00:00This is the Galaxy Z Fold 7. This is the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold, which is actually officially coming
00:05to the U.S. And we want to answer all of your biggest questions about the biggest
00:10phone slash tablet on the market at about 10 inches. Let's get into it.
00:16So one big difference between the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold
00:21is the main display. So 8 inches over here, 10 inches here. But the reason why it seems so much
00:27bigger is because of the aspect ratio. This is more square. So no matter how you hold it,
00:31you're going to have black bars above and below the display. On the right-hand side here, you could
00:36see that the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold is almost all screen. So it's a huge difference in terms of just the
00:42sheer immersive factor when watching content. Another big difference with the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold
00:48versus the regular Galaxy Z Fold 7 is multitasking. The fact that you have such a large canvas gives
00:54you the ability to run basically three apps at the same time. And you could make the case that
00:59this is like having three candy bar phones in one when you're running those three apps. And you can
01:04save this as a shortcut so you can just pull them all up just with a tap. So if you're back on your
01:08desktop and you want to go right back into the apps that you had open before, you just swipe up
01:13and then you see it over here, saved. And then you're right back in running the three apps
01:20all together. For me, it's just like not having to worry about like running out of real estate
01:25because like sometimes you do with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 because you can run like two apps side by
01:29side and then maybe like having a floating window above it. In this case, you just don't have to
01:33worry. One of the questions that you might have is, okay, so how much better is the multitasking?
01:38Is it just about having like three apps instead of two? Actually, you can have a lot more,
01:43especially when you have Dex mode enabled. So this basically gives you a desktop-like environment
01:47on the tablet portion of the Galaxy Z Trifold. So I could start opening apps like Chrome
01:54and then I can bring in photos. I can then have YouTube. And what's great about this is that you
01:59can also just easily resize apps as well as you bring them in. So it gives you like really the
02:04ultimate in terms of flexibility. And I could just, I could keep going if I wanted to. So if I
02:08wanted to bring in like the phone app, I could do that too. This is basically the closest that you
02:13can get to a desktop experience right on your phone. If you're worried about folding and unfolding
02:18this phone the wrong way, Samsung actually guides you as you're doing it. So you don't make any
02:22mistakes. So for example, if I try to fold this way, I not only get this notification saying that
02:28you're doing a bad thing, but the phone starts to vibrate as if, hey, you might not want to break
02:32this really expensive foldable phone. The right way to do it is this way. So you fold it over here
02:37and then once over again. And that brings us to the design and why it actually folds the way it
02:43does. The reason why you don't have access to, let's say two displays and then three, and it's
02:47just one in three is because Samsung was more concerned about making sure that they delivered
02:52something that was more durable when it came to the design. So a display is not always exposed on the
02:59outside when the phone is closed. So the only one that you have access to is this, which is the 6.5 inch.
03:05So when closed, the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold and the Z Fold 7 both have a 6.5 inch display. So you can use
03:11this as your main phone if you don't want the big screen. Speaking of size, let's talk about thickness
03:16because that's one of the trade-offs of having the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold. And what you see here is that
03:20this is 12.9 millimeters and this is 8.9 over here. So when closed, you could definitely see and
03:26notice the difference and feel it in your hand and in your pocket. And it's heavier too. So in terms of
03:32like where I would put this and pocketability, I would say I would put the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold in a
03:36breast pocket and still be fairly comfortable, but I can still feel it like weighing me down a little
03:40bit or maybe in my back pocket without sitting down. Whereas this, I could put in my front pocket
03:45without a worry. So that's one of the things that you have to keep in mind when it comes to this
03:50foldable phone. But let's give Samsung credit where it's due because when open, the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold
03:55is actually a little bit thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 7 at about 4 millimeters versus 4.2.
03:59And it's just barely large enough to fit that USB-C port. So that's the design. Are there any
04:05other compromises when it comes to the form factor? Not when it comes to the cameras because you're
04:09getting the same exact camera system as the Galaxy Z Fold 7. So that means a 200 megapixel wide,
04:1412 megapixel ultra wide, and 10 megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom. Although with the canvas this
04:20big, I wish that you could zoom in a little bit more. That carries over to the selfie cameras too,
04:24because you get a 10 megapixel selfie camera for the front display, as well as a 10 megapixel shooter
04:29for the inside. So you're probably wondering, how long is this thing going to last on a charge? The good
04:34news is that there's a 5,600 milliamp hour battery on the inside, which is the largest in any Samsung
04:39phone. That includes the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which has a 5,000 milliamp hour battery. And the Galaxy Z Fold 7
04:45has a 4,400 milliamp hour battery. There's actually a battery in each of these panels to give you
04:50even longer endurance than hopefully any Samsung phone on the market, and maybe any phone period.
04:55But it really depends on what screen that you're using. If you're using the main display, you should
04:59be able to go all day. We'll have to see what happens with the 10 inch panel. And when you are
05:03running low on juice, there's more good news, because the Galaxy Z Trifold has 45 watt charging,
05:09which is an upgrade on the 25 watts for the Z Fold 7. Let's talk about durability. While the displays
05:14themselves are just as durable as a Galaxy Z Fold 7, there is a trade-off in terms of the IP rating.
05:19So this is rated IP48, as opposed to IP68 for the Galaxy Z Fold 7. And what that means is that while
05:26the water resistance is just as strong on this particular foldable, the dust resistance is not
05:31as good. So particles could get in here when it comes to folding this device. So now to the burning
05:37question that a lot of people are going to have about the Galaxy Z Trifold. What's the price,
05:41and when can I get my hands on one? Samsung is not giving anything official yet, but they have told us
05:45that it's coming to the US this year. And then when you look at like foreign markets, it's about
05:49$2,400. So about $400 more than the Galaxy Z Fold 7. So I think it really comes down to, are you
05:55willing to pay extra for that extra real estate? And in terms of the more power and flexibility when
06:01it comes to multitasking, this might sound glib, but I think if you're willing to spend two grand on a
06:05phone, I think you're willing to spend a little bit more to get something that's going to give you
06:09the equivalent of a laptop in your pocket. So that's everything that we know so far about the Galaxy Z
06:14Trifold, and stay tuned for our full review to see if it's worth the premium and carrying around
06:19something this big. And for more tech content, follow us at Tom's Guide on YouTube, TikTok, and more.
06:24For Tom's Guide, this is Mark Spoonhour.
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