It seems that the dream that was “folded” twice has ended faster than we expected, and as the saying goes: “What a joy that never came.” Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold phone, which was supposed to be the pinnacle of technological advancement with its dual‑direction folding screen, has decided to retire very early. After only three months on the market, reports revealed that Samsung is on its way to halt production and sales of this device worldwide, entering history as one of the shortest‑lived phones in the tech market.
The End of the Journey Before It Really Began
According to a Bloomberg report, Samsung will start halting sales of the device first in South Korea, its home market where it launched back in December. As for tech enthusiasts in the United States who paid $2,899 (yes, you read that right, that’s the price of an old used car!), Samsung plans to pull the device from the market as soon as the current stock runs out. Ironically, Samsung’s official website currently lists the phone as “out of stock”, a diplomatic way of saying it will never return.
This sudden decision surprised many, especially since the phone hadn’t even completed its first spring in the US markets, which it reached in January. It seems followers’ comments were sharp, with some mocking that Samsung allocated “one fold per month” for the phone’s short lifespan. Was the exorbitant price the cause, or was the complexity of the triple‑fold screen too much for the average user to bear?
Superb Specs in a Slim Body
On paper, the Galaxy Z TriFold was a technological monster in every sense of the word. It is Samsung’s first phone to offer a massive display area thanks to the double fold, where its screen expands to a 10‑inch area when fully opened, while the outer cover screen is a modest 6.5‑inch when closed. Truly impressive is that a third of the screen is only 3.9 mm thick when opened, an engineering feat that cannot be denied.
Samsung didn’t stop at the screen; it equipped the device with a triple‑cell battery totaling 5,600 mAh, the largest battery the company has ever placed in a smartphone, with cells distributed behind each of the three display panels. As for the camera, it came with a 200‑megapixel wide‑angle lens, a super‑wide lens and an optical zoom lens, plus selfie cameras scattered here and there to ensure you never lose your picture no matter how the device is folded.
Weird Features and a Sad Farewell
Samsung tried to promote unique features for this device, such as the ability to run three longitudinal apps side by side, or reading in a tablet‑like vertical mode. It even equipped the phone with a smart alert system that triggers a warning if the user folds the phone incorrectly! Imagine your phone shouting at you because you didn’t close it at the right angle; perhaps this constant tension is what drove users away.
While we bid farewell to this device, we can only recall Apple’s cautious approach to entering the foldable phone market. While other companies race to launch any idea that crosses engineers’ minds, Apple waits until the technology matures fully to avoid such embarrassing market withdrawals. The Galaxy Z TriFold was a bold experiment, but it seems the world wasn’t ready yet for a phone costing nearly $3,000 that folds twice.
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