Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 Review: The Littlest Smartphone That Could

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSamsung's newest flip phone costs twelve hundred dollars, and its cameras, battery and charging are essentially the same as last year's, BGR reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is what we call consistency of excellence. Same camera, same battery, same charging, and the only thing that changed is the price tag, which grew a nine at the end.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt starts at one thousand one hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, up from one thousand ninety-nine for the Flip 7.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the hundred dollars goes on the eight. Just the eight.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut Wired calls it the littlest smartphone that could. It's compact, the performance is solid, and the camera is solid too.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSolid. At twelve hundred dollars, I'd hope so.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCNN says the price rise is most likely down to hardware costs from an AI-driven memory crunch.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo really, this phone is a team player in a larger conversation about supply.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the AI industry needs memory, and you're paying a hundred dollars more for your phone. The chatbot gets the storage and you get the flip.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGSMArena says it has already dropped to under nine hundred euros, and it's built so small that it runs hot and slows down.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll wait for the one under nine hundred euros.