Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Z TriFold, a tri-fold smartphone featuring a 10-inch tablet-style screen that folds into a pocketable device. The new foldable launches in South Korea on December 12, 2025, with a US release planned for early 2026. Priced at around $2,500 in Korea, it offers advanced multitasking but comes with significant weight and thickness.
The Galaxy Z TriFold represents Samsung's latest innovation in foldable technology, expanding beyond the traditional Z Flip and Z Fold series. This device consists of three articulating sections, providing a massive 10-inch main display measuring 2160 x 1584 pixels with a 120 Hz foldable OLED panel. When unfolded, it supports running three apps side-by-side in portrait mode and includes the full Samsung DeX interface for a PC-like experience without external hardware.
Samsung refined its Armor FlexHinge for the TriFold, incorporating two hinges of slightly different sizes to accommodate the varying panel thicknesses—the center at 4.2 mm and the others marginally thinner. This design allows the phone to fold compactly, though it measures 12.9 mm thick and weighs 309 grams when closed, making it heavier and bulkier than the Galaxy Z Fold 7's 8.9 mm profile. The exterior features a 6.5-inch 1080p cover screen, similar in size to the Z Fold 7.
Internally, the TriFold mirrors the Z Fold 7 with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage. Its camera system remains unchanged, led by a 200 MP main sensor, a 12 MP ultrawide, and a 10 MP 3x telephoto lens, with the module protruding noticeably from the back. Power comes from a 5,600 mAh triple-cell battery, which may limit usage when the large screen is active with multiple apps.
Unlike Huawei's Mate XT, which folds in a Z-shaped configuration using part of the main screen as cover, the TriFold's left and right segments fold inward behind a separate cover display. Samsung reports extensive testing to ensure hinge durability over years of daily use.
The launch begins in South Korea on December 12, 2025, at KRW 3,590,400—about $2,500, or $500 more than the Z Fold 7—followed by other Asian markets. A US debut is slated for the first quarter of 2026, though pricing there is undisclosed.