The TriFold: Samsung Just Killed Its Most Ambitious Phone Yet

Samsung ends the Galaxy Z TriFold months after launch, as high cost and complexity outweigh interest, shifting focus back to practical foldables.

Samsung is discontinuing the TriFold just months after launch mainly due to economic and practical challenges rather than lack of interest. Samsung’s “TriFold” smartphone (Galaxy Z TriFold) was an experimental foldable device that used two hinges and three screen sections to unfold from a normal phone into a much larger, roughly 10-inch tablet-sized display. The TriFold proved what’s possible—but its high costs, complexity, and niche appeal mean Samsung is likely shifting focus back to more practical foldables for now.