Google Pixel Fold Review: Watch Before You Buy!
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
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The first official Google Foldable is here. And its arrival is a big deal. It means Google is casting its bets on this form factor, and finally optimizing Android for foldables… Or are they?
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Size Matters
03:36 Private Internet Access
05:05 Pixel-esque Design
06:40 Hinge & Screen
08:34 Cause of Concern
11:01 Multitas-KING?
14:15 Battery & Charging
15:18 Best Camera on a Foldable?!
19:13 Is the Google Pixel Fold your GadgetMatch?
20:35 Thanks For Dropping By!
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I pre-ordered my Pixel Fold through AT&T. You can get the phone there for $25/month for 36 months adding up to $900, or half off the full retail price, and no trade-in is required. So I can keep my Galaxy Z Flip 3 as a back up. I also pre-ordered a Grip Case from dbrand. That particular case comes with a built-in kickstand. Definitely want to check them out because they have cool designs. I'm so excited to get this phone. 😁
I'll wait till the 3rd or 4th generation.
Bj
Congratulations super cool phone 😊
I saw the dbrand cases after I already purchased a case with my pre order Pixel Fold 🙃
Mr Josh!
Please come back after a few months with another review of the Fold. It would be nice to get your thoughts. 💯
I am quite shocked that Google doesn’t “force” a full screen option like Samsung does on the Z Fold. I think it would be BETTER if developers optimized their apps but how long do we want to wait for that??
It’s so strange too considering most apps have a tablet equivalent that fills the screen already, you would think it would integrate better
I think, unlike Samsung Google does not invest too much in the optimization of the UI. It just offers the minimum. It is just strange to see that Samsung as an Android OEM can adapt Android better to Foldables than the actual "Owner" of the Android.
@@nickhayes5864 if there's a tablet version, it kicks in on the Fold. There's just a lot that do not because no respect for Android tablets
Developers want to, it's the time the businesses give them to do so. The percentage of users on foldables is still unfortunately incredibly low
Yes this is a deal breaker for me they should do it like Samsung and force the full screen im sticking with my z fold 4 yes they made the smaller screen better but who cares if it sucks when opened that is the most important screen
Appreciate your honest review Josh👍🏾 Look forward to the extensive use review.
I loved the in-depth review. I'm excited to get my fold in a few days.
That was a great job I enjoyed that review. First time seeing your channel, love the energy and the editing! Subbed
Thank you for this thorough review! Subscribed!
This was a great review. Do you find that you were getting any dust in the part between the edge of the bezel and the edge of the flexible screen. (you can just see the tiny gap at slightly less than an mm) I heard another reviewer say that they got dust in there and it ended up causing a small tear in the screen.
Thank you.
I just bought a pixel fold. It should arrive this week, and i can't wait!
As with all foldable devices in this sector, each has pros and cons and it does come down to personal preferences. For me, the size makes the Pixel or the OPPO Find N2 the de facto choices, and the Pixel Fold is slightly bigger which puts it at the top. The Galaxy Fold misses the mark, I dislike tall and narrow and ditched Sony because of that.
I do not need all the fancy stuff like DeX (already have a laptop), s-pen (without a silo it is a missed opportunity), or having three or more apps open, as I am a one-app person, just want a bigger canvas rather than multi-apps. So the omission of these is moot.
With regard to reliability, that is a concern with a new product but is the nature of the beast, so expected. Even the Fold4 has had issues with the display including Samsung now offering a free screen protector replacement due to the flaw where they can break after around 6 months. If you cannot accept that folding tech isn't perfect then move on, it is not for you. Time will tell for the Pixel Fold, and despite the odd one with QC issues out of the factory (normal), Google seems confident that they will be at the least, as reliable as the competition.
Well said. My P Fold is out for delivery
I've had the fold 4 since it came out, love it, but wish it was wider like the pixel fold. I have large hands. As for the Fold 4 crease, I find it almost disappears if you leave the phone unfolded while not in use. Rather than close it to throw on a quick charger etc, I leave it open most of the time, at home especially. No crease at all would be nice, but I only see it outside on a sunny day, at the right angle. Mostly its a non issue for me. I'll wait for v3 or 4 of the Pixel Fold, but I definitely like the form factor (with the exception of the 2005 bezels.
Love your videos question any app you can use for good lock
I think its gorgous! Looks practical and good for daily use.. Nicely done video..
