Samsung just teased a tri-fold folding phone at Galaxy Unpacked 2025

At Galaxy Unpacked 2025 we got a hint at the possible next big thing for Samsung folding phones

22 Jan 2025, 18:44 · TechRadar

News By Roland Moore-Colyer published 22 January 2025

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Samsung is already the king of folding phones – and at the first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked of 2025, the tech giant teased its potential next frontier.

During the launch, which saw the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Plus, Samsung showed off a brief roadmap of its future products – complete with a tri-folding foldable phone.

There were no timings or dates included, and no suggestion that such a device will be with us this year, but I'd suggest such a phone is coming sooner than later, as the Galaxy Z Fold 6 seems to have reached a plateau for folding phones at Samsung.

For more from the showcase right now, check out our Samsung Galaxy Unpacked live blog.

A new frontier for foldables

Even the best foldable phones aren't perfect (yet), with chunky frames and visible creases. But that said, they are great productivity devices, so having another display would increase the screen real estate on offer and allow them to more easily double up as Android tablets.

Samsung’s display arm has already shown off a couple of prototype tri-fold concept phones at CES 2025, so such a device was definitely being considered by the South Korean company. But seeing an example pictured on a roadmap is a very strong indicator that a tri-folding phone will become a legitimate consumer product.

TechRadar's Managing Editor and TV/display specialist Matthew Bolton was at CES and witnessed the tri-fold concepts first-hand. "I saw two versions of a tri-fold screen prototype device. One that folds in a Z-shape, just like what Samsung hinted at in its announcement today, and one where left and right screens folded on top of the center screen.

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