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Samsung entered the tri‑fold phone market on Monday with the launch of its first multi‑folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold. The device will go on sale in South Korea on Dec. 12, with releases set for China, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates, while the United States will get the phone in the first quarter of 2026, according to Samsung’s press release. The Galaxy Z TriFold will ship in one version only, according to Samsung, and it comes only in black, with 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage, and carries a price of 3,594,000 South Korean won, or about $2,449. There are no lower storage options at launch. Samsung confirmed that details for the U.S. rollout will come later. The company is using this release as an early test run rather than a mass-market push. Samsung launches large tri-fold with 10-inch screen and limited supply The new phone uses two inward‑folding hinges that open into a 10‑inch display with a 2160 x 1584 resolution. The screen comes in slightly smaller than the 11‑inch display on Apple’s 11th‑generation iPad. When the panels are folded shut, the device measures 12.9 millimeters thick, which is thicker than the Galaxy Z Fold6 at 12.1 mm and much thicker than the Galaxy Z Fold7 at 8.9 mm. “Samsung’s first tri-fold model will ship in very limited volume, but scale is not the objective,” said Liz Lee, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research, in a statement. Liz also said the goal of the TriFold launch is to test durability, hinge design, and software performance, while collecting real‑world user feedback before any wider launch plan. Samsung built the phone to run three apps vertically at the same time, side by side, and it also supports a desktop-style mode without the need for a separate display. According…

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