Samsung Slashes Galaxy Z Fold 8 Price as Apple iPhone Duo Enters Foldable Market

In the autumn of 2026, Apple's long-anticipated entry into the foldable phone market with the iPhone Duo has set in motion a competitive reckoning that the industry has been quietly preparing for. Samsung, which has spent years refining and nearly monopolizing the foldable category, responded swiftly with a $300 discount on its Galaxy Z Fold 8 — not out of fear, but out of the calculated wisdom of a pioneer who knows that the arrival of a powerful rival changes the rules for everyone. This moment marks less a crisis than a maturation: the foldable phone, once a curiosity, is now a contested fr