Samsung Urges Apple to Keep Folding iPhone Under 241 Grams as Fold8 Preorders Jump 30%
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Updated · WIRED · Sep 8
Samsung Urges Apple to Keep Folding iPhone Under 241 Grams as Fold8 Preorders Jump 30%
3 articles · Updated · WIRED · Sep 8
Summary
201 grams is Samsung’s benchmark for foldable usability: the company said weight is the key factor for Apple’s upcoming folding iPhone, which is rumored at 230 to 241 grams.
75 grams have been cut from Samsung’s Fold line since the original Galaxy Fold, with the latest Z Fold8 slimmed by redesigning roughly 270 components, removing 15 auxiliary parts and dropping the telephoto camera.
30% higher global preorders for Samsung’s latest foldables suggest lighter designs are resonating, and the smaller passport-style Fold8 accounted for nearly half of those orders.
IP48 water-and-dust protection and a 4/10 iFixit repairability score still show the tradeoff: thinner foldables remain vulnerable on durability, hinge repair and dust resistance even as Samsung says serviceability has improved.
13% year-over-year growth is expected for foldables once Apple enters, according to IDC, potentially reviving a category that had been sliding in double digits despite improving hardware.