Joe Maring / Android Authority
I recently wrapped up my review of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and it’s a phone I found immensely frustrating. As a longtime Pixel user and a fan of folding phones, I’m the target audience for Google’s latest foldable. Google’s Pixel UI, exclusive software features, and reliable cameras in a folding form factor? That should be an easy win.
Last year, it largely was. The year-over-year jump Google made from the first Pixel Fold to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is still hard to believe to this very day. And compared to other foldables released in 2024, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold stood out as something special.
But the foldable landscape has changed dramatically in a very short amount of time. Folding phones are getting thinner and lighter while simultaneously seeing big camera, battery, and charging upgrades. All except for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
I largely enjoyed my time with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, but as a phone I’d recommend to others or spend my own money on, I don’t think there’s a strong case for it. And to change this, Google needs to rethink its approach to foldables.
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The two biggest problems with Google’s foldables
Joe Maring / Android Authority
There are ultimately two core issues with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold that I think are symbolic of Google’s foundational struggles with folding phones — one that impacts the Pixel experience and one that impacts the core foldable experience.
The first of those is camera quality. The cameras on Google’s folding phones have always lagged behind their non-folding Pixel Pro siblings. This sort of made sense with the first Pixel Fold, and again with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, given how dramatic a hardware upgrade it was in every other regard.
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