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Google’s third foldable features plenty of improvements from its second, from a world-first IP68 rating to magnetic Qi2 charging, brighter displays, and a bigger battery. But one area it hasn’t improved is the size and shape — in fact, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is a gram heavier and a fraction of a millimeter thicker than last year’s 9 Pro Fold.
In fairness, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold was noteworthy for how thin and light it felt by foldable standards. But the industry moves fast, leaving its successor one of the thicker new folding phones on the market.
Over the last year, Oppo, Honor, and — most importantly — Samsung have all traded blows in pursuit of the “world’s thinnest foldable” title, while Google never stepped into the ring. But I’ve used all of those super-thin foldables and reviewed a couple, and after a week with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, I’m happy to say: it may be the thickest, but it’s still thin enough.
Closed, the 10 Pro Fold is 10.8mm thick — though that’s not counting the chunky camera. Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge
Google’s new foldable measures 5.2mm thick when open, and 10.8mm when closed. Unfolded, that’s enough to feel undeniably thin — it’s slimmer than all but the most slender tablets — but the question is how the phone feels when it’s shut.
One of the criticisms foldables have faced since the beginning is they feel a bit like two phones taped together. The 10 Pro Fold certainly isn’t that bad, but it is thicker than just about every slab phone on the market. That’s where rivals like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 make the difference felt — at 8.9mm thick, that phone is only a hair thicker than the 8.8mm iPhone 17 Pro Max and less than a millimeter thicker than Google and Samsung’s own flagship phones. It’s an edge that the Pixel 10 Pro Fold simply lacks.
The Honor Magic V5 is currently the thinnest foldable, just 8.8mm thick when folded. Photo by Dominic Preston / The Verge February’s Oppo Find N5 is barely thicker, at 8.9mm. Photo by Dominic Preston / The Verge The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the same size as the Oppo, and far thinner than the Z Fold 6 was. Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge
Over the past week or so, I’ve used the new Pixel foldable both as-is and in Google’s official Pixelsnap case — a thin, snap-on plastic protector which adds just a little extra depth to the device. Either way, I can’t say its size has ever really bothered me. Held side by side with a phone like the Honor Magic V5, currently the thinnest foldable on the market, the difference is apparent. But day to day, with the phone in my jeans pocket or in one hand on the bus, I’ve never once thought it felt too thick.
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