The foldable phone race is shifting shape. While the industry waits for Apple’s long-rumored iPhone Fold, brands like Samsung and Huawei are already redrawing the blueprint with a new category: wide-format foldables that feel less like stretched remotes and more like compact tablets you can slip into a pocket.
Fresh comparison renders now place Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide side by side with the recently announced Huawei Pura X Max, and the similarities are impossible to ignore. Both devices abandon the tall-and-narrow proportions that defined early book-style foldables in favor of broader displays, squarer footprints, and a more natural tablet experience when opened.
Samsung’s version, according to leak source Ice Universe, may be the more refined execution. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide is rumored to measure just 4.3 mm unfolded and 9.8 mm folded, making it dramatically slimmer than Huawei’s 5.2 mm open and 11.2 mm closed Pura X Max. That kind of thinness matters. Foldables have long struggled with bulk, and shaving even a millimeter can change how a device disappears into a pocket or rests in the hand.
Then there’s the display geometry. Samsung is reportedly using a 4:3 internal aspect ratio, a shape long associated with productivity tablets and easier multitasking. The outer screen lands at 4.7:3, still broad enough to feel usable as a daily phone. Huawei counters with a 4.2:3 inner display and 4.4:3 cover panel, creating a similarly expansive experience but with slightly different proportions.
via notebookcheck
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