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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
Samsung
6.8
Gorgeous compromise
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung
7.1
Engineering marvel, software footnote
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
What Reviewers Agree On
At 5.8mm and 163 grams the Edge genuinely feels transformatively lighter and thinner in hand than any other current flagship — picking it up is repeatedly described as a surprise even by reviewers skeptical of thin phones.
Build quality is premium and durable for the form factor — titanium frame, Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 on the front (first phone to use it), Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the back, IP68 rating intact.
The 6.7-inch 1440p LTPO AMOLED is one of the best smartphone displays in 2025 — 2,600-nit peak brightness, 120Hz, sharp and bright in any lighting.
Short-burst performance from the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy + 12GB RAM matches or beats the S25 Ultra in single-shot benchmarks, with no noticeable lag in everyday use.
The 200MP main sensor (inherited from the S25 Ultra) takes genuinely strong photos with crisp detail, and the new wider 12MP selfie camera is a small upgrade for group shots.
Pros & Cons
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
Pros
At 5.8mm and 163 grams the Edge genuinely feels transformatively lighter and thinner in hand than any other current flagship — picking it up is repeatedly described as a surprise even by reviewers skeptical of thin phones.
Build quality is premium and durable for the form factor — titanium frame, Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 on the front (first phone to use it), Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the back, IP68 rating intact.
The 6.7-inch 1440p LTPO AMOLED is one of the best smartphone displays in 2025 — 2,600-nit peak brightness, 120Hz, sharp and bright in any lighting.
Short-burst performance from the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy + 12GB RAM matches or beats the S25 Ultra in single-shot benchmarks, with no noticeable lag in everyday use.
Detailed Comparison
Design & Build
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
At 5.8mm and 163 grams the S25 Edge is the thinnest and lightest Galaxy flagship ever, and nearly every reviewer concedes that picking it up changes their opinion of thin phones — even those who came in skeptical. The frame is grade-5 titanium with Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 (a smartphone first) on the front and Victus 2 on the back, IP68 rating preserved. The camera bump protrudes enough that the phone wobbles noticeably on a flat surface, and several reviewers point out a case immediately negates the thin-phone benefit.
After living with the Edge for two weeks, the lighter weight repeatedly tricked the reviewer into thinking she'd left her phone at home — the slimmer dimensions make a tangible difference in pockets and small bags the way no other modern big phone does.
At 5.8mm it is 2mm thinner than the iPhone 16 Plus and weighs 36 grams less despite the same 6.7-inch screen — picking it up genuinely feels strange and, surprisingly, not cheap.
Samsung kept the titanium frame and IP68 rating, and the Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 panel is a smartphone first — the Edge is undeniably enchanting in sheer feel and aesthetics.
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Samsung commits seven years of OS and security updates, matching the industry's best long-term support window.
Deal Breakers
The 3,900 mAh battery is the smallest in the entire Galaxy S25 lineup — smaller even than the base S25's cell — and real-world endurance trails the S25+, S25 Ultra and most rivals by a meaningful margin.
There is no telephoto camera at all — only the 200MP main and a 12MP ultrawide — making it the only S25 phone without optical zoom and a hard sell for anyone who shoots distant subjects.
Under sustained 3DMark stress tests Notebookcheck measured GPU performance dropping to roughly half its initial score (46.3% Wild Life stability), confirming the slim chassis can't dissipate enough heat for long gaming sessions.
Wired charging is capped at 25W and wireless at 15W — well behind the OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi rivals, with a full charge taking about 1 hour 20 minutes from the wall.
Samsung skipped the new silicon-carbon battery chemistry already shipping in the OnePlus 13, Xiaomi 15, Vivo X200 and other competitors — the single technology that could have made the thin form factor work, repeatedly flagged by MKBHD, Dave2D and Mrwhosetheboss.
At $1,099 the Edge sits between the cheaper S25+ ($999) and the only-$100-more S25 Ultra ($1,299), and reviewers across The Verge, Wired, GSMArena and Ars Technica agree neither end of that bracket is a comfortable place to land given what you give up.
Wireless charging works through a 'Qi2 Ready' label rather than built-in magnets — you need a separate magnetic case for MagSafe-style accessories, the same issue Engadget called out on the S25 Ultra.
