The 10-inch device cost nearly $3,000 and will no longer be available to buy in the US or South Korea.
If you haven’t yet shelled out nearly $3,000 for a Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, you might have missed your chance. The company is winding down sales of the phone after it’s been on the market in the US for less than two months, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Samsung will begin the phase-out by first ending sales in its home market of South Korea, and will then stop selling the phone in the US after all inventory has been depleted, Bloomberg said, citing a company spokesperson. In the US, the only way to buy a TriFold is on the Samsung website or at one of its seven Experience Stores across the country.
Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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A quick check on the Samsung website did not show any TriFold phones for sale, although Bloomberg said people have reported being able to buy the phone over the past few days at Experience Stores in Frisco, Texas, and Queens, New York. On a Galaxy Z TriFold subreddit, some customers have reported being able to get their hands on one.
The Galaxy Z TriFold was announced on Dec. 1, 2025, made its debut in South Korea on Dec. 12 and went on sale in the US on Jan. 30. The phone has a 6.5-inch cover screen and two hinges that enable it to be unfurled into a 10-inch main screen. The sale price is $2,899.
The device apparently was never intended to be a regular part of Samsung’s product lineup, but instead a “flagship showcase” to demonstrate Samsung’s ability to create a trifold phone, according to South Korean daily newspaper Dong-A Ilbo. The news outlet said that only 3,000 units were sold on each of two days — on the day of official release, Dec. 12, and then five days later on Dec. 17.
Moreover, the rapidly rising cost of components like DRAM, NAND flash and application processors has greatly reduced the profit margin for the Galaxy Z TriFold, according to Dong-A Ilbo. DRAM is the main working memory of a phone, NAND fllash is storage technology, and application processors run operating systems such as Android, iOS and Linux. According to market research firm TrendForce, the price of DRAM and NAND flash have surged this year, partly due to “demand for AI-related computing workloads.”
Dong-A Ilbo cited an unnamed industry expert as saying the phone is more of “an iconic product created to show its technological prowess rather than make a profit from sales.”
CNET’s take: ‘Not for everyone’
We liked the Galaxy Z TriFold when it was unveiled earlier this year in the US, and apparently so did many Americans — it sold out in minutes on its first day in the US.
CNET Senior Writer Abrar Al-Heeti spent two weeks with the foldable and called it “versatile, innovative and practical,” although ultimately a niche device that’s “not for everyone.”
Will the phone return? Bloomberg reported that Won-Joon Choi, chief operating officer of Samsung’s Mobile Experience Business, said in an interview last month that the company had not decided yet if it will bring the device — or an updated version — to a wider market.
If you’re interested in alternative trifold phones, be sure to also check out the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate (not sold in the US) and Tecno’s Phantom Ultimate G, which the company showed at MWC 2026 as a concept.