Samsung fully unveils its Galaxy Z TriFold phone, and it’ll be available in Korea in a few days

Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, and it is the highly anticipated Galaxy Z Trifold. During an interview in July, a Samsung executive confirmed that the company was working on a three-panel phone, which it aimed to release by the end of the year. The company said that it expects the phone to be available for purchase on December 12 in the markets of China, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates in addition to Korea. For US buyers, the Trifold will be available in the first quarter of 2026, but no specific date has been revealed yet.

The phone has an inward-folding design to protect the main display. If it is folded incorrectly, the device will automatically vibrate and show an on-screen alert to inform its user. When fully extended, the Trifold has a 10-inch screen and when folded, the cover screen measures 6.5 inches. It is 3.9 mm at its thinnest point when opened and then 12.9 mm when collapsed.

To give this some context, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is a traditional foldable with a 6.5-inch external screen and an internal display that opens to 8 inches wide diagonally. Its profile when folded is 8.9 mm and it weighs 215 grams compared to 309 grams of the Trifold. With its two-hinge form, the TriFold makes it so that you basically have a ten-inch tablet that turns into a slightly heavier version of the Z Fold 7.

Foldables present some additional design demands, and Samsung said the screen panels meet with minimal gaps but no actual contact when closed. The hinges have been designed to resist wear and the screen has received a new reinforced overcoat to improve resistance.

The phone runs on a custom Snapdragon 8 chip. It has a 5,600mAh three-cell battery system and offers 45W super-fast charging. The rear camera lineup includes a 12MP ultra-wide lens, a 200MP wide-angle lens, and a 10MP telephoto lens, similar to the setup on the Z Fold 7. Both the main screen and cover screen have 10MP front cameras.

There is currently no pricing information available, but it’s a safe assumption that it will be expensive. Pricing for the Z Fold 7 starts at $2,000, so expect to pay a premium for that second hinge.