The $2,400 Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold sold out in minutes

The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, announced last week, went on sale in South Korea today. It's priced at KRW3,590,400, which translates to $2,428 at current exchange rates. Despite its hefty price tag and being a first-gen product, the Galaxy Z TriFold sold out in minutes at all locations where it was available. There were long queues of people waiting outside some Samsung stores in Korea for the tri-folding smartphone.

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold drew long queues of people at Samsung stores in South Korea as it went on sale today

Samsung didn't reveal how many units of the Galaxy Z TriFold it sold today, but it's letting people sign up for a restock notification on its South Korean website so they're notified when the Galaxy Z TriFold becomes available for purchase.

Samsung is letting people sign up on its South Korean website for the Galaxy Z TriFold's restock notification

The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold comes in Crafted Black color in a single 16GB/512GB configuration. Samsung has confirmed it will expand the availability of the smartphone to China, Taiwan, Singapore, the UAE, and the US in the future, but we don't have specific dates for availability in these markets.

You can read our Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold's announcement coverage here to know more about it.