Samsung
Earlier this week, Samsung announced one of its biggest products of the entire year: the Galaxy Z TriFold. After months of rumors, Samsung’s first tri-fold foldable is official.
Samsung has confirmed several details about the TriFold. We know it has a 10-inch inner display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a 200MP primary camera on the back. Samsung has also confirmed several software features to take advantage of the giant screen, including native Samsung DeX and the ability to run three apps side-by-side as if you’re using three phones at once.
However, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the Galaxy Z TriFold, and the missing details are equally important — if not more so.
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Long-term durability
For years, one of the main compromises of foldables compared to slab phones was durability. To get a phone with a folding display, it’s only natural that it comes at the expense of how much abuse it can take. But in recent years, this point has become less of a problem. The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is the first foldable with an IP68 rating, while the Galaxy Z Fold 7 proved extremely durable in our review.
However, with the TriFold introducing a new, more complex folding form factor, it’s safe to assume it will be less durable than more traditional foldables. Having two folding hinges instead of one doubles the chances of mechanical failure, while increasing the size of the inner plastic display adds more real estate that’s begging to be scratched, dented, or worse.
To Samsung’s credit, it has promising durability measures in place. The TriFold has an IP48 rating, a “ceramic-glass fiber-reinforced polymer” backside to prevent cracking, and a “shock-absorbing” layer over the display. It all sounds impressive on paper, but it remains to be seen how this all holds up in the real world. And with the TriFold being one of the first foldables of its kind, we really won’t know how it’s going to fare until we get our hands on it.
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