The Z Flip 8 is designed to be used shut more than ever before. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge What do you want from a flip phone when it's closed?
A simple interface, perhaps notifications and a widget or two, for handling the basics?
Or a fully fledged Android experience shrunk down for the Flip form factor?
For years, Samsung has insisted on the former, even as some fans - and Razr rival Motorola - have pushed for the latter.
With the Galaxy Z Flip 8, Samsung has given in.
Although the Z Flip 8's hardware is almost unchanged year-on-year, Samsung has fundamentally rethought how this phone is meant to be used when shut.
The cover screen feels more like a regular Android phone, with easier access to the full versions of every single … Read the full story at The Verge.