Samsung will be two steps ahead of Apple in folding smartphone race

Right after the last Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung confirmed that it will soon decide the name for its first smartphone with a tri-folding display and launch it by the end of 2025. Earlier today, we learnt that Samsung has filed for the ‘Galaxy Z TriFold’ name in South Korea, and now, we know the month the company will debut the first Galaxy tri-fold.

On Weibo, a popular tipster, Ice Universe, claims that Samsung will launch its first smartphone with a tri-folding display in October 2025 (via Android Authority), which means that the first Galaxy Z TriFold is only three and a half months away.

In the post, the tipster also claims that Huawei will launch a new tri-folding phone, which will most likely be a successor to its first tri-folding phone, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate, in September 2025. It means that the Samsung’s first tri-folding phone will not be the second but the third tri-folding phone on the market.

While that’s not something Samsung can boast about, it will certainly leave no chance at mocking Apple for being two generations behind the South Korean tech giant in the foldable smartphone space (Apple is expected to launch the first iPhone with a dual-folding display in 2026).

Last month, an animation was discovered in Samsung’s Android 16-based One UI 8.0, which revealed the form factor and folding mechanism of the brand’s tri-folding phone. According to it, Galaxy Z TriFold has two inward folding hinges, making it the first phone of its kind.

Previous reports suggest that Samsung’s first tri-folding phone will feature a 10-inch folding OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and the same camera setup at that of the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The brand is said to launch it initially in China and Korea with a starting price of more than $2,900.