After months of teasing a triple-display foldable phone, Samsung has launched what it's calling the Galaxy Z TriFold -- because foldables with just one hinge are so last year.
The phone debuted in Korea on Friday with a price tag of around 3.59 million won, which converts to about $2,430 (£1,820, AU$3,650). It's also launching in other locations, including China, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates -- my colleague Prakhar Khanna got his hands on the phone in Dubai. The Galaxy Z TriFold won't arrive in the US until the first quarter of 2026.
To get this caveat out of the way: A trifold phone doesn't actually fold three times. Rather, devices like the Z TriFold have a main screen with two hinges, allowing the phone to fold into three sections. They appear to be more of a hybrid between a phone and, when unfolded, a tablet. The Z TriFold boasts a 10-inch display when unfurled and a 6.5-inch cover display.
"The company's decade-long experience in foldable category innovation inspired Galaxy Z TriFold's unique multi-folding form factor, which uses an inward-folding design to protect the main display," Samsung said in a blog post. "The folding mechanism has been precisely engineered for easy opening and closing, with an auto-alarm alerting the user of incorrect folding through a series of on-screen alerts and vibrations."
The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold places an emphasis on thinness. Samsung
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The Galaxy Z TriFold appears to borrow elements from two of its siblings: the Galaxy S25 Edge and the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Both phones are impressively thin, with the Edge measuring 5.8mm and the Z Fold 7 measuring 4.2mm thick when unfolded.
The Z TriFold goes one step further. It's just 3.9mm thick "at its thinnest point," Samsung says. Reading the fine print reveals that measurement excludes "the camera and the preinstalled protective film." The thickest panel is the center one, which measures 4.2mm. The panel with the side button is 4mm thick. Still, that should all help to reduce bulk when the three screens are stacked shut on top of one another.
The rear triple-camera system includes a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera, similar to the Galaxy S25 Ultra, S25 Edge and Z Fold 7. There's also a 12-megapixel ultrawide and 10-megapixel telephoto camera. For selfies, you'll find 10-megapixel front-facing cameras on both the cover and main screens.
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