The first Galaxy Fold shipped in 2019 at 276 grams. Every generation since has chased the same target: cut weight and thickness without weakening the hinge, though the cuts have come in fits and starts. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 made the biggest jump yet last July, landing at 215 grams and 8.9mm folded, a 24-gram drop from the Z Fold 6 that beat every prior generational cut in the line’s seven-year history. A new Galaxy Z Fold 8 leak says that record is about to fall again, and the spec sheet behind it is detailed enough to read like a finished product brief.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Leaked Spec Sheet
Tipster Tarun Vats posted a full list of specifications for Samsung’s standard Galaxy Z Fold 8 on X, picked up first by Android Authority. His tweet lists the weight of the new phone to be 201 grams, 14 grams under the Fold 7 and 13 grams under the Galaxy S26 Ultra, a phone that doesn’t fold at all.
Vats’ Galaxy Z Fold 8 leak lists a 7.6-inch QHD+ inner screen, a 5.5-inch QHD+ cover screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip, 12GB of RAM, and a 4,800mAh battery. That chip choice fits a pattern TrueTech has reported on: Samsung is keeping the Fold 8 line Snapdragon-only, while the cheaper Flip 8 reportedly splits between Snapdragon and Exynos depending on region.
Here is the Galaxy Z Fold 8 leaked spec sheet against the phone it replaces.
| Spec | Galaxy Z Fold 8 (leaked) | Galaxy Z Fold 7 (last gen) |
|---|---|---|
| Inner display | 7.6-inch QHD+, 4:3, Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz | 8.0-inch, 2184 x 1968, Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz |
| Cover display | 5.5-inch QHD+, 16:10 | 6.5-inch, 2520 x 1080, 21:9 |
| Folded size | 123.9 x 81.9 x 9.7mm | 158.4 x 72.6 x 8.9mm |
| Unfolded size | 123.9 x 161.4 x 4.5mm | 158.2 x 143 x 4.2mm |
| Weight | 201g | 215g |
| Chip | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy | Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy |
| RAM and storage | 12GB, 256GB/512GB/1TB | 12GB, 256GB/512GB/1TB |
| Battery | 4,800mAh | 4,400mAh |
| Wired charging | 45W (Super Fast Charging 2.0) | 25W |
| Wireless charging | Fast Wireless Charging 2.0 | 15W |
| Rear camera (separate leak) | 50MP main, 50MP ultrawide, no telephoto | 200MP main, 12MP ultrawide, 10MP 3x telephoto |
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Interestingly, these numbers aren’t just Vats’ guess. Ice Universe published the same body dimensions earlier this month, and Ahmed Qwaider posted a near-identical sheet a day earlier, via SamMobile. Three Samsung tipsters with separate track records landing on the same 123.9 x 161.4 x 4.5mm frame and the same 201-gram weight usually means the hardware is locked. Treat the core measurements as close to final. Treat the storage tiers and naming as still in motion.
Additionally, lighter does not mean thinner this time. At 4.5mm open, the Fold 8 runs 0.3mm thicker than the Fold 7’s 4.2mm. Folded, it measures 9.7mm against the Fold 7’s 8.9mm. Samsung found its grams in a new footprint instead.
This is the short, broad model, 123.9mm tall and 161.4mm wide when open. This shape matches the dummy units we covered earlier this month, where two visibly different Fold 8 silhouettes, one tall and narrow, one short and broad, turned up side by side. Unfolded, the panel sits wider than it stands tall, a layout no previous book-style Fold has used.
The display part defintely deserves a second look. In his Galaxy Z Fold 8 leak, Vats calls both panels QHD+, but neither leak gives us an exact pixel count, and Samsung’s own naming for the Fold 7’s inner panel was QXGA+; which is a different resolution class. So, as of now, there’s no clean way yet to compare the two pixel for pixel. What is confirmed is the shape: the inner panel moves to a 4:3 aspect ratio on a 7.6-inch diagonal, down from the Fold 7’s 8.0 inches. Both screens stay Dynamic AMOLED 2X at 120Hz.
What’s worth pausing on though, is the camera. Vats’ spec sheet skips the rear cameras, but Qwaider’s leak describes a dual setup on this model: a 50MP main at f/1.8 and a 50MP ultrawide at f/1.9, with no dedicated telephoto. The Fold 7 carried a 200MP main, a 12MP ultrawide, and a 10MP 3x telephoto.
If Qwaider is right, the wide Fold 8 drops optical zoom and steps the main sensor down from 200MP to 50MP, with the better cameras reportedly reserved for the pricier Fold 8 Ultra. The lighter body and the weaker camera ride on the same phone, and that’s the trade Samsung is asking wide-Fold buyers to make.
While the cameras may feel like a major trade-off, refreshingly, Vats lists the phone to gain Super Fast Charging 2.0 and Fast Wireless Charging 2.0. According to Samsung’s nomenclature, this means 45W wired charging speeds. The company has limited its foldables at 25W wired charging for years, even as its non-folding flagships moved to 45W, so a jump on a 4,800mAh cell would close a gap reviewers have complained about for years. The battery itself climbs 400mAh over the Fold 7’s 4,400mAh.
One open question hangs over the whole leak: the name. The convention used across this leak cycle treats this device as the shorter, wider counterpart to a separate Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, a naming split TrueTech covered when a Bluetooth certification listing surfaced the Ultra branding earlier this month. Other tipsters still continue to use “Fold 8 Wide” for the same hardware.
Of course, Samsung has confirmed neither label. The Unpacked event where this gets settled is rumored for July 22 in London, roughly three weeks out. Stay tuned as we bring you future updates regarding this story.
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