There is no S Pen support and no S Pen slot — the Ultra's signature feature is gone, removing the one reason you'd traditionally pay over $1,000 for a Samsung flagship without compromise.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
What Reviewers Agree On
The 10-inch 4:3 inner display fundamentally changes what a foldable can be — 16:9 video plays roughly 50–84% bigger than on the Z Fold 7, and apps actually reformat for tablet density instead of stretching.
At 3.9–4.2 mm per panel unfolded, the TriFold is the thinnest phone Samsung has ever shipped — the USB-C port is the same thickness as the entire chassis, which reviewers across the board call genuinely impressive engineering.
The dual Armor FlexHinge mechanism is solid, snappy, locks completely flat when fully open, and ships with a haptic-plus-vibration warning that yells at you when you try to fold the camera-side first.
Folded, the TriFold can pass for a chunky phone — 12.9 mm thick is only fractionally chunkier than a Z Fold 6 despite carrying a third more screen.
Battery life beats the Z Fold 7 in real-world testing — multiple reviewers landed at 7–9 hours of screen-on time, and a video loop pushed past 12 hours.
Samsung's U-shape design protects the inner screen completely when folded, unlike Huawei's Mate XT where one soft panel rides face-out and is exposed to keys and lint.
On-device Samsung DeX runs natively without needing an external display — it's the only Samsung phone that can do this, turning the trifold into a credible laptop-replacement experiment.
Deal Breakers
The 10-inch main display peaks at just 1,600 nits — lower than the three-year-old Galaxy Z Fold 5 and well below the 2,600 nits on the Fold 7, S25 Ultra, and the TriFold's own cover screen, and Snazzy Labs found sustained brightness drops further after 40 seconds outdoors.
JerryRigEverything's durability test failed the TriFold catastrophically — the right hinge snapped and pixels tore under a routine bend, and dust audibly grinds into the hinges almost immediately despite the IP48 rating; 9to5Google called it a 'horrific defeat.'
The inner flexible screen and its non-replaceable factory protector are soft enough to be gouged by a fingernail — Mrwhosetheboss left deep gouges just by leaning the phone against a vase, and the top-voted comment on 9to5Google's durability writeup called the soft screen 'an absolute dealbreaker.'
Unlike the Huawei Mate XT's accordion fold, the Z TriFold is all-or-nothing — you cannot use it half-unfolded as a 7.9-inch in-between size, so the trifold experience is either single-panel phone or full tablet with no middle ground.
The chip is the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, not the newer Elite Gen 5 already shipping in the S26 Ultra, so the most expensive phone Samsung sells is lagging behind a $1,300 Ultra from launch.
The 200MP main sensor (inherited from the S25 Ultra) takes genuinely strong photos with crisp detail, and the new wider 12MP selfie camera is a small upgrade for group shots.
Samsung commits seven years of OS and security updates, matching the industry's best long-term support window.
Cons
The 3,900 mAh battery is the smallest in the entire Galaxy S25 lineup — smaller even than the base S25's cell — and real-world endurance trails the S25+, S25 Ultra and most rivals by a meaningful margin.
There is no telephoto camera at all — only the 200MP main and a 12MP ultrawide — making it the only S25 phone without optical zoom and a hard sell for anyone who shoots distant subjects.
Under sustained 3DMark stress tests Notebookcheck measured GPU performance dropping to roughly half its initial score (46.3% Wild Life stability), confirming the slim chassis can't dissipate enough heat for long gaming sessions.
Wired charging is capped at 25W and wireless at 15W — well behind the OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi rivals, with a full charge taking about 1 hour 20 minutes from the wall.
Samsung skipped the new silicon-carbon battery chemistry already shipping in the OnePlus 13, Xiaomi 15, Vivo X200 and other competitors — the single technology that could have made the thin form factor work, repeatedly flagged by MKBHD, Dave2D and Mrwhosetheboss.
At $1,099 the Edge sits between the cheaper S25+ ($999) and the only-$100-more S25 Ultra ($1,299), and reviewers across The Verge, Wired, GSMArena and Ars Technica agree neither end of that bracket is a comfortable place to land given what you give up.
Wireless charging works through a 'Qi2 Ready' label rather than built-in magnets — you need a separate magnetic case for MagSafe-style accessories, the same issue Engadget called out on the S25 Ultra.
