I told you the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold wasn't dead — it returns 'in limited quantities' to shelves on Friday

Samsung is sticking with the multi-fold phone for now

08 Apr 2026, 16:16 by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/lance-ulanoff · TechRadar

News By Lance Ulanoff published 8 April 2026

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The Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold is returning to stores
"Restocks go fast"
There may be life in the Trifold after all

Rumors of the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold's death were premature. Starting this Friday, April 10, 2026, Samsung is restocking shelves in the US with limited quantities of the innovative folding handset.

To refresh your memory, Samsung unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold phone late last year. While Samsung has been in the folding handset game for several years (see the fantastic Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7), this was the first Galaxy with two folds. Unfolded, it's just 3.9mm thick. Folded twice, it's a beefy 12.9mm. The $2,899 phone is packed with technology, including a 200MP main camera, a 6.6-inch display on the outside, and a massive, flexible 10-inch screen on the inside.

When I finally laid hands on it at CES 2026, I wrote, "The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is an uncompromising and remarkable feat of engineering that offers the potential of truly pocketable big-screen tablet productivity."

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After initially being available only in South Korea, sales opened to the US (among other markets) earlier this year. Then, just as quickly, the Galaxy Z Trifold was gone.

While numerous outlets reported the untimely end to Samsung's ultra-premium handset experiment, I wasn't so sure. After all, Samsung's public statements were fuzzy at best.

"The Galaxy Z TriFold was introduced as a super-premium device in limited quantities. In Korea, the strong consumer response led to all available units sold out. Customers in other countries still have the opportunity to purchase the device," a Samsung spokesperson told us at the time.

Honestly, that sounds like a success story and not one of abject failure. The Z Trifold is extraordinarily expensive and, I'm guessing, quite hard to manufacture, but if the supplies Samsung had sold out, that indicates demand, no?

Last month, after some digging, I was able to confirm that Samsung would be restocking in the US and other markets and might do so soon.

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