​PSA: Don’t buy a $4,400 gray market Samsung TriFold on eBay 

​PSA: Don’t buy a $4,400 gray market Samsung TriFold on eBay 

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold shown in hand

It’s a TriFold, alright. But I don’t trust it.

I had to buy Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold from eBay for $4,399 and I’m pretty sure that’s because Samsung doesn’t want anyone to actually have this phone. I’m also afraid to turn it on.

Not that turning it on does much good. Whenever I tap “start” to set it up, a prompt to supply a “USIM” pops up and refuses to let me progress without one. I do not trust this phone enough to put a SIM card in it. The phone continues to want a SIM. We are at an impasse.

In theory, Samsung’s ambitious TriFold has been on sale in the US since January 30th (retail price: $2,899), but it has been damn near impossible to get one. For any other phone launch we wou …

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