Pixel 10 Pro Fold Fails The Durability Test Badly — Real Reason Why It’s Still Worth It!

Google has just recently released its latest foldable mobile device called the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which has gained so much attention among many tech YouTube channels because of the viral news regarding a durability test that was claimed to have the device allegedly burn itself until it went viral in social media. Then people started questioning-was that a bad portent for the flagship foldable phone from Google, or is it something that really matters?

Pixel 10 Pro Fold: Foldable Design Limitations

All the unique features of a foldable phone hinge on the flexible mode display and hinge arrangement of the two components, which are the primary unique features highlighting the major challenge attached to the durability of all foldable phones. The foldable phones are less durable as compared to all types of phones and have thinner displays, hinge structures, and dust damage-all of which can disrupt the device. Therefore, a foldable phone would be very much expected to show weak results when exposing it to such a type of test.

Smoke and Heat Test Results

The Youtube test has shown that Pixel 10 Pro Fold will have visible burn marks on the display from heat and smoke. There were some slight deformations of the flexible OLED display from the heat; still, such situations happen very rarely in everyday real-life usage-after all, who would just randomly fire smoke into a phone?

Such a test was intended to determine how the phone reacts under extremely different circumstances from daily use ones. This, then, would justify that the video should not be held as a basis for judging the overall performance of the phone.

How Does It Perform in Actual Usage?

Indeed, Pixel 10 Pro Fold tends to belong at the upper end of premium devices, in a very solid and smooth-feeling build quality due to very nice hinge movement. It also makes the phone pretty good at use day-by-day with Gorilla Glass Victus, an aluminum frame, and IPX8 water resistance. And, as if that is not enough, it completely has a different experience with the Google Tensor G4 chip and has improved camera performance.

Functionality versus Durability

Then what is important durability in usability 1:1; further, what of software experience is equally important? Foldable phones are designed that way to enhance productivity. Hence, for the average end-user, it will not matter if the phone experienced some intensity in testing.

Pixel 10 Pro Fold brought between smoke and flame durability tests, not to mention it came as a pleasant surprise; it was certainly a reminder that foldable phones are still in the making at this moment. Meaning to say; this incident in no way casts any shadow on the true worth of the phone itself. This evidence, however, speaks volume in the fact that Google has not rested on its oars but has pressed on to further fortify foldable technology.