Samsung first teased its tri-fold device at Unpacked in January. It was a very subtle tease, but it did confirm to everyone that Samsung was working on a tri-fold. And now we’re starting to see more progress on this tri-fold device. Including some certifications for it.
The Samsung tri-fold recently gained 3C certification in China. That’s essentially China’s version of the FCC. And in that certification, we can see that the charging speed of the new tri-fold won’t blow anyone away. It’ll be just 25W.
This isn’t all that surprising, because other foldable devices that the tri-fold will inevitably be compared to, like the Huawei Mate XT, do charge faster at 66W; however, that is over USB-A. Samsung is one of the few companies doing faster charging over USB-C. OnePlus, OPPO, Huawei, Honor and others are all doing this over USB-A. Which means you need to use their specific charger for these speeds, and you will get significantly slower speeds with other chargers.
In fact, OnePlus maxes out at about 17W over USB-C, which is slower than most of Samsung’s recent phones. Of course, many will complain that the Galaxy A series can do 45W, while this tr-fold is stuck at 25W. However, this could also be because of the triple-battery setup inside.
Samsung’s first tri-fold is estimated to cost over $3,000
The Samsung tri-fold, potentially called the Galaxy G, is reportedly going to launch in Q3. Which would mean it likely won’t be announced alongside the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip in July. It’s also estimated to cost between $3,000 and $3,500. That’s not too surprising, since the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is already $1,900. And this is adding a whole other fold to the device. Not to mention it being a first-generation.
When Huawei debuted its tri-fold last year, everyone was raving about the device, including yours truly. It gets rid of one of the most annoying aspects of a book-style foldable for me, and that’s the square display. Because you can completely unfold it into a tablet size display, that’s more like a 16:10 or 16:9 aspect ratio, versus a 1:1.2 aspect ratio.
It’ll be interesting to see what Samsung does with this tri-fold device later this year.
2025-06-07 15:06:57