
Samsung Electronics foldable phone and Samsung SDI battery solution receive ‘CES 2027’ Innovation Award
Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra and Samsung SDI's battery solution for uninterruptible power supplies will receive an innovation award at 'CES 2027' to be held in the United States in January next year.
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CES, the world's largest IT exhibition, awards innovation awards every year to innovative technologies and products.
Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra receive the Best Mobile Device Innovation Award
AI data center optimized U8A3-UPS proves ultra-high output and fire safety
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Seong-ho = Samsung Electronics' foldable smartphone and Samsung SDI's prismatic battery solution for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) will receive an innovation award at 'CES 2027', the world's largest electronics and information technology (IT) exhibition held in Las Vegas, USA in January next year.
According to the industry on the 10th, Samsung Electronics' 'Galaxy Z Fold 8' and 'Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra' were named on the list of CES 2027 Innovation Award winners announced the day before by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).
Both products received the Best Innovation Award in the mobile device, accessory, and app categories. The Best Innovation Award is given to the product that received the highest evaluation in each category.
The Fold 8 Ultra previously ranked first in the foldable phone evaluation by the U.S. consumer magazine Consumer Reports, receiving perfect scores in all display and camera evaluation categories. The Fold 8, which was also evaluated, was well received as a top-tier product.
Samsung SDI's latest UPS, 'SDI U8A3-UPS', was selected for the Innovation Award in the Enterprise Tech category of the CES 2027 Innovation Award.
UPS is a battery system that supplies emergency power to major facilities such as artificial intelligence (AI) data centers when unexpected power supply interruptions such as power outages occur.
SDI U8A3-UPS was evaluated as having differentiated competitiveness in ultra-high output, high energy, and fire safety.
Samsung SDI has received the CES Innovation Award for three consecutive years since its first exhibition at CES 2025.
A Samsung SDI official said, "This award is the result of recognition of the innovation of core power solutions in the AI era," and added, "We will lead the market with products that combine the performance and safety required by customers."

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