It is very easy and worrying

Videographer JerryRigEverything put Google’s Pixel Fold through a whole host of stress tests. Obviously, for a foldable smartphone, it is far from a tough resistance.

YouTuber Zack Nelson of the JerryRigEverything channel, known for his poor handling of electronic devices, tested the Pixel Fold’s resistance. However, he seems frustrated with Google’s proposal for foldable smartphones.

Is Google’s foldable smartphone durable?

In scratch tests, it’s quite classic: if you force too much, scratches appear. To ensure a foldable screen, Google uses plastic for the inner panel, which makes sense. The concern is that the material can scratch fairly easily, but nothing to worry about. Same for dust: the Pixel Fold is IPX8 certified, which means it’s dust-resistant, and it’s been validated.

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No. What is worrisome about the Pixel Fold is its heat resistance. In order to test the screens, JerryRigEverything lit a lighter near the last two. During testing at the internal screen level, the Pixel Fold turned off due to overheating. According to the videographer, it’s pretty amazing and never happened in his tests.

Another test that didn’t bear fruit: the fold test, but in the other direction. Very quickly, Zack manages to break the Pixel Fold and says he’s worried about it. However, according to him, it was not the hinge that was broken, but simply the rest of the smartphone. This fold test ruined the inner screen and it soon became impossible to fold the right way.

Does the Pixel Fold have any design issues?

It’s been just a few days since the Pixel Fold’s launch, and the first comments are troubling, to say the least. A tech reporter’s internal monitor showed signs of wear just four days after it was set up. It does not stop there, the technical problems with Google’s first foldable smartphone are becoming more apparent: many netizens have already told about their adventures.

With this resistance test, suspicions of design flaws, less convincing than other foldable smartphones, are reinforced.

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