One of the most persistent complaints with foldable phones is the visible crease on most every model. Samsung may just have resolved this issue, if a rumor about the Galaxy Z Fold 8 proves true.
Leaker Ice Universe posted on X, “The Galaxy Z Fold 8 series has reached the top level in the industry, with a crease performance comparable to the OPPO Find N6.”
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That’s a big claim, considering just how good the Oppo Find N6 looks.
Android Police’s Andy Boxall got a look at the Find N6 back in March and he was thoroughly impressed that the crease is nearly invisible and almost undetectable to touch. “Angle the phone in the light, and you can spot something, but you genuinely have to try to find it,” he said.
Ice Universe said the crease improvement rests on the hinge design. “To further improve the crease, Samsung has made the folding and unfolding action more decisive,” he said. “In other words, it is no longer as easy to hold at certain angles as before.”
This seems to mean that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will not stay open in the same range of incremental angles that earlier models handled. The tradeoff can be worth it since it allows for the two main modes for the device — phone and tablet — and makes the latter a much more pleasurable and functional experience.
Should Samsung achieve a nearly creaseless screen, it will undoubtedly release details on just how it did so. It will likely use a process similar to the one Oppo did which involves reducing the variations in screen height that happen when a hinge is introduced by carefully scanning to spot those differences and filling them in. For its part, Oppo uses a special polymer that it then bakes under a UV light.
Additionally, Oppo places an Auto-Smoothing Flex Glass over the display. This prolongs the flatness of the screen over time as the device is opened and closed.
All will be revealed for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 soon enough, as it’s supposed to debut at a Galaxy Unpacked event sometime this month.
