Samsung’s tri-fold phone story might not be done yet. Even though the Galaxy Z TriFold has already been discontinued in several markets, including the US, Samsung is apparently still exploring what comes next — and one new patent points to a very Samsung move: stuffing an S Pen inside a future tri-fold.
According to a patent spotted by David from xleaks7, Samsung has been looking at a Galaxy Z TriFold-style device with a dedicated internal space for the stylus. The idea sounds familiar if you have used or seen the Galaxy Ultra phones: the S Pen would sit inside the device, stay attached with magnets, and charge while stored.
For productivity fans, that is the dream combo lah — a massive fold-out display plus a stylus that does not need a separate case or random pocket storage. But the design is not as simple as just drilling a hole and calling it a day.
The catch: the screen may need to look a bit uneven
The patent description suggests Samsung would need to make the left section of the folding screen narrower to fit the S Pen storage area. That means the whole device could look slightly off-centre when opened or folded, depending on the final execution.
For a normal slab phone, built-in S Pen space is already a tight engineering job. On a tri-fold, everything is more complicated: hinges, batteries, display layers, cooling, cameras, and now possibly a stylus bay. If Samsung really wants this to work, it has to balance comfort, durability, thickness, and weight.
That matters a lot for Malaysia and SEA buyers because foldables here are not impulse-buy gadgets for most people. These are premium devices, and if you are paying flagship money, you expect the thing to feel polished — not like a prototype you have to baby every time you open it at a cafe.
Why an S Pen TriFold actually makes sense
On paper, an integrated S Pen is one of the most logical upgrades for a tri-fold phone. A larger fold-out screen is perfect for note-taking, sketching, signing documents, editing PDFs, planning content calendars, and multitasking between apps.
For Malaysian users, think students marking lecture notes, creators storyboarding TikTok content, business owners reviewing invoices, or esports/content teams checking drafts on the go. A bigger screen plus stylus input can genuinely make the device feel less like a fancy phone and more like a pocket tablet.
The problem is convenience. External S Pen cases are bulky, easy to forget, and usually make already-thick foldables even chunkier. If Samsung can hide the stylus inside the body without ruining the shape, that would be a proper quality-of-life upgrade.
But this is still just a patent
Important reality check: a patent does not mean this exact phone is launching. Companies patent ideas all the time, and many never become real products. This filing only tells us Samsung is thinking about how stylus storage could work on future tri-fold devices.
There is also another rumour floating around that Samsung wants the Galaxy Z TriFold 2 to be thinner and lighter than the first model. If true, that makes the S Pen idea even harder. A slimmer tri-fold with internal stylus storage sounds great, but physics is physics, bro — something has to give.
For now, there is no Malaysia launch detail, no RM pricing, and no confirmed spec sheet for this rumoured successor. Still, the direction is interesting. Foldables have been getting more refined, but tri-folds need a stronger reason to exist beyond “look, it folds twice.” Built-in S Pen support could be that reason, especially for power users who want a phone, tablet, and notebook in one device.
If Samsung can make it thin, balanced, durable, and not absurdly expensive, this could be one of the more exciting foldable experiments to watch next year.
Source: GSMArena