Samsung鈥檚 TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in the US

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Samsung announced on Tuesday that its Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone will go on sale January 30 with a steep price tag of $2,899. The phone鈥檚 display unfolds twice to reveal a 10-inch display, which is the largest screen ever on a Galaxy phone. It measures 3.9 millimeters at its thinnest point and is engineered to withstand up to 200,000 folds over its lifetime. The phone will come in black with 512GB of storage in the U.S. The phone carries a higher price tag than any other smartphone on the U.S. market, surpassing even a fully loaded iPhone 17 Pro Max with 2TB of storage and Samsung鈥檚 own $2,000 Galaxy Z Fold. Image Credits:Samsung The Galaxy Z TriFold will be available throughout the U.S. at Samsung Experience Stores and Samsung.com. Notably, it won鈥檛 be available through mobile carriers. The phone is the first foldable of its kind to be available in the U.S., as Huawei鈥檚 trifold Mate XT isn鈥檛 sold in the U.S. It鈥檚 worth noting that Apple is rumored to be releasing its first folding phone later this year.

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