Samsung raises Galaxy Z Flip 8 to $1,200 with near-identical hardware

Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 8 starts at $1,200, up $100 from the Z Flip 7, despite The Verge describing the hardware as "almost unchanged year-on-year" and "mostly a rehash." The phone, on sale since August 7, remains vulnerable to dust — a persistent Flip limitation. Worth flagging: the price increase funds software, not hardware, gains.