Samsung announces the Galaxy Z TriFold, a three-fold smartphone with a maximum 10-inch display, priced at approximately 380,000 yen, making it an ultra-luxury model
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Z TriFold , a tri-foldable smartphone. It is scheduled to be released in South Korea on December 12, 2025, and will then be released in other markets such as China, Taiwan, Singapore, the UAE, and the United States. The price in South Korea will be 3,594,000 won (approximately 380,000 yen).
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The specifications of the announced Galaxy Z TriFold are as follows:
| Galaxy Z TriFold | ||
| display | Main Screen | 10.0-inch QXGA+Dynamic AMOLED 2X (2160 x 1584 pixels) 269ppi, 1600nits maximum brightness, 120Hz adaptive refresh rate (1-120Hz) |
| cover screen | 6.5-inch FHD+Dynamic AMOLED 2X (2520 x 1080 pixels, aspect ratio 21:9) 422ppi, 2600nits maximum brightness, 120Hz adaptive refresh rate (1-120Hz) | |
| Size and Weight | size | When folded: Height 159.2mm x Width 75.0mm x Thickness 12.9mm Unfolded: Height 159.2mm x Width 214.1mm x Thickness 3.9mm to 4.2mm |
| weight | 309 g | |
| camera | rear camera | Ultra-wide: 12MP ultra-wide camera, Dual Pixel AF, F2.2, Pixel size: 1.4μm, Field of view: 120° Wide Angle: 200MP wide-angle camera, Quad Pixel AF, OIS, F1.7, Pixel size: 0.6μm, Field of View: 85°, Optical Quality Zoom 2x Telephoto: 10MP telephoto camera with PDAF, OIS, F2.4, pixel size: 1.0μm, field of view: 36°, 3x optical zoom, up to 30x digital zoom |
| Front camera | 10MP Main Camera F2.2, Pixel Size: 1.12μm, Field of View: 100° | |
| AP | Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform for Galaxy(3nm) | |
| Memory and Storage | 16GB memory + 1TB internal storage 16GB RAM + 512GB internal storage MicroSD: Not supported | |
| battery | 5600 mAh 3-cell battery | |
| charging | Super-Fast Charging 2.0(45W) wired charging Fast Wireless Charging 2.0(15W) Wireless PowerShare | |
| Water resistance | IP48 | |
| material | cover | Corning® Gorilla® Glass Ceramic 2 |
| Glass/metal back | Ceramic Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer | |
| Frame | Titanium hinge housing and armored aluminum frame | |
| OS | Android 16 One UI 8 | |
| Connectivity | 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 | |
| sensor | Capacitive fingerprint sensor (side), acceleration sensor, barometric pressure sensor, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor, hall sensor, proximity sensor, illuminance sensor | |
| Security | Samsung Knox (with Samsung Knox Vault) | |
| SIM card | Up to 2 Nano SIMs, Multi-eSIM | |
| color | Crafted Black | |
The Galaxy Z TriFold's most distinctive feature is its tri-fold design. When unfolded, the display measures 10 inches diagonally, 2160 x 1584 pixels, and has a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. There's also a 6.5-inch diagonal display on the outside, measuring 2520 x 1080 pixels. The back panel is made of ceramic glass-fiber reinforced polymer, which is designed to be crack-resistant.
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The Galaxy Z TriFold's three panels vary in thickness. The thickest, central panel is 4.2mm, while the two on either side are 3.9mm and 4.0mm, respectively. The two panels fold inward over the central panel. The hinges feature a dual-rail design protected by titanium.
Samsung has released the manufacturing process and testing of the Galaxy Z TriFold in the following movie, stating, 'The main display has passed a 200,000-fold durability test, which is equivalent to folding the device approximately 100 times every day for five years.'
Its 12.9mm thickness after folding is 4.7mm thicker than the 8.2mm-thick Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and 4.0mm thicker than the 8.9mm-thick (folded) Galaxy Z Fold 7. The Galaxy Z TriFold weighs 309g, about 1.5 times the weight of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold 7.
The Galaxy Z TriFold's internals are essentially the same as the Galaxy Z Fold 7, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, 512GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM. The rear camera configuration is also the same as the Galaxy Z Fold 7, with three options: ultra-wide, wide, and telephoto. The main wide-angle camera has a 200-megapixel aperture and an f/1.7 aperture.
The Galaxy Z TriFold is scheduled to be released in South Korea on Friday, December 12, 2025, followed by other Asian markets in the coming weeks and the US in the first quarter of 2026 (January-March). While pricing in Japan and the US is unknown at the time of writing, the Korean launch price is said to be 3,594,000 won, roughly ¥160,000 to ¥170,000 more than the Galaxy Z Fold 7 with the same storage capacity.
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