Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Overview: Finally, more durable foldable

One thing you are using is the dust resistant to the folding phone. This is a very different thing in which to see a phone of $ 1,800 in which the delicate mechanical parts submerge half an inch in the sand, with the screen wide.

There is more in this story, but the short version is that Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold was fine. This is probably thanks to its IP68 rating, which has marked the entire dust and water resistance, which is the first for the folding phone. So far, it is difficult to recommend to spend about $ 2,000 for a low sustainable phone when mainly every non -folding flagship, UP 500 pixel 9A, is ranked IP68.

I took 10 Pro Folds on the Seattle Premier Man -made beach, relaxing slowly on the sand, planning to get some photos of the phone. I put it down, the screen opened, thinking that it would really rest on the sand, without really capturing. It’s not that sand works, and it is found immediately everywhere. I could see it in possession, around the screen borders – it should not be in place.

The worse thing is that 10 pro -folds baptized in salty water after a few moments. I put it down for a picture on the edge of the water, thinking that if a wave came up enough, I could snatch it from the way. Such waves do not work, and before I was able to catch it, the phone was soaked in half. Reader: I thought this phone was cooked. When I opened and closed the phone with small particles in possession, I could hear the cracking sound. And salty water is bad for any phone – that IP rating only applies to Recent Water

In addition to seizing some visible grains of crushed sound and sand, the phone was not working at all. When I returned home, I used some compressed air on the possession, which at least took care of the disturbing sounds. Five days later it is still doing well. You will never know that it had a brush with death.

I do not recommend testing any of it with 10 pro folds, and it’s certainly difficult to say if extra water and dust resistance really saved the phone. It is also possible that this accidental torture test will have to face problems later. But for now, Folder performed better than I expected. This gives me a lot of hope for his long -term survival in less difficult situations, even knowing that this waterproof and dust -proof will not be permanent because the cynics are gone.

More good news: Battery life is fine on 10 Pro Fold. But like any other folding phone, it depends on how you use it. Over the shortest time on the large interior screen, mostly on Wi -Fi, I was about 60 % at bedtime. Using the internal screen, the battery was pushed down in the 30s of the 30s of bedtime and over time.

There is an adaptive battery layout, which is default, so that “how to improve the use of battery”, helps – although it warns that some notifications may be delayed. I discovered this setting later in my testing period, and I remember the ambiguous reports of some threads slowly over the past week, but couldn’t really say if the adaptive battery was on error. In any case, my most important information was conveyed all the time and the battery continued all day long, even in those days I was tough.

I like 10 pro folded shape. The screen is slightly wide than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. It feels fine to run a couple of apps together and gives the outer screen a normal sense. But it cannot be denied that this is a heavy phone – especially in the beginning of this year, used funny slim and light z follen 7. (Pixel 10 Pro Weighing Z Folds is 7 to 16 %, and the iPhone 17 is about 9 % higher than the Pro Max.)

But here 10 Pro Q2 support works. In addition to tossing it on the Qi 2 charging stand at the end of the day, I used the magnetic color stand as a pop socket when it helps to get a more comfortable grip while holding the phone for a long time. It is really easy to use a color stand function with the phone, making it easier to create a phone to watch the video or follow the recipe. Google is certainly not the first to make such a ring accessories, and before you add a case with magnets, you can use such a thing on the folding phone. But being free from such utility is something that causes me to use folds, I really appreciate the Appreciate.

The outer and internal screens are slightly bright than both 9 pro folds, and thanks to the border of a thin metal toward the outer screen occupation. A hot day using the phone in direct sunlight, I got a few minutes on its high brightness setting with the screen before it came very warm and down. It was still usable, but I would not trust in getting a long brightness in the hot climate.

Outside, I have no complaints about daily performance. 10 Pro Folds Runs Diabelo infinite In the highest settings available on the phone (no ray is looking here) without any painful or falling frames. Most of the AII features available on 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL are on fold, except AI zoom mode, which is probably excellent. I continue to help the magic cue to turn the projects into real calendar events in my text, and I spent a reasonable part of the mind -making with Geminon reasons why my cake batsman was coming. Don’t expect any expectation of life -changing from Pixel 10 Pro Fold, or really on any phone, but as far as intelligence goes, it is starting to show some promise.

It is strange that Fold Google is the most expensive phone of the Pixel 10 series and still has the worst camera sunglasses, but it has been turning to a folding phone since day one. 48 megapixel main and 10.8 megapixel 5x telephoto base model is shared through Pixel 10. Although this optical zoom is perfectly good, it is smaller than one of the other 10 pro phones and the details also appear in decent light. The main camera is fine, but the quality is low in the lower light than the big sensor on the other pro phone. If image quality is the top priority, a slab -style phone is still your best bet.

Looking at it in a way, 10 pro folds are a modest update. He won some magnets, a new IP rating, and not much. From another angle, those updates are huge. The lack of resistance to dust has been the first reason why I do not recommend foldable to most people. I do not want to announce its progress based on a week of use and a single experience on the beach, but also, but also, Was cracking the occupation And the phone is ok. This is an impressive data point, and I hope the rest of the industry will be promoted to follow.

Most, I’m glad to have as much as the basic thing Choice It is in this category, which is small to start, and if you live in the United States is even smaller. If you are easy on your tech and a slim, the light folding phone is more attractive, then you have the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

If you want a little more insurance against the loss of dust and don’t mind a big device, 10 pro folds are your winner. It is still heavier and private from the regular phone, but when a major defects of this device are removed, it is easy to celebrate its large internal screen. And if you bring this phone to the beach, you should probably not put it down on the sand – but if you do, it’s a reasonable opportunity to survive.

Photography of Allison Johnson / The Verge