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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Catastrophically Fails Bend Test, Ends Up a Charred Mess
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Can confirm this. I watched a student intentionally drop a school-issued iPads down three flights of stairs. He believed that he'd only have to pay 50$ for the repairs (likely some sort of screen repair price). He ended up owing the school 500$ instead.
Sometimes, it's unintentional, but other times, it's downright intentional.
“Giigle” omg that is HYSTERICAL (I lost it and am trying to recover) I might have to use this, typo or not 🤣 😅
It reminds me of Simpsons cuz I’ve been callin em Smoogle (their “precious” and disturbing personal data mining like smeagle and his ring from LOTR) and when Homer goes, “krabapple?!, I’ve been calling her Krandle!” LOOOOOOOOL
Yeah, because there is no way you leave unfolded phone on a sofa and sit on it accidentally...
He just bent the phone backwards, that can definitely happen by accident.
He's bent every phone he's tested and none have ever had this happen. Its noteworthy
Agree. They claim it is dust proof, not sand and gravel proof. Throwing a bunch sand and gravel in a hinge, any hinge, then opening it on that hinge is just plain stupid.
Yeah, I know. It's the 2nd or 3rd. I forget. Honestly those never really seemed to get the same praise.
This guy always irks me. Talks about how phones should be designed for longevity because that's good for our wallets and the environment...
...then buys every new phone just to smash them for videos.
...then buys every new phone just to smash them for videos.
yeah, the bend test was bad, and results could actually happen irl if, for instance, some someone tossed their unfolded phone into their backpack and hopped on a busy train, schmushing the phone with the contents of their backpack. Unlikely but plausible...
However, the bigger concern to me was the dust test. The Fold allegedly has the highest possible dust-proof rating, yet grit in the hinge caused crunchy sounds every time it was folded that didn't go away. I'm sure no one would ever want to use their phone at the beach, right? Or on a dusty hike. Or just carry it in the bottom of a well-used purse or backpack.
Seriously, the Fold is literally a hot mess. Imagine the crap the chronic Apple complainers would be giving Apple if they put out a product a whiff this poorly designed.
Google is doomed! (current Google CEO schmoe) should be fired! This would never have happened when (former Google CEO schmoe) ran things!
However, the bigger concern to me was the dust test. The Fold allegedly has the highest possible dust-proof rating, yet grit in the hinge caused crunchy sounds every time it was folded that didn't go away. I'm sure no one would ever want to use their phone at the beach, right? Or on a dusty hike. Or just carry it in the bottom of a well-used purse or backpack.
Seriously, the Fold is literally a hot mess. Imagine the crap the chronic Apple complainers would be giving Apple if they put out a product a whiff this poorly designed.
Google is doomed! (current Google CEO schmoe) should be fired! This would never have happened when (former Google CEO schmoe) ran things!
Mixing a mechanical hinge with electronics was always going to be problematical, since bending and flexing electronics is bound to cause damage. Still I was a bit surprised that the battery cooked off. Surely phones with rechargeable batteries should be tested for safety. Many products these days are poorly made.
ha! wow, did you just come up with that?I'm looking forward to this test when Apple finally releases a foldable.
If it fails, I can see Apple's excuse that "you folded it wrong".
If the iPhone 17 had exploded it would be the talk of the internet FOR months if not the entire year the phone was on the market. This is much more of a concern than cosmetic damage on a phone but sadly, won't get the same level of hate and scrutiny as Apple would if this was their product.
OR the iphone 17 pro/pro max it would be on front page news and national news channels would be talking about it.
It's total garbage. I shot the pixel 10 pro fold with a tiny .50cal and it went straight through it. That thing can't withstand anything! Then again, same goes with every other phone I've tried so far, so it just goes to show they are all garbage. Not even Nokia 3310 survived. Boo hoo.
Way to completely miss the point of the test that was done in comparison to similar tests he's done on other phones.
I never understood what straw man argument meant til your post.
Foldables in general will always have a higher rate of failure than slab phones but I think the issue was that there was a point of failure in the Pixel 9 Fold that Google never bothered to fix for the 10. Add the fact that the battery is easily punctured means this can lead to a PR disaster for Google. Initially, I thought that it might just have been an off chance of it happening, but now that people are mentioning the battery limitations in the software I am suspicious that Google might have skimped out on the batteries on not only their foldables but for their mainline phones as well.
I'm sure Apple sold 500+ iPhone 17s per one Pixel 10 Fold. Also the vapor chamber and the metal plating around the battery should protect it from punctures so unless it was shot at or stabbed by something with high kinetic force the 17PM's battery is very unlikely to catch fire.
It wasn't that they wouldn't do it under warranty, the issue was that they didn't have the parts to repair it yet, even out of warranty. That was what made Linus so mad that he did a whole stupid collab with Louis Rossman just to blow the whole thing waaaay out of proportion.
The best part was that less than a year later, he put out a video about how his Razor laptop died one month outside the factory warranty, and went shopping for a NEW RAZOR laptop.... didn't even try to fix it. No Rossman crossover. Truly embarrassing.