Adamya Sharma / Android Authority
Aside from some frustrating quirks, I couldn’t be happier with my Pixel 10 Pro and Google’s flavor of Android. After a long stint using Samsung phones and enjoying One UI, Google’s direction has been a welcome breath of fresh air, and there isn’t another phone on sale today that I’d rather use.
I wouldn’t say the same if I were a foldable phone user, though. When it comes to the ultra-expensive Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 7, I’d pick the Fold 7 in a heartbeat, but not for the reasons you might expect.
Which folding phone would you pick? 14 votes Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold 14 % Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 64 % Neither one, but a different foldable (let us know in the comments) 0 % I don't want a foldable 21 %
Hardware doesn’t concern me
Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority
You might assume that the reason I’d pick the Z Fold 7 is the differences in hardware. The Fold 7 is significantly lighter and thinner than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, metrics that are more important when a phone’s thickness doubles when folded shut. The 200MP camera on the Fold 7 outshines the 48MP shooter on the 10 Pro Fold, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite can run circles around the Tensor G5.
Those are all valid reasons to prefer Samsung’s phone to Google’s, but based on hardware alone, I would still pick the Pixel. I like the style of photos from a Pixel camera, even when the hardware isn’t as good, and the same goes for the processor — the Tensor G5 does everything I want and need on a phone.
Cameras aside, the 10 Pro Fold shares much of its hardware with my Pixel 10 Pro, and that’s the phone I’ve always wanted Google to make. If the obviously lacking hardware isn’t what’s preventing me from buying a Pixel 10 Pro Fold, what is?
Software matters most on a foldable
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