Samsung Weighs Ending Galaxy Z Flip After Flip8 as RAM Costs Rise
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Updated · GSMArena.com · Jul 9
Samsung Weighs Ending Galaxy Z Flip After Flip8 as RAM Costs Rise
3 articles · Updated · GSMArena.com · Jul 9
Summary
Samsung is reportedly considering making the Galaxy Z Flip8 its last clamshell foldable, according to tipster Ice Universe, though a pause rather than a full cancellation remains possible.
Rising component costs are a key pressure point: higher RAM prices are pushing smartphone prices up, with Motorola's new Razr 70 models cited as recent examples.
Western-market demand also appears thinner as Oppo, Xiaomi, vivo and Honor have either pulled flip foldables from Europe and the U.S. or never sold them outside China.
That would leave Samsung and Motorola as the main flip-foldable vendors in those markets, reinforcing doubts about the segment's long-term viability.