Samsung Halts Sale of Galaxy Z TriFold After Just 3 Months
If you haven’t yet forked out almost $3,000 for a Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, you might have missed your chance. The company is ending sales of the phone after it had been on the market in the United States 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 then stop selling the phone in the United States once all stocks are exhausted, Bloomberg said, citing a company spokesperson. In the United States, the only way to purchase a TriFold is on Samsung’s website or at one of its seven Experience Stores across the country.
Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Watch this: I tested the Galaxy Z TriFold: here’s what I liked and what I didn’t like
A quick check on Samsung’s website didn’t reveal any TriFold phones for sale, although Bloomberg said people had reported being able to purchase the phone in recent 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 December 1, 2025, debuted in South Korea on December 12, and went on sale in the United States on January 30. The phone has a 6.5-inch cover screen and two hinges that allow it to be deployed into a 10-inch main screen. The sale price is $2,899.
The device was apparently never intended to be an integral part of Samsung’s product line, but rather to be a “flagship showcase” demonstrating Samsung’s ability to create a tri-fold phone, according to South Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo. The media outlet reported that only 3,000 units were sold over two days: the day of the official release, December 12, and then five days later, December 17.
Additionally, the rapid rise in the cost of components such as DRAM, NAND flash, and application processors has significantly reduced the Galaxy Z TriFold’s profit margin, according to Dong-A Ilbo. DRAM is a phone’s primary working memory, NAND Flash is a storage technology, and application processors run operating systems such as Android, iOS, and Linux. According to market research firm TrendForce, prices for DRAM and NAND flash have increased this year, in part due to “demand for AI-related computing workloads.”
Dong-A Ilbo cited an anonymous industry expert who said the phone was more of an “iconic product created to show off its technological prowess rather than to profit from its 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 many Americans did too. it sold out in minutes on its first day in the United States.
Abrar Al-Heeti, CNET senior editor I spent two weeks with the foldable and called it “versatile, innovative and practical”, although ultimately a niche device that “isn’t for everyone”.
Will the phone come back? Bloomberg reported that Won-Joon Choi, chief operating officer of Samsung Mobile Experience Business, said in an interview last month that the company had not yet decided whether it would release the device – or an updated version – to a wider market.
If you’re interested in alternative tri-fold phones, be sure to also check out the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate (not sold in the United States) and the Phantom Ultimate G from Tecno, that the company showed at MWC 2026 as a concept.
