Is Samsung Building a Rollable Phone? Inside the Leaked Codenames for Its 2027 Foldable Lineup

A leak that surfaced in late July is still making the rounds among Samsung watchers, and it points to the company's most ambitious foldable push yet — including, reportedly, its first rollable-screen device. According to the Dutch outlet GalaxyClub, which first reported the story, internal references point to five distinct flexible-display products in Samsung's pipeline for 2027 and beyond. The leak has since been relayed and cross-checked by SamMobile, 9to5Google, Android Authority and Android Headlines, with each outlet adding its own reading of what the codenames might mean. None of it is confirmed by Samsung, and it's worth saying clearly: this is a year-plus out, based on one source's internal naming scheme, and some of the mapping between codename and finished product is still disputed even among the sites covering it.

What the codenames reportedly say

Samsung is said to label unreleased devices internally using a letter-plus-number system, and five new labels have apparently shown up: B9, H9, Q9A, Q9B, and Z9. For context, this year's Galaxy Z Flip 8 reportedly carried the internal tag B8, and the Galaxy Z Fold 8 carried H8 — which is why most outlets read B9 and H9 as the Galaxy Z Flip 9 and Galaxy Z Fold 9, respectively, both reportedly targeted for a summer 2027 unveiling if Samsung keeps its usual Unpacked rhythm.

The more contested pair is Q9A and Q9B. GalaxyClub's reporting, as relayed by SamMobile and 9to5Google, suggests one of the two represents a Galaxy Z Fold 9 Ultra, while the other is believed to be the follow-up to the Galaxy Z TriFold — Samsung's three-panel device that launched earlier this year. 9to5Google's reasoning leans on last year's naming: the original TriFold was reportedly tagged "Q7M" internally, sitting alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7's "Q7," which would make Q9B the likely "TriFold 2" if the pattern holds. Reports describe Samsung redesigning the hinge system for that follow-up so its components sit more evenly in thickness, aiming to shave down the original TriFold's notably chunky 12.9mm folded profile and roughly 309g weight.

Then there's Z9, the one nobody can confidently place yet. Multiple outlets describe it only as a "Rollable Flex" — a device whose display reportedly extends outward rather than folding, more in the vein of the rollable concepts Samsung and competitors like LG and Oppo have teased at trade shows for years without shipping. SamMobile has floated that its internal hardware profile reads more like a compact tablet than a phone, and other outlets note it's still unclear whether Samsung would even market it under the Galaxy Z name. The timeline being discussed — early 2028 — is loose enough that it should be treated as a placeholder rather than a date.

Reasons for skepticism

A few caveats are worth sitting with before getting excited about any of this. First, this traces back to a single leak, even if several reputable Samsung-focused outlets have since repeated and interpreted it — repetition isn't independent confirmation. Second, Android Headlines itself flagged that Samsung could still cancel the Galaxy Z Flip 9 outright; the Flip line's long-term future inside Samsung's lineup has reportedly been debated internally before, and a year is a long time for those internal plans to shift. Third, codename-to-product mapping is an inexact science — Samsung has shuffled naming conventions before, and outlets are explicitly framing Q9A/Q9B and Z9 as best guesses, not settled fact.

Why this matters in the UAE

Foldables aren't a niche curiosity in the Gulf the way they still are in some markets. When Samsung launched the original Galaxy Z TriFold, the UAE was one of only five countries to get it at launch, alongside South Korea, and — as Gulf News and The National both reported — the initial allocation sold out within a day at Samsung's Dubai Mall store and online, at a local price of 11,999 AED. A second limited restock in January also moved quickly. That level of local demand for a genuinely experimental form factor is part of why a "TriFold 2" leak carries real weight for readers here, not just spec-sheet enthusiasts: if the pattern repeats, the UAE is a plausible candidate for an early allocation again.

It also lands against the backdrop of a region leaning hard into flagship and premium device adoption generally, from foldables to AI-enabled hardware, as Gulf carriers and retailers continue to position Dubai and Abu Dhabi as early-access markets for Samsung's most expensive devices.

What to actually expect

Treat every detail here as provisional. If Samsung follows its usual Galaxy Unpacked cadence, a Flip 9 and Fold 9 reveal would likely land around July or August 2027, with the rest of the lineup — any Ultra variant, a second-generation TriFold, and whatever Z9 turns out to be — potentially staggered afterward rather than announced all at once. Nothing here has been acknowledged by Samsung, and the company has historically stayed silent on unreleased hardware until weeks before an event. For now, this is a leak about internal naming conventions, filtered through several outlets' educated guesses — informative about where Samsung's engineering priorities might be pointed, but far from a product announcement.