If you have not but shelled out practically $3,000 for a Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, you might need missed your likelihood. The corporate is winding down gross sales of the cellphone after it has been in the marketplace within the US for lower than two months, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

But it surely wasn’t for lack of curiosity — the machine has been a sizzling vendor within the US and South Korea because it first went on sale in December. In accordance with a number of experiences, Samsung needed to promote a small quantity to showcase its design experience and gauge buyer curiosity.

Samsung will start the phase-out by ending gross sales in its dwelling market, South Korea, and can then cease promoting the cellphone within the US in any case stock has been depleted, Bloomberg mentioned, citing an organization spokesperson. Within the US, the one means to purchase a TriFold is on the Samsung website or at one among its seven Experience Stores throughout the nation.

Samsung did not reply to a request for remark.

A fast test on the Samsung web site didn’t present any TriFold telephones on the market, though Bloomberg mentioned individuals have reported having the ability to purchase the cellphone over the previous few days at Expertise Shops in Frisco, Texas, and Queens, New York. On a Galaxy Z TriFold subreddit, some individuals reported having the ability to get their fingers on one.

The Galaxy Z TriFold was introduced on Dec. 1, 2025, made its debut in South Korea on Dec. 12 and went on sale within the US on Jan. 30. The cellphone has a 6.5-inch cowl display and two hinges that allow it to be unfurled right into a 10-inch foremost display. The cellphone’s worth is $2,899.

The machine apparently was by no means supposed to be an everyday a part of Samsung’s product lineup, however as an alternative a “flagship showcase” to exhibit Samsung’s capacity to create a trifold cellphone, in response to the South Korean newspaper Dong-A Ilbo. The information outlet mentioned that solely 3,000 models have been offered on every of two days — on the day of launch, Dec. 12, and 5 days afterward Dec. 17.

Francisco Jeronimo, vp of consumer gadgets at tech analysis agency IDC, mentioned the demand for the Galaxy Z TriFold reveals that trifold telephones are “a section with clear long-term potential.”

“For instance, Huawei has offered 1.2 million models of its tri-fold gadgets, producing roughly $3.2 billion in revenues, an early however sturdy indicator of client urge for food for bigger, multi-fold type components,” Jeronimo mentioned. “The Samsung trifold ought to be understood as a part of Samsung’s broader experimentation technique in foldable and hybrid machine design.”

Dong-A Ilbo cited an unnamed business knowledgeable as saying the cellphone is extra of “an iconic product created to indicate its technological prowess reasonably than make a revenue from gross sales.”  

In any case, manufacturing prices would have been prohibitive for mass manufacturing of the Galaxy Z TriFold. The price of parts like DRAM, NAND flash and utility processors has surged this 12 months, partly due to “demand for AI-related computing workloads,” in response to market analysis agency TrendForce. DRAM is the primary working reminiscence of a cellphone, NAND flash is a storage know-how, and utility processors run working methods akin to Android, iOS and Linux.

CNET’s take: ‘Not for everybody’

We appreciated the Galaxy Z TriFold when it debuted earlier this 12 months within the US, and apparently so did many People — it sold out in minutes on its first day within the US.

CNET Senior Author Abrar Al-Heeti spent two weeks with the foldable and referred to as it “versatile, modern and sensible,” though in the end a distinct segment machine that is not for everybody.

She wrote in her overview that she loved the TriFold’s adaptability, noting that it might simply double as a workstation or pill for watching films or multitasking. However the price ticket of practically $3,000, she mentioned, is loads to ask for the common cellphone purchaser.

“Nonetheless, this cellphone embodies what foldable telephones have lengthy strived to be,” she wrote. “And truthfully, it is only a pleasure to make use of.”

Will the TriFold return? Bloomberg reported that Gained-Joon Choi, chief working officer of Samsung’s Cell Expertise Enterprise, mentioned in an interview final month that the corporate hadn’t determined but if it is going to convey the machine — or an up to date model — to a wider market.

In case you’re excited by different trifold telephones, be sure you additionally try the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate (not offered within the US) and Tecno’s Phantom Final G, which the company showed at MWC 2026 as an idea.