The phone was announced on December 1, 2025. Availability in South Korea starts on December 12. The market release for the U.S. was January 30.
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Announcement
Market release
Galaxy Z TriFold
December 1, 2025
U.S. release on January 30, 2026
Galaxy Z TriFold price
The Galaxy Z TriFold costs $2,899. It's only available in Crafter Black with 512 GB of storage. Curiously enough, it sold out quickly after its U.S. launch even without trade-in discounts.
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Galaxy Z TriFold
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Galaxy Z TriFold camera
Image Credit – Samsung
Samsung's foldables in the last few years have been getting camera upgrades, although initially, these phones didn't rock the latest and greatest in the camera department.
Samsung didn't hold back with the camera system for the Galaxy Z TriFold. In the camera department, the trifoldable phone/tablet is a serious contender, at least in terms of specs.
The phone's camera system should match the Galaxy Z Fold 7's performance. All in all, that definitely looks like a reliable and top-notch camera system. The only disadvantage that it seems to have from the Galaxy S25 Ultra is that it doesn't zoom in as much.
However, the phone definitely means serious business with those cameras.
Galaxy Z TriFold storage
Samsung is generous with the storage and RAM of the Galaxy Z TriFold. The phone comes with 16GB of RAM, plenty of serious multitasking (and it makes a lot of sense with the form factor), and buyers can choose between 512GB or 1TB of internal storage.
Galaxy Z TriFold storage capacity:
1 TB
512 GB
Galaxy Z TriFold design
Obviously, the design of the tri-folding phone is its main selling point and quite alluring. The device features a multi-folding, inward design, which protects its main display.
Image Credit – Samsung
Samsung has equipped the folding phone with a carefully calibrated mechanism, which, on top of it all, has an auto-alarm feature, in case you try to fold it wrong.
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The Armor FlexHinge system, inherited from the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, is refined, so you get a smoother, stable fold with minimized panel gap.
Externally, the Galaxy Z TriFold features a titanium hinge housing that protects its mechanism and an Advanced Armor Aluminum frame. Corning's Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 protects it, while the back is covered with ceramic-glass fiber-reinforced polymer.
In its folded state, the Galaxy Z TriFold measures 159.2 x 75.0 x 12.9 mm. When you unfold it, it grows to 159.2 x 214.1 x 3.9 mm. The central part of the display is 4.2 mm when unfolded, and the screen with the side button on it is 4.0 mm. Obviously, that's incredibly thin.
It's a bit heavy at 309g, but that shouldn't disturb you when you realize we're talking here about a... well, foldable tablet.
The Galaxy Z TriFold is rated at IP48, so my advice would be to be careful with it around water or when on the beach.
Galaxy Z TriFold display
Image Credit – Samsung
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Screen size
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Galaxy Z TriFold
6.5-inch folded, 10-inch unfolded
1,600nits internal display, 2,600 cover display
The tri-foldable display is also an attraction in itself. We have a huge 10-inch foldable Dynamic AMOLED display. The panel sports a 2160 x 1584 px, 269 ppi resolution. In terms of brightness, you get up to 1,600 nits.
Of course, the phone is equipped with a fast refresh rate, going from 1 all the way to 120 Hz, a standard for premium phones nowadays. The fast refresh rate would allow for smooth animations and a fluid feel when you interact with the display.
The Galaxy Z TriFold also has a cover screen. The outer display is a 6.5-inch Dynamic AMOLED panel with 2520 x 1080, 422 ppi resolution, and a 21:9 ratio. It can go all the way up to 2,600 nits of peak brightness. Of course, the 120 Hz display refresh rate is available on the cover screen as well.
Galaxy Z TriFold battery
The Galaxy Z TriFold features the biggest battery on a Galaxy phone thus far. It has a three-cell battery system, and its total capacity is 5,600 mAh. As you can see, we're not talking about huge batteries just yet, and with that big screen, it may even be a bit too small, but hey, you probably won't be using the huge screen all the time.
As for charging, the specs here match the Galaxy S25 Ultra: you get 45W wired charging support and 15W wireless. Again, something to be desired would be an improvement in charging speeds, but oh well, not this time.
Galaxy Z TriFold features and software
Image Credit – Samsung
The Galaxy Z TriFold comes with One UI 8, which is Samsung's skin on top of Android 16 out of the box. Of course, this form factor is ideal for multitasking, and Samsung has thought of it.
You can have three different portrait-size apps side-by-side, you can resize apps in multi-window, or you can hold the phone in a vertical orientation when reviewing documents. There's a taskbar at the bottom right of the display that resurfaces recently used apps for your convenience.
Apps like My Files and Samsung Health have been optimized for the large screen.
The Galaxy Z TriFold is also the first phone to have standalone Samsung DeX capabilities. Galaxy AI is also here, with features such as Photo Assist (Generative Edit and Sketch to Image), Browsing Assist, and others. Gemini Live is also there with multimodal AI for your assistance.
You should wait for the Galaxy Z TriFold ifyou really want to have that fancy and innovative tri-folding phone. We should soon know when it will be available in the U.S. and what its priceis going tobe.
You should not wait for the Galaxy Z TriFold ifyou're not the type of person to try afirst generation of anewtypeof phone. There may be some durability concerns, and that's Samsung's first attempt at a tri-foldable, so if you don't want to risk it, stick with regular smartphones or foldables like the Z Fold 7 for a generation or two.
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