The Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold's folding mechanism looks odd, but it's the right call on a crucial design decision

Picture the scene – it’s the first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked of 2025 is starting up, and as the tech world waits on the edge of its seat for news of the Galaxy S25 family, the keynote speaker drops two (and a half) crucial words: “multi-fold devices”.

Kaboom. Suddenly, months of speculation over a Samsung trifold phone – that’s a tablet-style folding phone with two hinges and a larger internal display – get a stamp of approval, however tacit. And now, nearly a full year later, we have proper confirmation.

Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold, its first trifold phone with a 6.5-inch cover display and 10-inch inner display, pretty much out of nowhere on Cyber Monday 2025. What’s more, the phone has been officially confirmed to launch in the US (no luck here in the UK or over in Australia, though).