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Samsung has been making its foldables for eight generations now, and while the company has tacked on the ‘Ultra’ branding to the Fold 8, the Flip 8 isn’t all that different to its predecessor. The main difference this time around is that it’s using a more powerful processor, and the price has gone up by $100. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 is packed with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip that’s powering both the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and the S26 Ultra. I haven’t had a chance to really put this phone through its paces yet, but just swapping to this high-end SoC, rather than the Media

If you’re in the market for a new handset, it’s sometimes hard to judge whether the latest iteration is worthy of the upgrade. If gaming’s a big part of how you use your phone, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra offers a number of tangible improvements over the previous iteration (S25 Ultra) that can offer real world Quality of Life improvements. Let’s take a look at five of the key ones.01: ProcessorThe Galaxy S26 Ultra has a customised version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy mobile chipset. At a glance, that might not sound that different, but that “Gen 5” is doing a surprising amount o