‘Samsung would never do that’: new Galaxy Z Fold 8 name surfaces online, but fans aren’t convinced it’s legit
- Images of cases for the rumored wider Galaxy foldable have leaked
- They look like official cases, but they call the phone the ‘Galaxy New Fold’
- Fans have cast doubt over whether these are the real deal
One of the big questions surrounding Samsung’s rumored wider foldable is what it will actually be called.
Early leaks referred to it as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, but then more recently, we heard that it might simply launch as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, with the direct successor to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 now being called the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. Now, though, another possibility has emerged.
Some leaked images have been shared on X by Mohammed Khatri and @thinborne showing packaging for seemingly official cases for the phone, which here is listed as the ‘Samsung Galaxy New Fold’.
But there are reasons to doubt this name, as while the photos are probably real, there’s a high chance the products they show are knock-offs from China.
Galaxy Z Fold8 (Wide) Kindsuit Case 🔥The box mentions “Galaxy New Fold”‼️Could Samsung be planning a name change? 📱Found this on retail listings. It looks genuine, but can’t confirm its authenticity ✅️ pic.twitter.com/Cze4QxkxBpJune 27, 2026
As one Reddit commenter purported: “These are fake cases made by Chinese companies sold through eBay, temu, shein, ali express, etc… they copy Samsung boxes well, but they don’t know the new name of the fold wide, so you can see that on the box where it’s just called new fold. Samsung would never do that.”
Another Reddit poster agreed, writing, “I’ve seen cases like that appear all over Aliexpress and almost all of them are knockoffs with the Samsung logo on them.”
And on top of all that, these are supposedly ‘Kindsuit’ cases, which are a style of case that Samsung offers for last year’s flagship phones, but not for the Samsung Galaxy S26 series. So there’s some doubt over whether the company’s upcoming foldables would get this style of case.
We’ll find out soon
On the other hand, questionable name aside, these do look like they could be official Samsung cases, so we can’t completely rule out the possibility that this will be the wider foldable’s official name.
But it would seem an odd choice, as subsequent wide models will no longer be ‘new’ in the same sense, so it would quickly become a clunky naming scheme.
We’ll probably find out very soon anyway, as Samsung is rumored to be launching its next batch of foldables on July 22.
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