There is no S Pen support and no S Pen slot — the Ultra's signature feature is gone, removing the one reason you'd traditionally pay over $1,000 for a Samsung flagship without compromise.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
Pros
The 10-inch 4:3 inner display fundamentally changes what a foldable can be — 16:9 video plays roughly 50–84% bigger than on the Z Fold 7, and apps actually reformat for tablet density instead of stretching.
At 3.9–4.2 mm per panel unfolded, the TriFold is the thinnest phone Samsung has ever shipped — the USB-C port is the same thickness as the entire chassis, which reviewers across the board call genuinely impressive engineering.
The dual Armor FlexHinge mechanism is solid, snappy, locks completely flat when fully open, and ships with a haptic-plus-vibration warning that yells at you when you try to fold the camera-side first.
Folded, the TriFold can pass for a chunky phone — 12.9 mm thick is only fractionally chunkier than a Z Fold 6 despite carrying a third more screen.
Battery life beats the Z Fold 7 in real-world testing — multiple reviewers landed at 7–9 hours of screen-on time, and a video loop pushed past 12 hours.
Samsung's U-shape design protects the inner screen completely when folded, unlike Huawei's Mate XT where one soft panel rides face-out and is exposed to keys and lint.
On-device Samsung DeX runs natively without needing an external display — it's the only Samsung phone that can do this, turning the trifold into a credible laptop-replacement experiment.
Cons
The 10-inch main display peaks at just 1,600 nits — lower than the three-year-old Galaxy Z Fold 5 and well below the 2,600 nits on the Fold 7, S25 Ultra, and the TriFold's own cover screen, and Snazzy Labs found sustained brightness drops further after 40 seconds outdoors.
JerryRigEverything's durability test failed the TriFold catastrophically — the right hinge snapped and pixels tore under a routine bend, and dust audibly grinds into the hinges almost immediately despite the IP48 rating; 9to5Google called it a 'horrific defeat.'
The inner flexible screen and its non-replaceable factory protector are soft enough to be gouged by a fingernail — Mrwhosetheboss left deep gouges just by leaning the phone against a vase, and the top-voted comment on 9to5Google's durability writeup called the soft screen 'an absolute dealbreaker.'
Unlike the Huawei Mate XT's accordion fold, the Z TriFold is all-or-nothing — you cannot use it half-unfolded as a 7.9-inch in-between size, so the trifold experience is either single-panel phone or full tablet with no middle ground.
The titanium frame meets the glass at a minutely chamfered edge that banishes the sharp digging-into-the-palm sensation of the S25 Ultra — for an hour straight it never once felt fatiguing.
The Edge ruined the reviewer's previously positive experience with the S25 Ultra in 24 hours — the Ultra suddenly feels thick and noticeably heavy by comparison.
Even on video of his own hands holding it the difference looks subtle, but it is very noticeably thinner to hold — the kind of feel-it-to-believe-it engineering you don't get from a spec sheet.
Picking up the Edge was very reminiscent of his first time picking up a MacBook Air or a new iPad — 30% thinner and 25% lighter doesn't sound transformative on paper but absolutely feels it.
Just under 4mm thick, the camera bump on the back is quite prominent — including the lenses the Edge is almost as thick as the S25+, and on a table it wobbles back and forth considerably.
The phone rocks a lot on a table due to the camera bump and even with a case the Edge won't stop wobbling because case-makers want to preserve as much thinness as possible.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
Two hinges, three panels, and the thinnest chassis Samsung has ever shipped — 3.9 mm at its thinnest point and 12.9 mm folded, with each panel a fractionally different thickness so they nest cleanly. Reviewers near-universally call the engineering exquisite, but the trade-offs are real: 309 g on the official spec sheet (closer to 320 g in practice once you add a case and a SIM), a fiber-reinforced polymer back that picks up fingerprints, and a USB-C port the same thickness as the chassis itself.
Folded thickness is 12.9 mm — just a smidge chunkier than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 (12.1 mm) despite carrying a 50% larger main display.
At 3.9 mm at its thinnest point the TriFold is the thinnest phone Samsung has ever made — thinner than even the Fold 7 and 1.5 mm thinner than the iPhone Air's thinnest point.
The USB-C port is the same thickness as the entire device — go any thinner and the phone has to go portless.
It is very, very heavy for a phone — 309 g on Samsung's spec sheet, and a real-world unit measured 320 g with a SIM installed and no case.
The fiber-reinforced polymer back is slightly sticky, very shiny, and persistently picks up fingerprints across all six faces of the device.
