Samsung is officially announcing the Z Trifold, not one but a highly anticipated foldable Two Hinged. It will launch first in Korea on December 12, with a US launch planned for the first quarter of 2026. It doesn’t have a price right now, but if a hinged phone costs $2,000, you should probably start saving up money Nickels for this.
The Trifold’s internal screen measures 10 inches on the diagonal, with a 2160 x 1584 resolution and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate that drops down to 1Hz. That’s a lot of screens. You can run three apps together vertically on it, and even use Samsung’s DeX desktop environment in standalone mode without a separate display. On paper, the TriFold’s external screen looks a lot like the Z Fold 7. It sports a 6.5-inch 1080p display with a 21:9 aspect ratio.
Each of the Trifold’s three panels has a slightly different thickness. The center panel is thickest at 4.2mm, and it has a USB-C port on the bottom edge. The thinnest panel is just 3.9 mm thick, including a physical SIM tray, and the second panel is 4.0 mm thick. Both of those edges fold inward on the center panel, unlike Huawei’s Mate XT, which folds into a Z shape and uses part of the internal screen when folded.
The thickness of the TriFold when folded is 12.9mm – 4.7mm thicker than the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. It’s also thicker than the Z Fold 7, which is 8.9 mm when folded, but it’s not far off from the previous Z Fold 6 which is 12.1 mm when folded.
Although it folds differently, the Z Trifold is very close in size and weight to Huawei’s Mate XT and the most recent XT. The Z Trifold is slightly thicker when folded – 12.9 mm vs 12.8 mm – and weighs 309 grams compared to the 298 grams of the XT.
The back panel is a “ceramic-glass fiber-reinforced polymer” designed to resist cracking. The device’s hinges come in two different sizes, both with a dual-rail design protected by a titanium housing. Like Samsung’s other foldables, the TriFold is rated IP48 – completely water-resistant, but not dust-proof.
Despite what’s going on inside the trifold, Samsung still managed to fit three rear cameras: a 200-megapixel f/1.7 wide angle; a 12-megapixel ultrawide; and a 10-megapixel 3x telephoto. Both the cover screen and the internal screen also include a 10-megapixel selfie camera. There is also a battery in each panel of the phone, which adds up to 5,600mAh capacity. The whole thing is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset, like the S25 series, and includes 16GB of RAM.
one thing i am No Looking at the spec sheet of the Trifold? S Pen compatibility. Samsung’s Z Fold included support for the company’s Bluetooth stylus, but it ended with the latest Z Fold 7. I’ve reached out to Samsung to confirm and will update this article accordingly. Meanwhile, Samsung isn’t sharing how much the TriFold will cost – either in Korea or in the US.
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