Samsung's Foldables Are About To Get Costlier In India, Here Is Why Waiting Is A Bad Idea

If you have been eyeing Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 or Z Flip8 and quietly telling yourself you will wait for a festival deal before buying, that plan just got risky.

Samsung's latest foldables are set to get more expensive in India in the coming days, and every signal from the company and the retail channel points the same way. This time, the smarter move may be to buy before the price moves, not after.

Galaxy Z Fold8 Series Could Get Costlier After Strong Launch

Leading retailers and industry analysts say Samsung is preparing to raise the prices of the Galaxy Z Fold8, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and the Galaxy Z Flip8 as memory chip costs keep climbing. The three devices currently sit between roughly Rs 1.25 lakh and Rs 2.6 lakh, and despite those numbers they have sold remarkably well.

Samsung India said close to 2.71 lakh people pre-ordered the trio within just 72 hours of launch, a record for its foldable range. That strong demand, paired with rising component costs, is exactly the mix that pushes prices up rather than down.

Why the Hike is Coming

The root of it is the memory chip crunch squeezing the entire industry. The DRAM and storage inside every phone have turned dramatically more expensive through 2026, as the few companies that make these chips redirect their factories toward the memory that AI data centres need.

Foldables are especially exposed, since memory makes up a bigger slice of their cost. Samsung already raised prices by about 100 dollars across the foldable range globally at launch, and its India leadership has been candid that it cannot keep swallowing the difference, with a senior executive calling the cost burden being absorbed in 2026 humongous. When a company starts talking publicly about how much cost it is absorbing, a price revision is rarely far behind.

This is Bigger Than One Phone

None of this is unique to Samsung. The same forces are lifting prices across nearly every phone sold in India right now, as we explained in our look at why your next phone is only going to get costlier. Samsung's own memory team has warned the shortage could worsen in 2027 and stretch into 2028, so this is a multi-year squeeze, not a passing spike.

The takeaway is simple. If a Galaxy Z Fold8 or Z Flip8 is genuinely on your list, today's price is likely the best you will see for a while. Samsung's long-tenure zero-cost EMI options soften the upfront hit, and locking in now beats waiting for a discount that is not coming. On foldables especially, the deal is now, not later.