Samsung confirms its tri-fold phone is coming later this year

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Forward-looking: Samsung's latest Unpacked event took place yesterday, and despite all the rumors that it was going to happen, there was no mention of its tri-folding device. However, the head of the South Korean giant's phone business has confirmed that the handset is coming – and it'll be here this year.

Roh Tae-moon, acting head of Samsung Electronics' Device Experience Division, told The Korea Times that "We are working hard on a tri-fold smartphone with the goal of launching it at the end of this year."

Roh also said that Samsung is currently focusing on perfecting the phone and its usability. He added that the company has not yet decided on a name, but a final decision would be made soon as the handset nears completion. This would contradict earlier reports that the tri-fold phone would be called the Galaxy G Fold.

Quoting another unnamed Samsung executive, Android Authority writes that the triple-screen phone is ready to be put into production, but the company worries that consumers aren't "clearly" asking for the product. The person added that Samsung is now investigating potential consumer demand.

It was previously reported that Samsung will test the waters with the tri-fold phone by making it in limited numbers and releasing it in only two markets: its home country of South Korea and China.

Samsung briefly showed a teaser graphic of its tri-fold smartphone at its Unpacked event in January, where it showcased the Galaxy S25 series. It also appeared in One UI 8 animation files. This led to plenty of speculation that Samsung would be officially unveiling the device at this week's show, but we had to make do with the Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 and Flip 7 FE, and the Galaxy Watch 8 series.

With the all-new Z Fold 7 priced at a wallet-crushing $1,999, expect a trifold device to be even more expensive. Some rumors say it might be between $3,000 and $3,500, depending on what model buyers choose.

According to reported specs, the trifold will feature a fairly standard 6.49-inch outer display in its folded mode, but can stretch to almost 10 inches when fully opened.

Samsung won't be the first company to release a tri-fold phone. Huawei has the Mate XT Ultimate (above), which costs $2,800, has two hinges, and reaches 10.2 inches when unfolded. It's proved to be a commercial success inside China – by luxury phone standards – outselling every other $2 000-plus foldable and boosting Huawei's foldable share to 76 % in the country. However, fewer than half a million units have shipped, illustrating that it's still a niche product.

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Hinges aren't the same as folding but the dictionary has yet to stop corporate marketing so here we are yet again.
 
Hinges aren't the same as folding but the dictionary has yet to stop corporate marketing so here we are yet again.
Colloquial use of the word fold is accurate in this context. Hinged mechanisms being described as folding has a long history, everything from folding trays, chairs, and tables to firearms and firearm stocks.

As for the dictionary, here's an excerpt from Webster's:

fold
1 of 5
verb (1)
ˈfōld
folded; folding; folds
Synonyms of fold
transitive verb

1
: to lay one part over another part of
fold a letter
2
: to reduce the length or bulk of by doubling over
fold a tent

...


7
: to bend (something, such as a layer of rock) into folds
 
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Colloquial use of the word fold is accurate in this context. Hinged mechanisms being described as folding has a long history, everything from folding trays, chairs, and tables to firearms and firearm stocks.

As for the dictionary, here's an excerpt from Webster's:

Damn, yet another argument I've lost to a folding chair.
 
"1 fold didn't sell well, maybe an increase in folds will increase sales"
"I love it, do it"


*engineers and marketing staring at the executives request*
🫤
 
Probably $3,000 dollars in the U.S. Other than "influencer" types, high society types
who in their right mind would spend that much...for a "first gen" tri-fold?
 
"1 fold didn't sell well, maybe an increase in folds will increase sales"
"I love it, do it"


*engineers and marketing staring at the executives request*
🫤

I thought the exact same thing except, I realized this is literally just a tablet/phone hybrid. Now the price is absolutely ridiculous but the main issues I had with the original folding phones is that the fold is noticeable and you're really not getting that much more real estate in video/gaming on normal contrast ratios. But THIS, this looks like you have a folding tablet that fits into your pocket. AKA what the fablets that took over the size of our phones dreamed of.
I'm looking forward to this actually being mainstream and affordable. It could maybe compete with mobile gaming devices like the steam os or og switch if they made it strong enough
 
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