost $2,100 for this,

and Samsung think it's okay to give you

the same weak camera from 2022. And for

me, this is just a huge letdown,

especially when you call your Fold

ultra.

Let me move past my complaints because I

have most of them out of the way because

there are some upgrades that Samsung

have made that I really like. The new

hinge is much easier to open and just

[music] feels smoother. And because of

the new hinge, it means that the ultra

can finally open flat, which is what the

Z Fold 7 couldn't do. Although, this is

not a one-handed open just yet. Like, I

have tried a few times, and every time I

do it, it just feels like I'm going to

break the hinge. It will open

eventually, but I wouldn't want to do

that every day.

I love the in-display. Granted, it's the

same size as last year, but I will never

not be in love with this. I will try and

use this open all day, like for

everything. And putting an

anti-reflective coating on this is a

dream. I don't think it's as good as the

one on the S26 Ultra, but I mean, small

steps. I just wish that this was also on

the cover display, like Honor have done

on theirs. While we're talking about

that display, this might be one of the

biggest upgrade Samsung have made this

year, and it's the fact that that crease

is almost not there. I would say like

95% has gone. Like, this is good. I love

an almost creaseless foldable, and I

fell in love with the N6 a couple of

months ago for that. And I think this is

what foldables are all about. Only 12

months or so ago, I said [music] that

foldables would always have a crease,

but how wrong was I?

Samsung have removed about 95% of that

crease, maybe 90%, [music] but you

really have to look to see and feel this

one. And I'll be honest, I've just

forgotten that there's a crease at all.

Compare it to last year, and you can see

the difference. Even comparing it to one

of my favorite foldables of the year,

the N6, this is almost as good. I've

only been using this for a week or so,

so we'll see how that crease holds up in

a couple of weeks or a couple of months

down the line, because yeah, when you

first take a foldable out of the box,

the crease is never there. But I've got

high hopes for this one. I think that

titanium plate's going to do wonders for

Samsung, but let's come back for like

the proper long-term review in a couple

of months and see how this one's holding

up. One of my biggest complaints on

Samsung foldables over the last few

years was battery. It just wasn't great.

But in the week that I've been using it,

Samsung, I feel like have kind of

smashed this now.

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>> It's not in the ultra category of the V6

or the N6. In fact, it's miles behind

them, but at least Samsung have tried

here. And remember I said baby steps?

This is one of them. It's the same 5,000

mA battery as the S26 Ultra. So, alone,

that would have been a nice upgrade,

especially when you throw in that

quicker charging. I love it. When

Samsung told us though in a briefing

that the battery in this had silicon

carbon, you should have heard the gasp

in the room. Everyone was like just

looking at each other for a second,

because I don't think anyone expected

Samsung to do that this year, but it

kind of makes sense. They made the phone

thinner than last year, and they

couldn't keep using the same 4,400 mA

hour They had to improve it. So, silicon

carbon was kind of the only way. This is

also the first silicon carbon battery

Samsung have ever used in their phones,

and that mixed with the bigger battery,

I barely been hitting 20% on this, and

that's a mix of pretty much the main

screen, the cover display, gaming, the

battery. Like, I've tried to push this.

So, I feel like Samsung have listened

here, cuz it was my biggest complaint on

the Z Fold 7. And granted, this is not

the biggest battery on any fold in the

world, but I'll take it.

Here's the thing. After a week of using

this, in terms of hardware, the Z Fold 8

Ultra, it's not an Ultra. There's just

too much missing. I mean, Samsung

haven't even been able to fix that

wobble on the table. I really hate this.

Having said that, and despite all my

complaints, I know that this will be the

foldable in my pocket this year.

There is something about Samsung Fold

that I just love. I have better folds to

pick from, but One UI and its

multitasking and good luck, I'm kind of

all in on it. I can't really decide

whether I'm disappointed in the upgrades

that Samsung gave this, or I'm just

disappointed that they went down the

Ultra name, especially when it's not an

Ultra phone. If Samsung had just called

this the Z Fold 8, I'd probably be sat

here praising it a little bit more, but

they decided to call it Ultra. And Ultra

is supposed to mean better than everyone

else. And while this is a good foldable,

it isn't the best.

I'm curious on your thoughts though of

this, the Z Fold 8 Ultra, and whether

you're going to be picking one up. I

feel like the price upgrade this year to

$2,100 is a lot, especially when it

starts at 256 gigs of storage and 12

gigs of RAM. I think the Oppo and Honor

phones, they all give you 16 gigs of

RAM. So, I'm not sure that this is the

best buy this year, but let me know in

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