We only recently learned about the staggering price tag on Huawei's tri-fold foldable phone, but now comes news that the Chinese manufacturer will soon launch this phone

According to a report on the Chinese-language site My Drivers, discovered by GSMArena, Huawei CEO Richard Yu confirmed at an EV car event in Shanghai this week that the world's first tri-fold phone will be available in September Customers at the event asked Yu when the tri-fold display would be available for purchase, to which he replied, “Next month”

Willow has been spotted several times in public holding a phone with a three-fold display We don't know what the new device will be called, but we assume it will have a huge 10-inch display when deployed Whether it will soon be one of the best folding phones or a strange anomaly remains to be seen

Surprisingly, the device Yu was spotted holding looks quite thin and is rumored to be quite lightweight; Chinese companies like Huawei and Vivo have had great success making surprisingly thin foldable phones

Despite the publicity, there have not been many leaks about the Huawei device The company has kept a surprisingly tight lid on the device

With the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, we have some pretty thin foldable phones, but based on the images we have seen, Huawei's 3-fold could be as big or thin as these devices

Now, you and I may not be able to do that every time this phone is released Rumored prices range from $2,800 to $4,900, converted from Chinese yuan to US dollars Of course, prices will vary by region, but this suggests just how expensive a tri-fold phone could be

While it is wildly unlikely that the tri-fold phone will become a reality, it may be some time before we see a version in the US

Samsung has developed several concepts for a tri-fold display, but there is no guarantee that they will be manufactured anytime soon Still, the release of such devices by other companies may motivate Samsung to get their own versions off the ground more quickly