Samsung, more than any other company, has pushed foldable phones into mainstream use, and its latest models — the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 — are among the best, most polished foldables yet. But next year, the company could shift its focus to a new kind of phone: one that moves.
This is reported by South Korean site The Elec (via NotebookCheck), which claims that Samsung is working on a phone with a 12.4-inch rollable display, and that this phone could apparently launch in the second half of 2025.
The website also claims that it will have an under-display camera, so you'll get a seamless display. At least that's very believable, as Samsung has already equipped some of its phones with under-display cameras.
So will we actually get a tablet-sized rollable phone from Samsung next year? It's certainly possible. The technology for it already exists anyway, as we've seen rollable concept phones in the past. This is also a logical next step after foldable phones, which Samsung is probably close to perfecting at this point.
The race to roll
Additionally, Huawei recently launched a three-part foldable phone, a design that Samsung doesn’t yet offer, and which allows for a much larger display than a conventional foldable phone, in this case a 10.2-inch one. Since Samsung wasn’t the first to offer such a design, it might make sense for the company to look to be the first to release a commercially available rollable phone, with an even larger display.
On the other hand, we haven't heard much about Samsung's potential rollable phone yet, and the second half of 2025 is still a long way off, so we wouldn't count on seeing it then, if we ever do.
However, if such a device does launch, it's possible it could do so alongside the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, which we still expect Samsung to launch since the company has had success with foldable devices. That could mean an announcement in July, but that's just speculation for now.
In the meantime, we're expecting the Samsung Galaxy S25 line to launch in or around January, so those are the next major Samsung phones we're looking forward to.
