‘Removed from my wishlist’: the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide could lack a key camera feature of the regular Z Fold 8, and expectant buyers aren

• The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide might just have a 50MP main camera
• That would almost certainly make it weaker for photography than the standard Z Fold 8, which is likely to have a 200MP camera
• However, it could at least have a decent battery capacity

If you were hoping the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide would be able to come close to the standard Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 for photography, we’ve got some bad news, because the latest leak suggests it will be significantly worse.

We were already expecting this phone to just have two rear cameras, rather than the three that we’re likely to get on the Z Fold 8, and now we’ve learned that the main (wide) camera might be worse here too.

According to GalaxyClub (via GSMArena), the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide will have just a 50MP main camera, whereas the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 — and likely the Z Fold 8 — has a 200MP one.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide will at least reportedly have a 50MP ultra-wide camera, which would likely be a match for the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s, and an upgrade on the 12MP one used by the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. But if this claim is accurate, then its zoom skills probably won’t be up to much, since it won’t have either a dedicated telephoto camera or a big enough main sensor for a decent sensor crop zoom.

All in all, this phone sounds closer to the Galaxy Z Flip 8 in terms of camera hardware, which is rumored to also have a 50MP main sensor, albeit joined by a weaker 12MP ultra-wide.

A disappointing revelation

Prospective buyers understandably aren’t happy about this rumor, with one of the comments under the aforementioned GSMArena article reading “removed from my wishlist”, and another describing the upcoming phone as “another extremely overpriced Samsung device with outdated midrange cameras.”

Still, there is some good news, as today’s report also echoes previous claims that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide will have a 4,800mAh battery, and the regular Galaxy Z Fold 8 will have a 5,000mAh one, both of which would be up on the 4,400mAh battery inside the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

We’ll probably find out how accurate any of this is in July, as that’s when these phones are likely to launch.

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James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.