Good news, bad news: Samsung Galaxy TriFold finally has a U.S. release date and price tag

Samsung's next big thing has a big price tag.

The Korean tech giant finally announced a U.S. release date and price tag for the Galaxy Z TriFold, a smartphone with a new foldable form factor that includes not one but two creases in the middle of a gargantuan inner display. The phone, which we got some hands-on time with at CES 2026 a few weeks ago, will launch in the States on Jan. 30 for a price of $2,900.

Yes, you read that right. Two thousand and nine hundred dollars.

For early adopters dying to get their hands on the TriFold, it's very much a good news, bad news situation. Previous rumors put the price of the TriFold at about $2,500. In addition, many mobile insiders expected to learn the TriFold's U.S. release date at the next Galaxy Unpacked event, rumored to take place on Feb. 25.

To be fair to Samsung, a high price is not a huge surprise, nor is it entirely unreasonable considering the going price for other, theoretically inferior foldable devices. Last year's Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is a similar device that only has one crease and a smaller internal display, started at $1,999. It's not completely out of this world to see a phone with a new form factor and presumably even more expensive tech inside of it start at a higher price point than that. In addition, Korean publications have reported that Samsung is actually losing money on sales of the TriFold.

Still, $2,900 is a lot of money for a smartphone, no matter how much context you throw at it. We can't say yet if the benefits of the new form factor outweigh the downside of paying that much for it, but hopefully people who do spent that amount of money on the TriFold are happy with their decision.