Samsung reportedly isn’t looking to profit off of each Galaxy Z TriFold phone it sells just yet.
A new report from Korean publication The Bell (via 9to5google) indicated that Samsung is selling the device, which recently launched in the company’s home country, at a loss. In South Korea, the TriFold retails for 3,594,000 won, or roughly $2,500 USD, making it the most expensive phone in the company’s portfolio by a pretty considerable margin. Still, Samsung is apparently losing money on each unit sold, begging the question of how future TriFold phones might be priced going forward.
This is not terribly uncommon in the world of luxury tech devices. Products like high-end video game consoles, for example, have been sold at a loss in the past, with the idea being that they’ll be on the market long enough for parts to eventually become cheaper, and the manufacturer will find other ways to make up those losses in the meantime. Still, $2,500 is a lot of money for a phone, so if Samsung is losing money even at that extremely high price point, one has to wonder what the phone would actually cost if it were designed to make a profit from day one.
At any rate, U.S. customers don’t have to worry about this for a little while longer. The Galaxy Z TriFold is slated to launch stateside in the early months of 2026, and it’ll probably be expensive here, too.
