Samsung plans to stop selling the Galaxy Z TriFold in South Korea to starting March 17according to industry sources cited by the Korean publication Donga and collected by SamMobile. The foldable triple-screen phone, launched in December 2025 at a price of about $2,800was never conceived as a mass product, but as a technological demonstration. The curious thing is that, despite everything, the few available units were sold out in minutes every time Samsung replenished stock on its website — and on the second-hand market it sold well above its original price.
The end of sales in the domestic market does not mean that the phone has been a commercial failure, strictly speaking, but it does make it clear that its very high production costs made it unsustainable to keep it in the catalog. According to the report's sources, the increase in the cost of key components such as DRAM, NAND flash and mobile processors would have further squeezed Samsung's margins, already complicated with such a complex manufacturing device.
What will happen with the TriFold in other markets?
As for other markets – the United States, China, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates – the stage points in the same direction. He Galaxy Z TriFold It already appears as out of stock on the Samsung USA website, although it could remain available in physical stores while current units last. There is no official confirmation that it will there is a second generationalthough Samsung plans to present its new line of folding products in the coming months: the Galaxy Z Flip 8, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and, according to some rumors, a wider screen model.
The TriFold fulfilled its function as a technological showcase: it showed that Samsung can fold a screen twice and that the result is functional. If this technology ends up maturing into a product with sustainable price and a desire to remain in the catalogue, is something that will depend both on the evolution of component costs and on Samsung finding a real value proposition beyond the surprise factor. For now, the triple fold remains a brilliant experiment, but without guaranteed continuity.
Do you think Samsung will launch a tri-fold phone again when production costs drop, or will this format remain a collector's rarity?
