Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the future I want for smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. touted strong early demand for its latest lineup of folding smartphones, saying that the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Flip 8 are on pace to break the preorder records of all previous Z-series models.

I have to give Samsung its flowers because it’s impressed me once again. The Galaxy Z Fold 7, Galaxy TriFold, Galaxy XR and now the Galaxy Fold 8, the most remarkable of the lot, and perhaps my favourite phone in years. I’m an excitable guy who loves gimmicks and new, shiny…