Samsung's left and right segments fold inward behind a separate cover screen — Huawei's Mate XT folds in a Z-shape using part of the main screen as the cover.
The right panel is fractionally longer than the others — that protrusion is intentional, giving you a lip to grab when unfolding without digging fingernails into the screen.
The included aramid-fiber case only covers one of three panels when unfolded, and there is no kickstand — Samsung sold a kickstand case in some regions but never in the US.
Camera
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
Two cameras only — the 200MP main from the S25 Ultra (slightly flattened to fit the chassis) and a 12MP ultrawide. There is no telephoto lens, optical zoom is gone, and the 2x and beyond are pure digital crops from the 200MP sensor. The Verge and Engadget defend the trade and say the high-res crop works at 2x; Wired, Digital Trends and GSMArena call missing zoom the camera's biggest disqualifier on a $1,099 phone.
The Edge inherits the same top-of-the-line 200MP main camera that previously only the Ultra phones got — a real win for image quality on a non-Ultra Galaxy.
Samsung included a top-shelf 200MP main camera to make up for the missing telephoto, and the 2x crop zoom works fine for a little extra reach — colors are punchy as always.
Despite the slim body the Edge still uses a large 1/1.3-inch sensor on the main camera and a 12MP ultrawide — pictures up to 2x crop are sharp and image quality is solid in good light.
There is no telephoto zoom camera at all — rare for a $1,000-plus phone today, and zoom quality deteriorates quickly past 2x digital, making this an uncomfortable choice for anyone who shoots distance.
Missing telephoto is a serious downside even mid-range phones now include — the Edge is essentially banking on its thinness to drag buyers away from rivals that all have one.
The Edge lacks a telephoto camera and low-light photography is suboptimal — listed as a con in the final verdict despite the 200MP headline number.
Samsung flattened the main camera lens structure to keep the phone slim, which makes the output slightly softer than the S25 Ultra — the same shot taken multiple times consistently came out a touch less sharp.
Coming from the S25 Ultra he genuinely missed the periscope zoom while travelling at Computex — for trip photography the missing telephoto is a real loss.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
The TriFold's cameras are lifted directly from the Z Fold 7 — 200MP main, 12MP ultrawide, 10MP 3x telephoto, plus 10MP selfie cameras on the cover and inner displays. Reviewers agree the system is competent but underwhelming on a $2,900 phone, particularly compared to the S25 Ultra's 50MP 5x telephoto and high-res ultrawide. Foldable-specific tricks include letting subjects see themselves on the cover screen and using rear cameras for higher-quality selfies.
The camera lineup is identical to the Z Fold 7 — a 200MP main, 12MP ultrawide, 10MP 3x telephoto and two 10MP selfies — and the module protrudes meaningfully from the back.
The cameras are fine, but it sure feels like they could be better at this price — a decent 200MP main, middling 3x telephoto and ultrawide.
Compared to the S25 Ultra you're losing the high-res 5x telephoto and the high-res ultrawide — for $2,900 the TriFold should have at least the better ultrawide.
Selfie cameras max out at 10 MP and f/2.2 on both screens — not what buyers expect from one of the most expensive phones money can buy, and Samsung should bump resolution and sensor size next time.
Battery & Charging
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
The 3,900 mAh cell is the smallest in the entire S25 family — even smaller than the base S25's 4,000 mAh battery. Engadget's local video rundown clocked 25 hours 59 minutes (about 3.5 hours less than the Ultra and two hours less than the standard S25); Notebookcheck reached almost 18 hours of simulated web browsing. Real-world experience is split: The Verge survived a heavy Google I/O day with 20% left; Wired needed mid-day top-ups; Trusted Reviews hit 5% by midday after only two hours of screen-on time. Wired charging caps at 25W. The single most-flagged complaint is Samsung's decision not to use silicon-carbon battery tech that competitors already ship.
A full day covering Google I/O with three hours of screen time and an hour-ish of hotspot use ended with 20 percent left — not amazing, but fine for a heavy use day if you can plug in by evening.
Engadget's local video rundown lasted 25 hours 59 minutes — about three and a half hours less than the S25 Ultra and two hours less than the base S25.
Almost 18 hours of simulated web browsing and over 25 hours of HD video playback in lab testing — sufficient for a day of intensive use even if it doesn't quite beat similarly priced rivals.
