The 2-week-old Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra shows a deeper crease than the 4-month-old Oppo Find N6

Time to unfold once again! Today's big star is the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra—the true successor to last year's Galaxy Z Fold 7.

In the other corner, it's the exotic (but extremely polished and refined) contender—the Oppo Find N6.

This isn't a performance race; it's a competition that measures creases.

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And the winner is…

There's a new post by well-known tipster Alvin on X who puts the two foldable flagships against each other.

The race isn't exactly fair, as the Oppo Find N6 is much older – it was released four months ago, while the Z Fold 8 Ultra was unveiled two weeks ago. Logically speaking, the longer you use a foldable, the deeper the crease should get compared to a brand-new device.

These are the results:



The Z Fold 8 Ultra shows a much deeper crease in the image above.

How can we be sure?

The thing is… we can't. Alvin doesn't specify if the Oppo Find N6 unit has been kept like this (unfolded) for weeks and months or if the Z Fold 8 Ultra has been kept closed for days and just opened.

What's more, the Find N6 comes with a "self-healing memory glass technology" for its internal display, so this is a possible explanation—if the phone is left open for a prolonged period of time, it "heals" and the crease gets shallower.

The glare-free display

As you can see in the image above, the two phones reflect light quite differently. It seems that the new Z Fold 8 Ultra is doing better in this regard.

The Find N6's inner screen has a purple-ish tint to it when it's turned off and under a light source. Samsung's new champion is the clear winner here.

Going down the fold path

It's a month until we get to see if the world will finally accept the foldable smartphone and start to accept the possibility of rocking such a device as a daily driver. I'm referring, of course, to the upcoming iPhone Ultra (the first-ever foldable iPhone).

The price (usually well over $1,500) of the book-style foldables is why many people consider them to be little more than a glorified bijou. Apple's first-ever foldable won't change that (are you really expecting a cheap foldable product by Apple of all brands?!), but it could be the device that draws much more attention to the foldable form factor.

And, as a big believer in these handsets, I'll be happy to see Apple succeed, even if it makes a faulty first-gen foldable that comes with minor hiccups and issues on board.

As far as the crease goes—I can assure you that on modern-day foldables, it's not something that you can't get used to pretty quickly.

Yes, it's there, but your mind and eyes adapt. And, as time goes by, the crease will get shallower and shallower with each new foldable generation.

The only question is, can we do something about that prohibitively high price? Yes, we can start a second (or a third) part-time job. Not even kidding, not in this economy.

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