Returning Fold 8 Ultra for S26U?

Recommendation Request🙏

Hello everyone.

I need an advice about what to do with Fold 8 Ultra.

I bought it about a week ago, on average it's fine and I kinda like it, but noticed some flaws and kept thinking about returning it:

  1. Heating. It's what I dislike the most. In idle/videos/social media it doesn't seem to be getting hot. In games it can get hot very quickly to the point when I feel it through the screen. Lately I used it for Android development and found that eventually it heats and dims screen as well, though app I work on isn't that heavy and that doesn't occur on other devices. I haven't seen such fast heating on other devices before.

  2. Crease. While it's physically inevitable, it's kinda irritating. For example some games put controls near middle of the screen and because center is non-flat I found it a bit irritating when touching. Though I never owned foldable devices previously, over the week I still cant get used to that.

  3. Durability. I rarely drop my devices, but it happens and I assume with Fold it can lead to trouble compared to monoblock/slab phones.

So these flaws turned my attention to S26U. But is it worth to replace Fold? I've seen some topics on fuzzy text/icons due to new privacy screen feature on S26U, but cooling at least should be better due to vapor chamber and no crease as well.

Is this exchange worth it?

Posted Aug 11, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

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