These phones look very tempting but I also look at it with a little of skepticism. I still feel these phones haven't reached a level of perfection yet and for a price tag of 1700$, is not for me. At least for now
Nice phone but limited multitasking JUST puts it behind the fold 4 for multitasking capabilities...
I agree about the placement of the volume rocker and power button. They are reversed. It is so annoying. What on earth were they thinking?
Yeah, after using the Pixel Fold for two days, the volume and power buttons should have been swapped. I use the phone with my left hand, and I just can't comfortably use the FP reader.
great review as always, i ended up ordering through verizon hopefully we get it before july 18th. Interested in seeing the oneplus v and the fold 5 offerings.
I hope with Android 14 we can see the viewfinder while having someone see themselves while taking a pic, at the same time, both screens on
As always another GREAT well produced and tons of knowledge review. Thanks for your honest through review and all of your hard work.
Thank you. Appreciate the kind words.
The cracking noise is a big nothing burger if you ask me. The average consumer isn't gonna mind that at all.
The "average consumer" does not spend $1800 on a phone.
@@peacelove8395 Maybe but I'm on my 4th folding device and I consider myself an average electronics consumer.
Both colours are available from carriers in the UK.
I am on the Pixel Fold Train
Correction: there should be reverse wireless charging as there’s a whole ad about it (the pixel and iPhone friends ad)
Why skirt around the battery life section? Most people are getting around 4 hours SoT with mixed use. That’s terrible for a £1800 phone and shows the Exynos G2 SoC weakness, efficiency.
“Objective fingers” lol 😂
The background music be too distracting up in here. Turn it down lol
I love my pixel fold
So weird, most other reviewers have said it does lay flat. Only a few have said it doesn’t.
I see the jubilee bracelet what rolly are you wearing
I'm gonna wait for the OnePlus Fold
good review Subscribing
Did he really complain about not having different home screens it's called a launcher Nova fixes that problem.
Comparable to Windows Surface Duo ; What do you think ?
Um.....no
It sounds like the magnet letting go, when he opens it?? Ive watched almost every review, I have not seen anyone else mention it was cheap?? I like the mirrored setup, that way I dont have to setup 2 different screens.
But it really looks cheap compared to the competition. Regarding 2 diferent homescreen set-ups: it is really important. I have been enjoying it for a while. Btw., the side-effect of this restriction on Pixel Fold is that you can't have a widget crossing the center of the screen. On my Z Fold, I have a gigantic calendar widget covering the entire surface of one of the homescreen pages. The idea of the bigger screen is there to be used😀
@@arvandvarahram Have you used one?? It does not feel cheap. If you saying it just looks cheap because of the bezels. Does crapple pads look cheap, it also has bezels??
@@ctk4949 I wrote it looks cheap. I didn't say anything else. The bezels look outdated, not as bad as the ccrapple pads, but just outdated, but they don't make it look cheap. For me, the reason is the way the linkage between the two parts comes up when folding/unforlding it.
An interesting phone. Hope Google is now aware of all the glitches which translate into better end user benefits.
There shouldn’t be many, if any, glitches on a $1,800 phone.
I'm hoping the OnePlus does a foldable but this was a decent effort
Very nice
I'm getting my pixel in 3 months. I think
Watching from my vivo fold 2
The decision to release it with tensor 2 is a big NO for me!
People already reporting screen failures, via debris entering through the hinge area, thus destroying the screen.
Yeah apparently unlike other foldables, the bezel is completely flat instead of raised. Google sacrificed too much to be as thin as it is. Next year they need to change the hinge to reduce the bezels while making them slightly raised to accommodate for potential debris
All foldables are grt phones,bt HUAWEI MATE X 3 is the Best king fold for me❤❤😊😊
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Awesome review Micheal, I was going to buy this as my next phone over the Iphone 15 BUT as an android user, I think I'm going to wait til the software improves, the bezels shrink, the camera improves and last the button placement changes. All of these factors ARE important to me..
google should make pixel flip too
That would be great TBH.
@@gadgetmatch plz pin my comment🙂
They do....turn the pixel fold in landscape 😅
i think the N2 still is a great screen ratio .
I'm watching u from Ghana joe Enigo
Oh wow. Hello!
I feel like phones and tech UA-cams glory days are long over. Last time this type of content felt exciting was way back in 2017. The good ole days.
I think that's just an age thing, you get less excited about things as you get a bit older, but a break from it can bring that excitement back if you skip keeping up for a while until something new actually catches your eye without seeking it
The problem is there are so many phones and they all do the same things.
Foldables don’t make sense, flips even less.
