Does the Galaxy TriFold Actually Make Sense?
Samsung is preparing to take the foldable market a step further with the rumored Galaxy TriFold. Moving past the dual-screen foldable design, this device introduces two hinges, opening up to a massive 10-inch display. The leaks are exciting, revealing a truly desktop-like canvas. The central question remains: Does a tri-fold device solve enough problems to justify its inevitable, sky-high price tag?
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The Productivity Proposition: Is Bigger Better?
The TriFold's size is its entire reason for being. The larger the canvas, the more likely you are to multitask and be truly productive, treating the screen like a tablet or small monitor. Leaks confirm that Samsung is leveraging their already impressive software to ensure that the TriFold will be able to handle heavy-duty multitasking. With a large 10-inch screen, running three apps at once should be the best it’s even been on a phone that can fit in your pocket. Rather than two of the open apps being tiny squares, you’ll have quite a bit of room to work on the TriFold.
The design itself could be its biggest hurdle. Reports suggest a "g-style" folding mechanism. This means that the fragile inner screen is fully protected by the outside of the device, but it also means that you have one more hinge to open in order to use the inner screen. The need for an additional move to open the device might actually work against the productivity goal. If the extra step causes users to open it up less often, that massive screen becomes a novelty instead of a workhorse.
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A PC in Your Pocket?
The feature that could truly offset the likely sky-high price tag is Samsung DeX running on the inner screen. Leaks have confirmed that DeX will run natively on the inner screen without needing to be plugged into an external monitor. This is huge. Paired with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, the TriFold might legitimately replace your PC.
To me, the device must fulfill three roles to justify its expense: phone, laptop, tablet. DeX makes the laptop replacement a real possibility. However, the question remains whether the available Android apps are sufficient for a truly full-time computer replacement. For many, that desktop-class software gap will still exist.
The question is not whether DeX works. It is whether your workflow fits inside it. For some users, the answer will be yes. For others, the TriFold will still feel like a secondary device. And at this price, “almost” may not be enough.
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Design Details and Camera Rumors
For all its ambition as a multitasking powerhouse and potential laptop replacement, the TriFold must first succeed at being a great phone. That may sound obvious, but it is easy to overlook. If the device feels awkward in hand, clunky in motion, or compromised in day-to-day use, it risks alienating the very users it hopes to impress. No matter how advanced the inner display or how powerful DeX becomes, the outer experience still defines how often people engage with the device.
Samsung seems to understand this. Despite its triple-layer design, the TriFold is rumored to be impressively thin at just 4.2mm when fully unfolded and around 14mm when closed. While that is certainly quite thick by modern standards, the Z Fold 5 was 13.4mm. When folded, the cover display reportedly measures around 6.5 inches, putting it squarely in the realm of standard smartphones. That means users can check messages, browse social media, and take calls without ever opening the device. It is a critical detail. If the TriFold feels like a normal phone when closed, it avoids the trap of being “too much” for casual use.
Photography is another area where the TriFold must deliver. Foldables are no longer niche experiments, they are premium flagships. And that means camera performance cannot lag behind. Early reports suggest the TriFold will borrow much of its camera setup from the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which already offers solid imaging capabilities. But there may be more going on under the hood. Software animations hint at a new extreme zoom feature, complete with a secondary viewfinder that pushes all the way to 100x magnification. That is a significant leap from the Fold 7’s 30x ceiling and could imply a more advanced telephoto system.
The Galaxy TriFold is not designed for the average consumer. With a rumored release date of December 5, 2025, and a price tag apparently approaching $3,000, Samsung is aiming this device at early adopters and professionals who value portability and performance above all else.
Samsung is expected to launch the TriFold first in South Korea and China, with a wider international rollout likely to follow in early 2026.