{"id":120659,"date":"2025-08-05T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120659\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:47:11","slug":"around-12000-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7-and-z-flip-7-swiped-in-london-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120659\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 12,000 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 swiped in London heist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thieves have made off with a truckload of Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 devices in London.<\/li>\n<li>The shipment vanished near Heathrow and hasn\u2019t turned up since.<\/li>\n<li>Turns out the cargo also included Galaxy Watch 8s, Galaxy S25, A16 units, and who knows what else.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Samsung is busy popping champagne over foldable sales, thieves have quietly swiped over $10 million worth of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-7\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Z Flip 7<\/a> units in London.<\/p>\n<p>A truck hauling Samsung\u2019s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-foldable-phone\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-foldable-phone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brand-new foldable phones<\/a> was stolen near Heathrow Airport, as per Ice Universe. Roughly 12,000 units were taken, costing an estimated $10.6 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A truck carrying Samsung Electronics&#8217; latest foldable phone series, the Galaxy Z7, was recently stolen near London Heathrow Airport. About 12,000 Galaxy Z Flip7 and Z Fold7 units were stolen, resulting in economic losses of US$10.6 million. pic.twitter.com\/TFt5cVmGEX<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1952226937168167100\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1952226937168167100\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Right now, there\u2019s no sign of the missing truck, so thousands of Samsung\u2019s high-end foldables are still out there somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>While initial reports pointed to the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, according to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/m.yonhapnewstv.co.kr\/news\/AKR20250804114858807\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/m.yonhapnewstv.co.kr\/news\/AKR20250804114858807\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yonhap News TV<\/a>, the haul was much bigger. It appears the shipment also included 5,000 Galaxy Watch 8 units, plus models from the Galaxy S25, A16, and more.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just foldables<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AaBzEXAgcBXgHHwo4UEVXE.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Fold 7 and Flip 7 in Mint hands-on\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AaBzEXAgcBXgHHwo4UEVXE.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AaBzEXAgcBXgHHwo4UEVXE.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Andrew Myrick \/ Android Central)<\/p>\n<p>The stolen Samsung shipment was reportedly taken after being transferred from the airport to a warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung is probably teaming up with UK authorities to track down the stolen devices, but in the meantime, the company will likely blacklist and remotely lock them. This will basically turn the phones into pricey paperweights and make resale a lot tougher.<\/p>\n<p>This major heist could throw a wrench into Samsung\u2019s supply chain, possibly causing stock shortages of the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n<p>Samsung hasn\u2019t said anything officially yet, but it&#8217;s expected the company will tighten up its logistics and security after the theft.<\/p>\n<p>No delays for preorders<\/p>\n<p>For those who pre-ordered, there\u2019s no need to worry since there haven\u2019t been any delay reports. Plus, the stolen shipment was insured, so the financial hit to Samsung is likely minimal. Everything seems to be running as usual, and deliveries should arrive on time.<\/p>\n<p>The heist happened right as Samsung was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/the-galaxy-z-fold-7-just-broke-every-z-fold-preorder-record-ever-set-in-the-us\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/the-galaxy-z-fold-7-just-broke-every-z-fold-preorder-record-ever-set-in-the-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">celebrating record-breaking pre-orders for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 worldwide<\/a>, highlighting just how hot the demand is for these new foldables.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to know Thieves have made off with a truckload of Galaxy Z Fold 7 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":120660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-120659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114975764881749223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}