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Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold Will Cost $2,900 in the US 63

Posted by msmash from the how-about-that dept.
Samsung said today that its Galaxy Z TriFold, the first tri-fold smartphone to ship in the U.S., will be available starting January 30 at a price point of $2,899 -- substantially more expensive than any other phone on the U.S. market, including Samsung's own $2,000 Galaxy Z Fold 7 and a fully loaded 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max.

The company will only sell the device through its website and Samsung Experience Stores; mobile carrier partners including Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T won't be offering it directly. The TriFold unfolds into a 10-inch tablet, measures 3.9mm at its thinnest point, and is rated for 200,000 folds over its lifetime. Samsung launched the TriFold in South Korea on December 12 at 3.59 million won, about $2,450 at the time. Early reviews have praised the expansive inner screen for video but noted the 309-gram weight, thick folded dimensions, and half-baked software as significant drawbacks.
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  • Way too $$$. I rather carry an iPad mini if I need that much screen real estate.

  • Ha ha ha ha ha

    Men who the ... will buy a thing that don't even have a microsdcard on it and no stylus.

    • It was weird that the last Fold didn't support a stylus because it is one of the better use cases for the larger screen. I've tried some of these folding phones and while the extra real estate is nice sometimes the fragility is more of a drawback on something that ties into all of your 2FA accounts, mobile payments and all that has become rolled into the phones. I intend to go back to a solid phone once this Fold4 I'm using becomes obsolete.

  • Luxury goods (Score:5, Insightful)

    by dddux ( 3656447 ) on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @11:16AM (#65952238)

    We will see more and more of these luxury goods coming out that only 10-20% of the people can afford, and they still won't own it. A smartphone is an expensive device they sell you for good money, and they continue making good money on it, because you have no choice but run the OS and the apps they want you to run. I still can't understand how most people don't see or care about that. Happy and own nothing, indeed.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      I wouldn't mind a folding phone, if they were better priced and had good cameras. For some reason they seem the designs seem to be very questionable.

      Take the Pixel Fold. It has the lesser Pixel cameras, not the high end Pro ones. Even those have lagged a bit in the last few years, but that's another story. It also has pointless cameras like the under screen ones. It's a foldable, you don't need a selfie camera, you can use the rear camera and front screen at the same time. Complete waste of money and puts a

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by DarkOx ( 621550 )

      I don't know about the first part. There has never been a shortage of luxury goods on offer most people can't afford, or at least could never justify the expense to own. I expect most slashdot posters could easily find $2900 to buy a phone. Now I also expect most of us could find a whole lot of things we'd rather buy first. Look what a lot of guys spend on a Golf Clubs, a boat, (sports car vs basic reliable/safe transportation), classic car, theater room, gold plated ridding mower, gaming PC, watches, oth

      • I don't know about the first part. There has never been a shortage of luxury goods on offer most people can't afford, or at least could never justify the expense to own. I expect most slashdot posters could easily find $2900 to buy a phone. Now I also expect most of us could find a whole lot of things we'd rather buy first.

        I'm not certain the people consumed by class envy/hatred people in here are even slashdotters in the traditional sense.

        I mean, they aren't even good trolls. The guy with a rageboner about ownership just seems like a random loser.

    • Ownership is a fetish. A phone is not a family heirloom, it's not a house, it's not a watch you pass down to your great grandson. It's a device with a very limited life expectancy, why care about "ownership"? If it serves its function for a few years people will be happy customers.

      There's things worth owning and things not worth owning, both in the figurative sense as you used it here, and in the literal sense like streaming music or movies.

      • I've got a basement full of retro computers that I still use on a regular basis, including game consoles, and they all still work. The only major servicing some of them required was a recap job. Your concept of "life expectancy" is a bit skewed because you've just gotten used to modern junk.

        A phone is not a family heirloom, it's not a house, it's not a watch you pass down to your great grandson.

        LOL... you expect to own a house or a watch in the upcoming decades? It's already come to the point where you can't own your car as they are becoming more like phones every day, just like everything else that requires

    • you can get a mid speck phone fore free from most carriers.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by G00F ( 241765 )

        its not free.

        Granted sometimes it makes sense to staywith them since there is no competition and they all rape you hard but still those prepaids are a lot cheaper, especially when you include they all charge like $5-10 per line/month for the privilege of not hooking your bank account.

        If it was up to me, I wouldnt even have a f**** cell phone. , at least not a plan. Keep mine / the keyboard and replaceable ssd and battery just so I can do maps and wifi usage.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by mjwx ( 966435 )

      We will see more and more of these luxury goods coming out that only 10-20% of the people can afford, and they still won't own it. A smartphone is an expensive device they sell you for good money, and they continue making good money on it, because you have no choice but run the OS and the apps they want you to run. I still can't understand how most people don't see or care about that. Happy and own nothing, indeed.

