Can Eight Years Change Your Mind? Samsung Canada Invites Canadians to Revisit Their First Impressions of Foldables - Morningstar

I have a confession: I've always had a thing for unconventional phones. Long before smartphones became slabs of glass that all looked the same, I was fascinated by devices that tried to solve different problems in different ways. I remember using a Motorola StarTAC when simply flipping a phone open felt futuristic. Later, I experimented with LG devices that featured external and internal displays with a fancy blue LED screen as opposed to mainstream red, and even innovative camera designs that you could attach to your phone to increase the lens size without compromising design and made taking self-portraits easier years before "selfie" became part of our vocabulary. Then there was Nokia. One of the things I loved about Nokia (apart from playing snake) was that you could often tell who a phone was designed for just by looking at it. Some models were clearly built for music lovers. Others prioritized photography. Somewhere in my tech graveyard, I still have one of those that looked more like a camera than a phone. I have vivid memories of my first Samsung.

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With $2,000 in their pocket, there's one foldable that the majority of voters would rather buy — and it's not Apple's.

Samsung might be planning its most aggressive foldable year yet in 2027. According to tipster TheGalox, the company could launch as many as six Galaxy Z devices next year, more than double what it usually puts out. The rumored lineup includes the Galaxy Z Slide, Galaxy Z TriFold 2, Galaxy Z Fold 9 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 9 Pro, Galaxy Z Fold 9, and Galaxy Z Flip 9. If this pans out, it would give people a much wider range of foldable options than Samsung has offered before.

The S26 Ultra still offers the best cameras on a Samsung, even over the pricier Z Fold 8 Ultra. From the early days of Android, Samsung has stood out as a leader of the pack, and over the last few years, the Ultra tier of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S line has served as a high bar for the rest of the market. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is the latest phone to fill that role, and it's little surprise that it's bringing a lot to the table. The S26 Ultra naturally packs the latest high-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip for extreme speeds that'll hold up for years to come. It has a robust camera system that can rival the rest of the market. And for 2026, it naturally has a lot of AI features trying to find practical ways to fit into our lives. Samsung may not be innovating much in the phone's design, leaving it a tame-looking device with little to differentiate it from prior models, but it's still an all-around great phone with a little room for improvement here and there and hardly any major shortcomings. It comes at a high price, starting at $1,399 (it was $1,299 before a post-release price increase), so it won't be for everyone.