Samsung has a new foldable smartphone, and it’s not just another Z Flip or Z Fold. The Galaxy Z Trifold has three articulating sections that house a massive 10-inch tablet-style screen, as well as a traditional smartphone screen on the outside. The gorgeous new smartphone is launching in South Korea this month with a hefty price tag, and it will finally arrive in the US in early 2026.
Samsung says it has refined its Armor FlexHinge design for the TriFold. The two hinges of the device are slightly different shapes because the three panels of the phone are shaped differently. The central panel is the thickest at 4.2 mm, and the other two are a millimeter thinner. The phone has obviously been designed with varying sizes and weights in mind, allowing the frame to fold tightly into a pocketable form factor.
Huawei’s impressive Mate XT tri-fold phones are trending online, but they are not available in western markets. Samsung’s new foldable looks similar at a glance, but the way the three panels fit together is different. The Mate XT folds into a Z-shaped configuration, using part of the main screen as a cover display. On Samsung phones, the left and right sections fold inward behind separate cover screens. Samsung claims it has tested the design extensively to verify that the hinge will hold up to years of daily use.
Precision engineering in every layer Galaxy Z Trifold
While it stretches the definition of “pocketable” for some people, the Galaxy Z Trifold is a tablet that technically fits in your pocket. When folded, it measures 12.9mm in thickness, which is much more cumbersome than the Galaxy Z Fold 7’s 8.9mm profile. However, the TriFold is only slightly thicker than Samsung’s older tablet-style foldables like the Galaxy Z Fold 6. The 1080p cover screen measures 6.5 inches, which is the same as the Z Fold 7. It is very, very heavy for a phone, though, tipping the scales at 309 grams.
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