Samsung says the Galaxy Z Fold8 is attracting younger iPhone users, with people in their teens, 20s and 30s making up half of its preorder customers. The claim comes as Samsung’s thinner, lighter foldable competes for attention before Apple’s expected first foldable iPhone arrives. Korea JoongAng Daily reported the shift, citing Samsung.com data and interviews with users in Seoul.
Galaxy Z Fold8 is finding younger buyers
Samsung says customers in their teens through 30s accounted for almost 60% of Galaxy Z8 series orders through Samsung.com in Southeast Asia and Oceania. In Korea, half of Galaxy Z Fold8 preorder customers were in those age groups, while purchases by women in the same bracket more than doubled from the previous generation, according to the company figures reported by Korea JoongAng Daily.
The numbers do not show how many buyers switched directly from an iPhone. They do show that the Galaxy Z Fold8 is reaching a younger audience than the traditional image of an expensive foldable might suggest.
Samsung’s regional newsroom says the Galaxy Z Fold8 led demand in Southeast Asia and Oceania, where customers were drawn to its wide display for short-form video, webtoons, games and ebooks. The phone weighs 201 grams, making it Samsung’s lightest foldable so far, according to the Korean report.
What the Galaxy Z Fold8 offers iPhone users
The Fold8’s passport-style shape gives buyers a phone-sized outer screen and a larger display when opened. That makes the design easy to understand in a shop, which is where several of the Korean buyers interviewed by Korea JoongAng Daily first tried it.
One 26-year-old buyer told the outlet she switched from an iPhone 17 Pro after seeing the Fold8 in person. Another 22-year-old said she had planned to buy an iPhone but changed her mind after trying Samsung’s lighter foldable. Those are individual examples, not evidence of a measured mass migration from Apple.
Samsung’s official regional figures point to stronger youth interest, while the direct-switching claims come from user interviews and social posts. Apple is expected to enter the foldable-phone market with an iPhone Ultra in September, according to the Korean report; Apple has not confirmed that launch in the cited sources.
Samsung’s UAE pricing and availability for the Galaxy Z Fold8 are not included in the sources checked for this draft.
How many young people preordered the Galaxy Z Fold8?
Samsung says people in their teens, 20s and 30s made up half of Korean Galaxy Z Fold8 preorder customers.
Did Samsung measure how many buyers switched from iPhone?
Not in the figures cited here. The direct-switching examples come from interviews and social posts, while Samsung’s figures cover customer age groups.
Is the Galaxy Z Fold8 available in the UAE?
The sources checked for this draft do not confirm UAE pricing or availability.
