Galaxy S
The flagship phone. New silicon, the best camera Samsung is shipping that year, and the model the rest of the range takes its features from over the following months.
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics makes Galaxy phones, tablets and watches, televisions, home appliances and the memory chips a large part of the industry runs on. Founded in 1969 and based in Suwon, South Korea.
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Founded 1969
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- 2 August 2026
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About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics was founded in 1969 and spent its first decade making televisions and white goods for the Korean market. The wider Samsung group is older, dating to 1938, but the electronics company is not, and the two are worth keeping apart. What turned it into what it is now was the decision to build memory chips, and it has been the largest memory manufacturer in the world since 1993.
Most people meet Samsung through Galaxy. The range runs from the A series, which is where most of the volume is, through the S series flagships to the folding Z series, and out sideways into tablets, laptops, watches, a ring, earbuds and an XR headset. All of it runs One UI on top of Android, and Galaxy AI is the name for the assistance layered across it.
Televisions are the other half of the consumer business, and Samsung has led that market for two decades. The range covers Micro RGB and Neo QLED at the top, OLED alongside them, QLED and Crystal UHD below, and The Frame, which hangs flat on a wall and shows artwork when nobody is watching anything. Soundbars and wireless speakers sit with them, and Odyssey and ViewFinity cover gaming and professional monitors.
The home appliances are sold as Bespoke: refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, ovens, vacuums and air conditioners, built to be configured by panel and colour rather than bought off a fixed list, and connected through SmartThings.
Behind all of that is the semiconductor business, which is the part most people never see and the part the rest of the industry depends on. DRAM and V-NAND memory, solid-state drives, the Exynos processors, ISOCELL image sensors, and a foundry that manufactures chips other companies design.
Samsung also owns Harman, acquired in a deal announced in November 2016, which brings JBL, AKG and Harman Kardon with it, along with a large automotive audio and connected-car business.
Samsung Electronics is headquartered at Samsung Digital City in Suwon, south of Seoul, and employs more than 260,000 people across operations in 76 countries.
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Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is a book-style folding smartphone with a 6.5-inch cover screen and an 8-inch main screen for multitasking. US launch colours include Graphite, Cream and Violet Shadow, with Green Shadow available exclusively online through Samsung.
Galaxy S Plus
The flagship in a larger body, with the bigger screen and the longer battery that comes with the extra room.
Galaxy Z Fold8
Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Fold8 at Galaxy Unpacked in London on 22 July 2026. It is the first time Samsung has sold two book-style foldables side by side. The Fold8 uses a new wide shape, while the Fold8 Ultra keeps the taller shape of earlier Folds. The unfolded screen is 7.6 inches with a 4:3 shape, and the cover screen is 5.5 inches. It runs the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy. Samsung puts the weight at 201 grams and calls it the lightest Galaxy Z Fold yet. Prices start at 1,899.99 US dollars across 256GB, 512GB and 1TB storage options. Pre-orders opened on announcement day and general availability starts on 7 August 2026. Colours are Graphite and Cream, with Lavender and Pistachio sold online only.
Galaxy S Ultra
The top of the range: the longest camera reach, the largest display, and the S Pen, which no other Galaxy phone still carries.
Galaxy Z Flip8
The Galaxy Z Flip8 was announced at Galaxy Unpacked in London on 22 July 2026, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. Samsung positions it as the compact, pocketable option in the foldable range. It has a 6.9 inch main screen and a 4.1 inch FlexWindow cover screen. Samsung says the chassis is slimmer than the previous Flip and that the phone uses a new processor. Prices start at 1,199.99 US dollars, with 256GB and 512GB storage. Pre-orders opened on 22 July 2026 and general availability starts on 7 August 2026. Colours are Graphite and Cream, with Pink and Mint sold online only.
Galaxy Z Fold
The book-style foldable. A phone that opens into a small tablet, aimed at people who want to actually work on the thing rather than only read on it.
Galaxy Watch Ultra2
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 is a 47 mm titanium Android smartwatch for outdoor training and everyday activity tracking. It combines an 800 mAh battery with a display rated at up to 5,000 nits; advanced Mares diving features were announced for a separate app expected later in 2026.
Galaxy Z Flip
The clamshell foldable: a full-size phone that folds down to fit a pocket, with a cover screen that handles most of what you would otherwise open it for.
Samsung Micro RGB
The flagship panel technology, at the top of the television range, with the backlight controlled at a far finer grain than a conventional LED set allows.
Galaxy A
The mid-range, and by volume the biggest part of the line. It inherits flagship features a year or two late, which is largely the point.
Galaxy Tab S
The premium tablets, with an S Pen in the box and displays good enough that the larger models get used as portable second screens.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Samsung Electronics?
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a technology manufacturer based in Suwon, South Korea. It makes Galaxy phones, tablets, watches and laptops, televisions, monitors and home appliances, and it is the largest memory chip manufacturer in the world. It also owns Harman, and with it JBL, AKG and Harman Kardon.
Is Samsung Electronics the same thing as Samsung?
Not quite. Samsung is a group of companies, and the name is shared by affiliates in insurance, heavy industry, construction, shipbuilding and biologics, among others. Samsung Electronics is the one that makes the phones, televisions, appliances and chips, and it is the company this listing describes.
When was Samsung Electronics founded?
In 1969. The wider Samsung group is older, dating to 1938, but Samsung Electronics itself is not, and the two dates are often run together.
Where is Samsung Electronics based?
At Samsung Digital City, 129 Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, in South Korea, south of Seoul. Samsung publishes support numbers country by country rather than one global switchboard, so contact details are best taken from the Samsung site for your own country.
What does Samsung Electronics make?
Galaxy phones, tablets, laptops, watches, a ring, earbuds and an XR headset; televisions from Crystal UHD up to Micro RGB, including The Frame; soundbars, speakers and monitors; Bespoke home appliances; and the memory, storage, processors and image sensors on the semiconductor side. Harman covers the audio brands and the automotive business.
Does Samsung make its own chips?
Yes, and it makes them for other people as well. Samsung has been the largest memory chip manufacturer in the world since 1993. It designs the Exynos processors and ISOCELL image sensors, and Samsung Foundry manufactures chips that other companies design.
What is Samsung Knox?
The security platform on Galaxy devices. It is anchored in the hardware rather than added on top of Android: a hardware root of trust, verified boot, a separated space for work data, and a physically separate secure processor called Knox Vault for keys and biometrics. It is what lets Galaxy devices be deployed in organisations that would otherwise refuse a consumer phone.
What is SmartThings?
Samsung's connected home platform, acquired in 2014. It sets up and automates Samsung appliances and televisions along with a large number of devices from other manufacturers, and recent Samsung televisions have the hub built into them so there is nothing extra to buy.