So many Android phones fighting for a decreasing customer base who are getting bored of companies throwing big numbers at them.
@@funkam0nkey I have a Fold 4 since launch as a secondary device. It is not practical or ideal as an every pocketable phone for most. But it sure is fun when I do use it. My main device is an iPhone.
@@daa5014 Oh I don't doubt they are fun but I'm not convinced they offer enough to make them worth the money. Especially when you can get a decent tablet and phone for the same price. Maybe in the next few years they will become a must have device but when I used the Fold 4, I didn't really "want" one.
Too many flaws and issues but I'm glad Samsung is getting competition. 5hey can stop giving the same phone every year.
Passport size phone
too small
Apple needs something like this!! 😍
You think they'll ever make one?
@@gadgetmatch i have fingers crossed 🤞🏻 😆
Not until they can get rid of the crease in the middle.
Or you could expand your horizons and give the Google Pixel Fold a shot 😉
What about other Foldables? Why do UA-camrs only bash Samsung?
I'm not going to watch because I'm not going to buy...😂... Maybe 3rd Gen
Pass.
Good content. I know your team pixel. But you have to admit, for 1,800 bucks, it's a step down from pixel 7pro. MKB. Kept it real. The camera is less than the pixel 7pro, on a lot of apps you can't get them in full screen in landscape mode. Some apps can only go to the right or left, but not in the middle. Battery life sucks for that much money. But it's a good try. Maybe gen two will be better.
You have plenty of options if you don't want a foldable.
@@HatArmor But if you wanted a foldable, you simply would not go with Pixel Fold, but with one that can do all of that and more!
Apple
Pixel Fold release. Opportunity for UA-camrs to say how much they hate Samsung Galaxy Fold. Sad
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What makes the Razr 5G so wonderful is the cover display is only 800x600 at a near 4:3 aspect ratio like the old TVs prior to the 16:9 era from the early-00s. The new Razr+ is 1066x1056. If I watched a 360p video on it, it will look grainy since I'm blowing up the video via MX Player Pro to fit the display. The cover display of the Flip3 (& 4) is 512x260. I know it's only at 1.9" but it's actually better for movies thanks to the wider aspect ratio. If the film is shot at 2.35:1 like Star Wars or Indiana Jones, it fills up the entire screen. On the Razr being a square, more letterboxing (more bezels) from top and bottom.
The weirder aspect ratios lately are the Disney+ ones like Loki. Doesn't fill the entire cover display on my Flip3. Left it for my Pixel 3 with the 18:9. Even House Of The Dragon doesn't fill the entire cover display of my Flip3. So whichever show doesn't look good on it, I put it on my Pixel 3. And my Pixel 3 happens to have the best internal audio using Sony WH-1000XM4s. I have my XM4's EQ to like +7/+4/+7+/4+/+7 and it's like being inside a movie theater watching movies from it. Pixel 3 turns 5 this October and it still has the best audio and one of the best cameras.
I always download from The Pirate Bay and there is an uploader named "threesixtyp" that I always search for last weekend because he or she uploads in 360p. So instead of Game of Thrones at over 50 GB at 720p, I'll get it at under 15 GB at 360p. I saved over 200 GB last weekend deleting those 720p mp4 or mkv for the 360p. Yeah, quality is meh. Uploader states 5/10 or 6/10 in quality between VHS recording being 3/10, DVD being 8/10, and Blu-ray being 10/10. But my gen grew up on 720x480p / 4:3 aspect ratio for years. Grew up on analog standard TV with all the static if we didn't have cable. So quality between VHS and DVD is extremely passable for my eyes.
Now let's talk Pixel Fold and Razr+. I like them both but they each have these glaring flaws. The most obvious ones are using last year's chips. Flip5 is coming out in maybe a month and will have Snap 8 Gen 2. Pixel 8 series comes out in 3+ months and will have Tensor G3. Do you really want to be stuck with a year-old chip for another 2-3 years? The AT&T deal for $5 for the next 36 months for the Razr+ may sound fantastic at first but I don't want to be stuck paying for a minimum $65 plan for the next 3 years.
The current Tensor G2 is built on the inefficient Samsung node and on 5nm. Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is built on 4nm. The Pixel Fold to me looks like a better device than the Razr+ being it has far better cameras and way more useful cover display (full slab vs. half slab), but it's also the biggest rip-off of the two. Between paying $5 for 36 months on Razr+ or $25 for 36 months (ends up at $900) on the Pixel Fold through AT&T, I would pick the Razr+. And I'm hearing the Pixel Fold is poor with battery life and is quite heavy.
