TL;DR YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss has released the first hands-on video of the Galaxy Z TriFold.
The video showcases the phone’s complex design, impressive multitasking skills, and surprising in-box contents.
The YouTuber calls the Galaxy Z TriFold Samsung’s most “definitive foldable,” because it offers both a true smartphone mode and a true tablet mode.
Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold has just appeared in its first full hands-on video courtesy of YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss (Arun Maini). The video gives us the clearest real-world look yet at Samsung’s most ambitious folding phone to date.
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Right off the bat, the video opens with a welcome surprise. When Maini unboxes the Galaxy Z TriFold, we find that Samsung has actually included a 45W fast charger in the box, something the company hasn’t done for any Galaxy flagship in years.
The Galaxy Z TriFold is 50% heavier than the Z Fold 7.
From the front, the Galaxy Z TriFold looks almost identical to the Galaxy Z Fold 7. It features a 6.5-inch cover display and similar bezels, so it still looks like a conventional tall device when closed. However, once you rotate it to the side, the differences become immediately apparent. The phone is noticeably much thicker than any existing Samsung foldable and weighs 309g, making it almost 50% heavier than the Z Fold 7. Maini says that while the Galaxy Z TriFold is technically pocketable, there’s no mistaking that it’s a chunky device that cannot convincingly pass as a typical smartphone.
There are now two deep, very visible creases on the main screen
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