After only four hours of screen-on time the phone hit 15% — only light-to-average use will get you a full day, and travelling I/O coverage required mid-afternoon charging anxiety.
Off a full charge at 3pm, the phone hit 30% by morning and 5% by midday with only two hours of total screen time — Trusted Reviews calls this 'the phone that reintroduces battery anxiety' for the modern era.
Wired charging tops out at 25W and a full charge takes 1 hour 20 minutes — pedestrian numbers for a smartphone in this price category.
The Edge sticks with regular lithium-ion battery tech, not the silicon-carbon anode chemistry rivals like the OnePlus 13, Xiaomi 15, Vivo X200 and several Honor phones already ship — a 15–20% battery boost left on the table.
Skipping silicon-carbon was 'a big miss' — if Samsung had used it, the same thin chassis could have held meaningfully more capacity and the battery debate would have evaporated.
If this were a more energy-dense silicon-carbon battery the conversation would be entirely different — but it isn't, and within a few years as the cell degrades buyers may regret prioritising thinness over capacity.
Wireless charging is 'Qi2 Ready' rather than fully Qi2 compatible — there are no magnets inside the phone, so MagSafe-style accessories require a separate magnetic case or adhesive ring.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung split a 5,600 mAh cell into three packs, one per panel, to fit the chassis — that is 27% more capacity than the Z Fold 7 to power 50% more screen, but the lower 1,584×2,160 resolution helps offset the draw. Real-world numbers land between 7 and 9 hours of screen-on time, with a 12h 53m video-loop result in the most exhaustive drain test. Charging is 45 W wired (matching the S25 Ultra) and 15 W wireless — both faster than the Fold 7's, but slower than Huawei's 66 W wired on the Mate XT.
The triple-cell battery system comes out to 5,600 mAh — only a bit larger than batteries in phones with one small screen, so you may not get much use per charge with the TriFold fully unfurled and running multiple apps.
First-battery testing returned nearly 7 hours of screen-on time, including roughly 3.5 hours of YouTube on the inner display and almost 2 hours of gaming at max brightness.
With mixed use, multitasking and video playback, the TriFold averaged about 8 to 9 hours of screen-on time — the Z Fold 7 by comparison lasts around 6 to 7 hours on a charge.
In a looped-video drain test the TriFold lasted 12 hours and 53 minutes — about two hours less than a Z Fold 7 doing the same task, the extra screen real estate eating into the larger battery.
Value & Verdict
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
At $1,099 the Edge sits $100 above the S25+ ($999) and $200 below the S25 Ultra ($1,299) — but the Ultra is frequently discounted to within $50–100 of the Edge, which collapses the value pitch. Reviewers across The Verge, Wired, GSMArena, Ars Technica and 9to5Google ask the same question: who is this for? Reddit user sentiment on r/gadgets and r/Android is outright hostile — the dominant view is that the phone trades capability for fashion and that nobody asked for it. The optimistic case: an alternate flagship for fashion-led, non-techy buyers who want luxury hardware without S Pen, telephoto or thickness.
The S25 Edge makes sense for someone who prizes a large screen without the bulk and weight of a typical big phone — and is easy on a battery and lives near outlets. Those are some pretty serious caveats.
As an alternative to the humdrum S25+, the Edge gets interesting — same $1,100 starting price as the Plus but with the titanium frame and 200MP main from the Ultra plus a thinner stylish chassis, and a real identity that stands on its own.
We shouldn't accept a phone with this kind of battery life today — instead of a thin phone with a small battery, the industry should be making a thin phone with a big battery, and the Edge just doesn't live up to the hype.
Steep pricing at launch — the Edge starts at €1,250/$1,100/INR 110,000 and third-party resellers will sell you both the S25+ and the S25 Ultra for less, so for most users it may not be a sensible choice.
This $1,099 smartphone is incredibly slim at just 5.8mm but also steps down in the camera department and packs an anaemic battery that may struggle to last all day — most manufacturers could never justify making such a strange, niche device.
Even though price-wise the Edge is closer to an Ultra, feature-wise it's way closer to the Plus — you're paying more for an aesthetic and a vibe rather than getting more tech, similar to Samsung's Z Flip pricing logic.
The Verge link to a sale showed the Galaxy S25 Ultra discounted to around $1,050 — cheaper than the Edge, which collapses any 'price-vs-Ultra' value pitch the Edge had at launch.
