- A Korean news article suggests Samsung is working on a tri-fold phone
- The rumor follows others pointing to new folding phone models from the tech giant
- No Samsung tri-fold has been confirmed yet
Samsung is seemingly still in the race to be the first phone maker to bring a tri-fold phone to global markets, if a new rumor is anything to go by.
According to a screenshot of an article from Korean news outlet Etnews shared by notable leaker Jukanlosreve on X (formerly Twitter), Samsung are continuing to explore new form factors.
And with the flagship Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 occupying the booklet and clamshell form factors respectively, that leaves the nascent tri-fold category as the most likely candidate.
As the excerpt notes, tri-fold in this instance actually refers to a “double-folding foldable phone” in the style of the Huawei Mate XT, with two hinges that split the phone into three segments.
As a China-exclusive phone with no access to Android or Google apps and services the Huawei Mate XT has little chance of making more than a conceptual impact in most of the world.
This leaves Samsung with the opportunity to establish and potentially lead the tri-fold market elsewhere.
The part of the article Jukanlosreve shared suggests that Samsung may focus on producing the highest quality product, as the company can no longer be the first to produce a phone of this kind.
We think this is a likely strategy, as the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 are some of the best folding phones on the market, and Samsung’s attention to quality is evident in comparison with some competitors.
With that said, here are three things we want to see from a Samsung Galaxy…
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