Google has just fully revealed the all-new Pixel Fold. This is the company’s first foldable device geared to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Oppo Find N2.The Pixel Fold is not only Google’s first foldable, but it’s also the thinnest foldable phone on the market today. And despite being a foldable, the Google Pixel Fold is very much a phone first, and a tablet second.
The specs for the Google Pixel Fold are quite impressive. The outer cover screen has a 5.8-inch Full HD+ OLED display with a 17.4:9 aspect ratio, 2092 x 1080 resolution, 408 pixels per inch (ppi), and a 120Hz refresh rate. The brightness goes up to 1200 nits when viewing HDR content, with a peak brightness of 1550 nits. Google uses Corning Gorilla Glass Victus cover glass for increased durability.
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When unfolded, the inner display measures 7.6 inches with a 6:5 aspect ratio and a 2208 x 1840 resolution at 380 ppi. It also features a 120Hz refresh rate, ultrathin glass with a protective plastic layer, and an always-on display with Google’s At a Glance and Now Playing features. The inner display reaches 1000 nits HDR and peak brightness up to 1450 nits.
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The Google Pixel Fold has a unique hinge design that is mirror polished and features multi-alloy stainless steel construction. It has a custom dual-axis, quad-cam synchronized mechanism with fluid friction, and a full 180-degree range of motion. This allows the Google Pixel Fold to securely support different postures and viewing angles. Google says it’s one of the most durable hinges available on the foldable market, and “Tabletop Mode” lets the hinge prop the Pixel Fold up on a table for multiple uses. Google Pixel Fold also has an impressive IPX8 water-resistance rating.
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The Google Pixel Fold comes with 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and either 256GB or 512GB storage configurations. It’s equipped with the latest Google Tensor G2 chip with a Titan M2 security coprocessor, which is what you’ll also find in the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. One of the more impressive features of the Pixel Fold is its Dual Screen Interpreter Mode. With this, you can speak in one language to someone, and the Pixel Fold shows the translation in another language on the cover screen that is facing the person you’re speaking to.
On the camera side, the Pixel Fold packs a punch. The rear camera has a 48MP main camera, a 10.8MP ultrawide camera, and a 10.8MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom and Super Res Zoom up to 20x. The front camera is 9.5MP with an 84-degree field of view, and the inner camera is 8MP (also with an 84-degree field of view).
You’ll be able to take impressive photos with the Pixel Fold and have access to Google’s suite of computational photography features like Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, Long Exposure, Real Tone, and more. It’s also capable of the new Tabletop Astrophotography mode, 4K video recording at 30/60 frames per second (fps), and more.
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The Google Pixel Fold has a 4,821mAh battery, which Google claims can get over 24 hours of use with a single charge — or 72 hours with Extreme Battery Saver. It supports fast charging up to 30 watts with proper power adapters, though it only includes a cable in the box. Wireless charging is supported for Qi-compatible wireless chargers.
The Google Pixel Fold starts at $1,799 and is available for preorder starting today, May 10. Verizon customers can place preorders starting June 20. The Pixel Fold will be widely available beginning June 27. It will only be available in the U.S., U.K., Japan, and Europe.
Pixels have traditionally undercut their competitors by a significant margin, but at $1,799, the Pixel Fold is competing head-to-head with the Galaxy Z Fold 4.Google says it’s confident and happy with the Pixel Fold’s pricing, but with no pricing advantage on its side, Google has its work cut out for it to take on the Z Fold 4 — and presumably the Z Fold 5 later this year.
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Google’s first foldable, the Google Pixel Fold, is now available for everyone. Even though Google is a few years late to the game compared to other brands like Samsung, it’s better late than never, right?
The Google Pixel Fold has received mostly positive reviews, including our own. But like any other foldable, it’s not without some issues. Since there are moving parts with foldable devices, there are more points of failure than a simple slab-style smartphone, especially as this category is still only in its infancy.
Forget the Pixel 8 Pro — this app already has its coolest feature
Google is eyeing a piece of the health market with the upcoming Pixel 8 Pro, thanks to a temperature sensor that would reportedly let users sense fever symptoms. Unlike the ill-fated Soli radar sensor on the Pixel 4 series, this one makes sense. Keeping an eye on your body temperature, especially the fluctuations, is crucial as abnormal spikes or drops can be a sign of serious body system malfunctions and diseases.
As such, there’s no dearth of mobile apps that let users keep track of their body temperature and create a long-term log that can be useful during medical consultations. However, smartphones can’t reliably measure body temperature because they lack a dedicated sensor to do so based on the usual skin contact method. But soon, an app would do the job on almost every modern Android phone out there instead of keeping the perk exclusive to Google’s next pricey flagship.
The Pixel Fold is already breaking, and it looks bad
The Google Pixel Fold has been out for a total of one day. And after being on the market for about 24 hours, we're already seeing a lot of reports of the phone completely breaking for some unlucky owners.
Take a quick look at Reddit, and it doesn't take long to find horror stories from Pixel Fold early adopters. User crazymojo83 posted the above photo on the r/PixelFold subreddit yesterday evening. They say that five hours after setting up their Pixel Fold, the factory-installed screen protector started peeling, and there are "what looks to be like scratches on the inside." This all supposedly happened after the Pixel Fold was opened just three times.
