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Get a $30 credit when you reserve Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy phones 60%

By Brad Bourque0%

7/8/2026, 8:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 24 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 47.8% saturation with 244 hits. Analysis detected 1,290 faulty-reasoning hits from 510 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 56% and a BS Rank of 60% (8,830 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 59.70% of the article peer group.

Get a $30 credit when you reserve Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy phones 
Samsung is announcing new foldables soon, and you can save $30 if you register your interest ahead of time. 
Jul 8, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC 
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Brad Bourque Brad Bourque is a tech journalist and commerce writer based out of Portland, Oregon. 
He’s contributed to sites like Digital Trends, Business Insider, and WIRED. 
Even though they haven’t been officially announced yet, Samsung is giving you a chance to save some cash when you preorder what we’re expecting to be the brand’s updated Galaxy Z Fold phones. 
The next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on July 22nd, 2026, and features the tagline “A new shape unfolds.” 
In addition to seeing updated versions of the existing Flip and Fold form factors, we anticipate the debut of a new, wider foldable phone. 
If you register your interest ahead of time and end up preordering one of the new phones shortly after they’re announced, Samsung will give you a $30 store credit at checkout. 
There are some caveats to this offer. 
You have to use the credit when you preorder the phone. 
No saving it for later. 
Also, the credit can’t be applied to the cost of the phone either, so you’ll have to put it towards the cost of accessories or extra services. 
Samsung specifically calls out that select Galaxy rings, earbuds, watches, and tablets are eligible, or you can use it to help pay for Samsung Care Plus . 
There are no downsides to registering your interest, so if you think you might be interested in buying one of the upcoming phones, it’s worth filling out the form . 
As long as you use the same email during checkout, the credit will be automatically applied. 
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510 words analyzed.

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Brad Bourque

100%flagged-word coverage
27 attributed words32% of attributed speech78% writer coverage
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Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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