Earlier this month, Samsung became the second smartphone brand in the world to introduce its triple-folding smartphone. The Galaxy Z TriFold is an engineering marvel that demands an uber-premium price tag and very careful handling. The latest JerryRigEverything video was able to highlight the fragility of the tri-fold quite well.
Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold has "handle with extreme care" written all over it
As is the case with Zack, he started his video by putting the Galaxy Z TriFold through his set of customary durability tests. All was going well until it was time to bend the tri-fold. That's when all hell broke loose. Not only did it snap in half and break almost instantly, but the inner 10-inch folding display also died almost instantly.
Now, while this might seem surprising, it was more than expected. Samsung has made the Galaxy Z TriFold only 3.9mm thick at its thinnest point. For reference, this is exactly the same size as that of the USB-C port on the tri-fold. It barely fits.
Hence, such a thin frame has obviously left no room for structural integrity. Not to mention that the placement of the 5G antenna bands has also created certain break points on the tri-fold's body. Also, the Galaxy Z TriFold is officially the first Samsung folding phone to fail the YouTuber's bend test.
However, aside from the obvious bend test failure, the Galaxy Z TriFold managed to deliver a pretty good folding phone durability and endurance. The outer 6.5-inch screen scratched at level 6 of the Mohs scale of hardness.
Samsung has even embedded a sensor inside the hinge of the folding part which houses the main cameras. JerryRigEverything's video showed that when folded from the wrong side, the smartphone vibrates and produces a loud siren noise with growing intensity to warn the user.
Hence, it is clear that while the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is definitely a feat of engineering, there is still a long way to go for folding phones to achieve the same level of reliability as that of a normal slab phone. It gets even more noticeable when the price factor is brought into question. The Galaxy Z TriFold costs a whopping 3,594,000 won (approximately Rs 2,20,000) in South Korea.
