Samsung is formally asserting the Z TriFold, its much-anticipated foldable with not one, however two hinges. It’ll launch first in Korea on December twelfth, with a US launch deliberate for the primary quarter of 2026. There’s no worth simply but, but when a phone with one hinge costs $2,000, you need to most likely begin saving your pennies nickels for this one.
The TriFold’s interior display screen measures 10 inches on the diagonal, with a 2160 x 1584 decision and a 120Hz adaptive refresh charge that goes all the way in which all the way down to 1Hz. That’s numerous display screen. You’ll be able to run three apps vertically aspect by aspect on it, and even use Samsung’s DeX desktop surroundings in a standalone mode with out a separate show. On paper, the TriFold’s outer display screen seems so much just like the one on the Z Fold 7. It’s a 6.5-inch 1080p show with a 21:9 side ratio.
Every of the TriFold’s three panels has a barely totally different thickness. The middle panel is the thickest at 4.2mm, and it homes a USB-C port on the underside edge. The thinnest panel measures simply 3.9mm thick, together with a bodily SIM tray, and the opposite panel is 4.0mm thick. These two sides fold inward over the middle panel, in contrast to Huawei’s Mate XT, which folds in a Z form and makes use of a part of the interior display screen when folded.
The TriFold measures 12.9mm thick when it’s folded — 4.7mm thicker than a Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely. It’s additionally thicker than a Z Fold 7, which is 8.9mm if you fold it, but it surely’s not far off the earlier Z Fold 6 which is 12.1mm folded.
Though it folds in another way, the Z TriFold is fairly shut in dimension and weight to Huawei’s Mate XT and most recent XTs. The Z TriFold is just a bit thicker when folded — 12.9mm versus 12.8mm — and weighs 309 grams in comparison with the 298g XT.
The again panel is a “ceramic-glass fiber-reinforced polymer” designed to withstand cracking. The system’s hinges are two totally different sizes, each with a dual-rail design protected by a titanium housing. Like Samsung’s different foldables, the TriFold is rated IP48 — totally water-resistant, however not dust-tight.
With all that occurring contained in the TriFold, Samsung has nonetheless managed to squeeze in three rear cameras: a 200-megapixel f/1.7 huge angle; a 12-megapixel ultrawide; and a 10-megapixel 3x telephoto. Each the quilt display screen and interior display screen embody a 10-megapixel selfie digicam as nicely. Every of the telephone’s panels homes a battery as nicely, including as much as a 5,600mAh capability. The entire thing is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset, just like the S25 collection, and contains 16GB of RAM.
One factor I’m not seeing on the TriFold’s spec sheet? S Pen compatibility. Samsung’s Z Fold used to incorporate assist for the corporate’s Bluetooth stylus, however that ended with the latest Z Fold 7. I’ve reached out to Samsung to verify and can replace this text accordingly. Within the meantime, Samsung isn’t sharing how a lot the TriFold will value — both in Korea or within the US.
