Samsung doesn’t think the Galaxy Z TriFold is big enough, so it’s designing a crazier foldable

Even though the Galaxy Z TriFold unfolds into a 10-inch behemoth, Samsung appears to think that it might not be big enough. As such, the company is thinking about potentially making an even larger and crazier tri-fold smartphone for customers who want to carry around something resembling a phone-laptop hybrid.

A Galaxy Z TriFold Wide?

According to a Samsung patent, the company might be working on a version of the Galaxy Z TriFold that is larger than the first iteration. However, its increased size might not just be for a wider inner display but also for even the smaller external display.

What would that even look like?

The patent shows a phone very similar to the existing Galaxy Z TriFold but with one major difference. Instead of looking like a normal tall smartphone when folded, this new phone looks a lot more like the upcoming iPhone Ultra and the existing Huawei Pura X Max but without rounded edges.

The external display when the phone is folded is much wider, which means that the entire phone itself would be a lot larger when unfolded.

A new trend for a novelty item

Wide-folding smartphones are quickly gaining popularity. The Huawei Pura X Max just came out and Samsung will launch a Galaxy Z Wide Fold in July according to reports. Apple’s foldable iPhone is also a highly anticipated release coming later this year.

However, the Galaxy Z TriFold is a very expensive novelty phone more than anything else. If a TriFold Wide does come out, it will probably sell out incredibly fast like its predecessor and then sales will fall off a cliff because most consumers can’t justify such a purchase.

A taste of the future?

Foldable smartphones have only become a durable-enough option with acceptable crease visibility in the last two years. It took generations for the technology to mature until we got something amazing like the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Oppo Find N6 and even longer for Apple to feel confident enough to dip its toes into the industry.

Phones like the Galaxy Z TriFold and this potential TriFold Wide might be expensive experiments for now, but they might just be the average smartphone of tomorrow. Let’s just hope that the current memory cost crisis comes to an end soon.