PHOTOGRAPH: Julian ChokkattuPHOTOGRAPH: Julian ChokkattuPHOTOGRAPH: Julian ChokkattuPHOTOGRAPH: Julian ChokkattuChevronChevronSave to wishlistSave to wishlistSamsungGalaxy Z TriFoldShop atSamsung (Sold Out) I have not tested Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold, and it seems like I never will. (I had some brief hands-on time with it at CES 2026, but Samsung did not provide WIRED with a test unit.) This $2,899 folding phone officially went on sale in the US at the end of January, but three months later, Samsung discontinued it due to high manufacturing costs.Yes, unfolding it from a fairly compact phone
Samsung is one of the few smartphone manufacturers that can match Apple in its hardware ecosystem. Not only does the company make smartphones, but you can also expand your experience by adding on a Galaxy Watch8 smartwatch, Galaxy Buds4 Pro earbuds, Galaxy Ring fitness ring, Galaxy Tab S11, and even a Windows-powered Galaxy laptop. There are certain perks to this, like how some features on the Galaxy Ring and Watch8 are only available when paired with a Samsung phone, and its earbuds will automatically switch between Samsung devices based on what you're using. There's not much in the way of ex
With the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung launched “Galaxy AI," a selection of artificial intelligence features, many of which are powered by Google's Gemini large language models. These enable smart features that may be helpful day to day, like real-time translations during phone calls, real-time transcriptions in Samsung's Voice Recorder app, the ability to summarize long paragraphs of text in the Samsung Notes app, or change a sentence's tone with the Samsung Keyboard. In the Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy AI expanded to include Gemini as the default voice assistant and the ability for Gemini to work
Samsung's DeX (short for “desktop experience”) launched in 2017, and it's a way to plug in your Samsung phone to an external monitor and trigger a desktop version of the Android OS, all completely powered by the phone. You can find a list of compatible Samsung phones here—the Flip7 is the first Galaxy Flip to support DeX—and you'll need a monitor, mouse, and keyboard, plus a cable to connect the phone to the monitor. (You can also cast DeX to select screens wirelessly.) When in DeX mode, you can resize Android apps and have them all open in separate windows. It's a proper computing platform, t