Samsung appears ready to bid adieu to the Galaxy Z Flip line, especially as the passport-sized Galaxy Z Fold 8 is now ready to cater to the compact-sized foldable space, and as Samsung appears to be working tirelessly to bring its next-gen rollable phone to the market in the not-too-distant future.
An aggregation of anecdotes suggests that the demise of Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip series is nigh
Back in May, reports emerged that Samsung was scaling back the production of the Galaxy Z Flip 8 to the benefit of the passport-like Galaxy Z Fold 8, with the latter seeing its production target ramped up from 200,000 units to 300,000 units.
Now, @fireuniverse is out with a scoop, detailing that Samsung might "kill" its Flip series the way it terminated the Note-related one. This suggests that Flip 8 will likely end up as Samsung's last smartphone of its kind.
We already know that the Galaxy Z Flip 8 will be slimmer than its Flip 7 counterpart by around 0.5mm, courtesy of a new hinge mechanism. Specifically, the device bears the dimensions of 166.8mm x 75.4mm x 6.6mm when unfolded and 85.4mm x 75.4mm x 13.2mm while folded, indicating that the Flip 8 is indeed just around half a millimeter thinner in its folded state than the Flip 7.
According to @fireuniverse, the device will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip. Elsewhere, the Galaxy Z Flip 8 is expected to sport a substantially reduced display crease, as well as a 4.1-inch cover display and a 6.9-inch inner one in what appears to be an exact replication of the Flip 7, replete with dual rear cameras and an LED flash on the cover panel.
Meanwhile, according to the Korean outlet Money Today, Samsung is preparing to debut its first phone with a rollable display in 2028, which follows years of the South Korean tech giant showcasing its rollable OLED technology in major tech fairs. In fact, Samsung trademarked the name Galaxy Z Roll around 5 years back.
So, it's quite likely that the Flip phone will end up being replaced by an arguably more exciting rollable one.
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