I'm happy with what I already have. Back in Aug/Sept 2021 when I got my Flip3 and Razr 5G only 20 days apart, I told myself I would stick with them until they both break or if I lose them or they get stolen. I'm tired of getting new phones and re-doing everything. Setting it up again. Transferring media files on them again which can take a while. It's pretty much the same thing every year but nothing groundbreaking.
Maybe foldables really are gimmicky? They break easier. They're more expensive to repair. You can view content better on a slab while on landscape than on a tiny 3.6" cover display. It's not 2007 any more squinting on displays under 4". And if you don't open your Pixel Fold, then what's the point? You basically got a heavier and thicker phone to carry with you when you were probably better off using a regular slab to begin with. So many cases offers a kickstand for slab phones.
If money was no issue, I would pick the Pixel Fold over the Razr+. I do want a book-style foldable this time. The aspect ratio makes more sense since most content is wider. I want the split screen and running two apps at once stuff like how the Surface Duo does it. Will have the superior cameras and accessories over the Razr+ while the Razr+ is at least $800 cheaper, more pocketable, and 100 g lighter. Through the AT&T / 36 months deal, Razr+ is $720 cheaper.
I've had my Razr 5G for nearly 2 years. Fully paid off since last April. Never found one case to fully protect the hinge and I checked everywhere. I ended mainly using the Nakedcellphone case from Amazon which looks exactly like Beltron and Encased. Comes with a holster clip which has a kickstand. But I dropped it a few times and the hinges got scuffed. The holster will also scratch up the case the more times you slide it in and out.
If you own the Razr+, good luck finding a nice case for it. Sometimes the case blocks the top enough that's it's harder to pull down the toggle panel. I already learned my lesson from the Razr 5G getting multiple cases including a few ugly ones from Aliexpress. Samsung will always get the better cases because they are by far the more popular brand than Motorola. My Flip3 has this faux leather by Zvelsiem. Has the magnetic hump but it feels great and protects the hinge 100%. Samsung also has an actual store in SoCal. It's in Glendale at the Americana. If you break your Motorola, good luck finding a shop to repair it.
Pixel Fold is the least polished of the two even with the longer software support and cool Google exclusives like Magic Eraser. I don't like that crease. This can bubble up the screen protector like it did on the Z Folds. I don't like how the left bezel on the outside is thicker. I don't like the bezels on the interior display. No stylus support. Still a first gen product catered to guinea pigs. But it does offer the nicer cases. Some nice ones I found on eBay. I want faux leather, kickstand, and 100% full hinge protection.
I'm planning to skip this year getting a new phone altogether. Wait for Pixel Fold 2 or 3. Perhaps Google can shave the bezels and a large chunk of that price. These book-style foldables should start being priced at $999 and below. That's why they're still niche. Gimmicky and expensive. People are content with slabs. While the flips should be at $599 and below since both styles are dealing with camera compromises and weaker battery life. Wait for next year's Razr if flips are your thing. I'm hearing Snap 8 Gen 3 is more efficient than Gen 2. Motorola better use Gen 3 for next year.
I'm good with what I have. My Razr 5G was my previous daily driver for about 18 months until I switched to AT&T since they offered ACP. So my daily driver became my Flip3. That has my favorite movies, Derry Girls, and Silicon Valley. My Razr 5G has 13 of my favorite TV shows. It used to have my 100 favorite movies but decided to delete them all. They're already saved on my Google Photos via Pixel 3. Then I'll bring my Pixel 3 with all the recent series I've enjoyed the last 5 years like Cobra Kai and The Boys. Or sometimes my modded PS Vita 2K model if I want to game.
I have a good thing going right now. I also have an iPhone SE 2022 that I usually leave at home. I'll use that if my 3 other phones needs to recharge. Adding more phones when I've been trying to get rid of them just isn't practical to me right now. So many different cables. Phones needing to be recharged. There is always a better phone every new year. Skipping this year is no big deal. The tech I want to see greatly improve are AR glasses. I wear glasses. I want to leave my smartphones at home more.
The endless social media rabbit hole 🕳 can mess up our brains. Just an echo chamber of useless information and opinions. UA-cam is the Home Shopping Network / infomercial for phones. I want to follow what Ashton Womack and Selena Gomez did. Free your mind from your smartphone shackles. A lot of us were happy before smartphones and the Internet/social media completely sucked the soul out of us.