Amazon sweetens the Galaxy Z Flip 8 launch deal to take the sting out of Samsung's price hikes
Samsung's latest clamshell-style foldable is costlier than last year's Galaxy Z Flip 7, but if you hurry, you can get it alongside a free $200 Amazon gift card.
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The Galaxy Z Flip 8 comes with basically the exact same secondary screen as the Z Flip 7. | Image by PhoneArena
You could obviously do that through Samsung as well, but without a device trade-in, the world's number two handset vendor can only hook you up with $150 e-store credit. That's certainly better than nothing, but it's also undeniably worse than the $200 gift cards Amazon throws in with early Z Flip 8 purchases in both 256 and 512GB storage variants.
Keep in mind that Samsung's latest clamshell-style foldable is tragically (although unsurprisingly) costlier than last year's Galaxy Z Flip 7, starting at $1,199.99 instead of $1,099.99 and fetching $1,399.99 (up from $1,299.99) in its digital hoarder-friendly configuration.
Both models come with the same 12GB RAM count, of course, and they're both available in Graphite, Cream, and Pink colorways, all three of which are on sale alongside a complimentary $200 Amazon gift card at their list prices until their August 7 release date.
Rumored to be the last of its kind, the Galaxy Z Flip 8 is an admittedly lazy upgrade over its pretty successful predecessor, as it keeps everything from the 6.9 and 4.1-inch screens, 4,300mAh battery, 25W charging, 50 + 12MP dual rear-facing camera system, and 10MP selfie snapper unchanged.
One of the Z Flip 8's clearest advantages over its predecessor is this razor-thin profile. | Image by PhoneArena
The processor, meanwhile, is bumped up from an Exynos 2500 to an Exynos 2600... that's likely not as impressive as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 inside the Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra, and perhaps most notably, the product weight is reduced from 188 to 180 grams and the thickness from 6.5mm in unfolded form and 13.7mm in folded form to 6.1 and 13.1mm, respectively.
Samsung's luck is that the Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) starts at an even higher price than $1,199.99, although the same cannot be said about the latest Razr Plus edition and last year's Razr Ultra flagship, especially at their latest discounts. Still, you're clearly looking at one of the best foldable phones money can buy in 2026, and indirectly, you might save the Galaxy Z Flip family from extinction if you decide to go for its newest member. Sounds pretty tempting, doesn't it?
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