It's more than just super thin, it's also a Galaxy phone that no one asked for — top r/gadgets comment with 283 upvotes captures the dominant user-voice take: gladly trade thinness for a beefy battery.
'What a dumb device. Compared to the Ultra you get a smaller battery, no telephoto cameras, no anti-reflective screen, and a price that isn't much lower. Just spend the $150 extra and go with the ultra.' — 133-upvote r/Android summary of community sentiment.
The Edge is form over function — at the moment a slim Xiaomi, Oppo or Vivo with silicon-carbon battery is the more sensible thin-phone option; Samsung shouldn't try to lead the category until the battery tech is ready at its scale.
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung priced the TriFold at the equivalent of ~$2,500 in Korea and $2,899 in its short-lived US run — more than buying a Z Fold 7 plus a flagship tablet plus accessories. Reviewers near-universally treat it as a halo product or a tech demo more than a real recommendation. The discontinuation in March 2026 — three months after launch in Korea and roughly 140 days after the US release — confirmed what most of them had said in their hands-ons. Reddit users were openly relieved, the consensus take being 'always was going to happen at this price.' A second-generation TriFold with a thinner hinge, possible S Pen slot and an Elite Gen 5 chip is already rumored.
The Z TriFold launched in the US at $2,899 — Samsung's most expensive phone ever — and includes one free inner screen-protector replacement plus 50% off a screen repair within the first year.
It is far cheaper to buy a decent tablet plus a flagship phone — at a time of economic turmoil the TriFold feels frivolous, however impressive the engineering.
Samsung discontinued the Galaxy Z TriFold in the US after roughly 140 days on sale — barely four months — and announced it is already working on a second-generation TriFold.
The most-upvoted r/gadgets reaction to the discontinuation: 'this was always going to happen, there isn't actually a meaningful market at this price point yet.'
Samsung discontinued the Galaxy Z TriFold roughly three months after launch in both Korea and the US — Reddit's r/gadgets and r/Android megathreads both noted the device 'lasted roughly 6–7 Concords' and was 'always going to happen' at this price point.
At $2,900 it costs more than a flagship phone plus a flagship tablet combined — every publication review explicitly says you can buy an S25 Ultra and an iPad and an accessory loadout for less.
The chip is the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, not the newer Elite Gen 5 already shipping in the S26 Ultra, so the most expensive phone Samsung sells is lagging behind a $1,300 Ultra from launch.
Samsung discontinued the Galaxy Z TriFold roughly three months after launch in both Korea and the US — Reddit's r/gadgets and r/Android megathreads both noted the device 'lasted roughly 6–7 Concords' and was 'always going to happen' at this price point.
At $2,900 it costs more than a flagship phone plus a flagship tablet combined — every publication review explicitly says you can buy an S25 Ultra and an iPad and an accessory loadout for less.
You can switch the camera preview to the outer screen and shoot rear-camera selfies fully unfolded — but you're going to look like a doofus if you do.
Photos from the 200MP main are punchy, and the ultrawide has autofocus — a versatile setup, but not a meaningful step up over the Z Fold 7.
45 W wired charging finally matches the S25 Ultra and is a massive bump over the Z Fold 7 — 20 minutes nets ~46% and 30 minutes ~65%.
Samsung still trails Huawei on speed — the Mate XT charges at 66 W wired and 50 W wireless versus Samsung's 45 W and 15 W on the same nominal 5,600 mAh capacity.
If the TriFold had silicon-carbon battery tech like the Honor Magic 8 Pro's 7,100 mAh cell, the phone could be lighter, longer-lasting, or both.
On r/gadgets, owners are openly relieved Samsung pulled it — 'I had it for 3 days and went back to my Fold 7… it was just too heavy and too expensive to not have insurance on.'
Samsung kinda gave the game away when it discontinued the TriFold — it was always more of a concept than a viable product, too expensive, bulky and impractical for this world.
Even fans concede the form-factor needs another generation — '"more hits than misses" is not the bar you set for a device that costs almost as much as two or three conventional smartphones.'
On r/Android, an owner who got their unit on launch day is sticking with it: 'I love my Trifold. Still thinner than a Z Fold 5. I do question durability but it's been my daily driver since I was offered the first release day.'
Rumors point to a TriFold 2 with an entirely new hinge solution designed from the ground up — meaningfully slimmer, with leaks suggesting an S Pen slot built into one of the hinges.
