Samsung Is Working on a 17-Inch Foldable Tablet

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Samsung is reportedly working on a 17-inch foldable tablet, following information from the same source in August 2026.

The source is X account @kro_roe, which said in August that a technology manufacturer was producing a foldable tablet measuring 8 inches when folded and 17 inches when unfolded.

According to Gizmochina’s report on Friday (30 October), local time, the technology leaker stated only: “Samsung has started working on it.”

There is no specific information on how many test units Samsung is developing or whether it is working on multiple versions.

There is also no word yet on a launch date, price or the type of display Samsung will use. For now, this remains an unconfirmed rumour from a single source.

Even so, the idea of a foldable tablet is not unusual for Samsung. The Galaxy Z TriFold has a 10-inch display when unfolded, and Samsung has sold it in limited quantities. The last batch in the US sold out in April 2026.

Samsung also has recent sales figures to point to. Global pre-orders for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip 8 rose by 30 per cent compared with the previous generation.

Buyers are clearly paying attention to new foldable designs, giving Samsung a reason to try a similar experiment with a larger screen.

The situation is all the more interesting because Samsung will not be alone in this kind of experimentation.

Apple is reportedly testing a foldable iPad with an 18- to 20-inch display. The claim comes from a China-based informant named Kan, who linked the design to the Huawei MateBook Fold.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple to launch its first foldable iPad in 2028.

Samsung has not provided a launch timeframe for its own tablet, so it is unclear which company will bring its product to market first.