A modest hardware refresh, but cover-screen app support makes it a turning point. Friction on the small screen is a feature, though the $100 price rise is hard to justify.
Can run any app on the cover screen
Thinner and lighter than predecessor
Reliable full-day battery life
Main 50MP camera performs well
Cover screen app drawer more prominent
Mostly a rehash of last year's phone
IP48 rating, still vulnerable to dust
$100 more expensive than Z Flip 7
Slow 25W wired and 15W wireless charging
Visible crease, not upgraded to thinner display stack
Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.