      You have a strange idea of unaffordable. I could afford a US $3000 phone but the thing is, I don't want one (maybe the reason I can spend $3000 is that I tend to make careful, considered purchases rather than frivilous ones).

      However this is largely due to Trumpy Tariffs. The price of the phone in Korea is 3,590,400 Won, which is about US$ 2,500 which includes the 10% sales tax in Korea and we can assume that the quoted US price isn't including local sales taxes.

    • We will see more and more of these luxury goods coming out that only 10-20% of the people can afford, and they still won't own it. A smartphone is an expensive device they sell you for good money, and they continue making good money on it, because you have no choice but run the OS and the apps they want you to run. I still can't understand how most people don't see or care about that. Happy and own nothing, indeed.

      But it will sit in your craw and you will fest4er, the anger in your gut growing like a cancer, as you demand to crabpot everyone else down to you pathetic , always the victim mind. You need to try something else besides a visceral hatred of any one who has more than you.

      Then again, you always have an excuse for your failure. Loser mentality.

      There are plenty of reasons not to want one of these phones. Class warfare communist mentality is one of them - just the lamest one.

      Mod me down, Slashdot commi

  • Called it the Galaxy N with upgrades to the Z.

  • I guess I can just have a phone instead of having a car.

  • Does not concern Android owners.
  • "...is rated for 200,000 folds..."

    If you keep the phone for five years (this isn't unreasonable for a nearly $3,000 phone IMHO) that's 110 folds per day. I've got to think that many, if not most smartphone users check their phone at least that many times per day.
    • Yeah but you'd be surprised how rarely you'd unfold a folding phone with an external screen. I open mine less than 10 times a day, and that'd include going to the gym and opening it to watch shows while on an exercise machine.

  • And why exactly do I need one of those?

  • Other than "Influencers"? Maybe if I saw it in person instead of what I'm envisioning in my head would make me instantly realize the benefits, but I doubt it.

  • it's about a trifold increase in cost - for a phone with probably a 'trifold' higher likelihood of breaking. And if a customer breaks two such Trifold phones and buys a third, then that's a tri-Trifold hit of revenue for Samsung. That's like winning the trifoldta!

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by gweihir ( 88907 )

      This is clearly targeted at people that will just buy several and do not care about the cost.

  • I am sure the likes of Musk will love this thing!

  • That's ridiculous (Score:4, Insightful)

    by RUs1729 ( 10049396 ) on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:23PM (#65953024)
    It is not even remotely worth that amount of money. Samsung is all but guaranteeing that these devices will remain in a very small niche for the foreseeable future: a foldable phone is nice, but not almost $3K nice. Not by a long shot.
    • like anything it will be cloned and cheaper with time.most of those cost is the screen on these things. even the china clones are not alot cheaper.

    • People regularly pay $1000 or more for a single screen flagship. 2 screens is double, $2000. Three screens is triple, $3000. Seems like they are just doing simple math here. Of course, we know the price shouldn't scale that way, but whatever.... if it doesn't sell enough, they will lower the price or discontinue it.

      I admit, it sounds neat. But it also looks overly thick and heavy/bulky. I don't need a "super thin" phone, but I also am kinda used to not having a brick. I don't use/obsess over a stupid

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Holi ( 250190 )

      You'd be amazed at what people will overspend on to "flash wealth" whether they have it or not.

    • Samsung alters Android in user hostile ways. Pursuing 20% of the market with an interface that pushes people away is ... an interesting choice. Money is always right, so here we are. Reality will do its thing and everyone will recoil in horror saying they had no idea it could go this wrong... while the rest of us are sitting here nodding our heads saying, "yep, we couldn't possibly foresee this going badly".

      lol, morons.

  • I would not want the high maintenance relationship of a folding phone. Even the curved screen edge Galaxy Note 8 I have takes a screen protector, about every month.
    • i knew someone that had one. he worked for cruse lines so he was always traveling it made sense for him as it was his only device.

  • That's what all the cell company ads say, right? "Get the latest iPhone / Samsung phone *on us*!"

  • A mid-range phone is US$400, a good wi-fi-only tablet is $450. Plus; screen protectors, cases, carry pouches; the costs increase by $60: The total is much less than $2,900.

    The trade-off is a device with more weak spots: Breakage or theft means losing both phone and tablet. Separate devices, allows a wi-fi-only tablet: Which has marginally less spyware. A combined device means Samsung/phone company have more control over both devices. Separate devices allows separate accounts containing different PI

  • I hope in 5-10 years, we won't be laughing at that price and wishing phones were that cheap...especially with AI-induced chip shortages. OK, a fragile novelty gimmick phone is really fucking expensive...cool...I'll save my money and buy something else. However, the history of phones is that shockingly high prices end up being kinda normal with a few versions.

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