New Delhi, June 28 -- SEOUL - Samsung has a problem that no amount of security protocols or supplier NDAs can solve anymore. With less than a month to go before the company's Galaxy Unpacked event, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 has been leaked so thoroughly that the July unveiling risks feeling like a formality.

a 200MP main camera, a 5,000mAh battery, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy processor, up to 16GB of RAM, and a starting price that begins at $1,999 and climbs past $2,500 for the top-tier configuration. Samsung's Unpacked event is expected on July 26 in London, with pre-orders opening the same day and shipments following in early August.

What makes this generation different from the incremental updates that defined the Fold 5, 6, an...