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RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the general direction things are going here, but this device really seems like a prototype they put out before the tech was quite there. I'd like to have a device that's the size and weight of a Pixel 7a (when folded). I don't think that's possible yet. So instead we get this monstrosity that's too wide, way too heavy, and way too expensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pixel Fold does seem like a customer funded tech demo device, enriching Google and allowing them to get real world usage data. They'd hopefully implement everything learned into the next gen device. I never buy the first version of any device as there are going to be teething issues which are unexpected by product testers.

It looks pretty, but I'd risk buying the latest Samsung Galaxy Fold iteration than this. As I have big hands, I've always preferred larger phones as smaller phones are awkward for me to use. I chose the Pixel 7 Pro as my daily driver and if they could emulate that with a future fold device and make it durable...I'm all in.