Last 12 months, Google went again to the drafting board and fully revamped its foldable cellphone. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold (our assessment right here) ditched the passport-style type issue for a taller, book-like design. The digital camera visor on the again shrank to the scale of conventional digital camera panels. The crease on the internal show noticed some enchancment, too. Unsurprisingly, its successor will get incremental upgrades. It rocks Google’s new in-house Tensor G5 processor, brighter shows, and Android 16. But extra importantly, it will get a fully new hinge mechanism that unlocks the IP68 score on a foldable for the primary time! We used the foldable for a week to discover out if it may maintain up towards among the finest in its class. Here is our assessment of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold.

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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Review: Design and Displays

Before we dive into the assessment, let’s take a have a look at what you get contained in the Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s retail field.

• Smartphone
• USB Type-C cable
• SIM ejector
• Safety information

On the floor, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold seems to be indistinguishable from its predecessor, except you scan intently for the modifications. The glass black panel nonetheless homes the oblong digital camera island with parallel oval cutouts for the digital camera sensors. The shiny Google emblem embossed on the centre of this panel has a contrasting texture to its matte surrounding.

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The aluminium body additionally rocks a matte end, however the backbone of the cellphone is shiny. Interestingly, the smartphone is 0.1mm thicker in contrast to the mannequin we received final 12 months. When folded, it has a thickness of 10.8mm. In an unfolded type, its edges are simply 5.2mm thick. Weighing 258g, the system makes its presence felt inside your pocket, however that’s one thing to be anticipated of each book-style foldable.

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The aluminium body homes the amount rocker and the aspect button on its proper edge. The aspect button additionally doubles because the fingerprint scanner. At the underside lie the speaker grille, USB-C port, and first microphone. The SIM tray, secondary speaker grille, and noise-cancelling microphones have been positioned up high.

The large change on the foldable is the hinge mechanism. The new gearless design for the hinge tremendously reduces the creaking sound when the cellphone is unfolded. It additionally permits the cellphone to be fully dustproof. Yes, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is the primary foldable cellphone to be rated IP68 for cover towards mud and water.

The cowl show is barely bigger and brighter than the one on final 12 months’s mannequin. It spans 6.4 inches from nook to nook. The metallic body on the left aspect has been trimmed down to lend it the look of a conventional slab cellphone. The OLED panel has a 120Hz refresh price and might attain a peak brightness of three,000 nits. The 9-inch internal OLED panel rocks the identical brightness and refresh price. The contact response on each shows is elite. We like that the internal panel is surrounded by thicker plastic bezels. This good selection fully eliminates any unintended touches whereas holding the cellphone.

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Foldable telephones maintain a pure benefit when it comes to viewing expertise. Not solely do you get bigger display screen actual property on the internal show, however you may prop the Pixel 10 Pro Fold in a tabletop place if you’d like to go hands-free and watch movies on the duvet show. Both shows preserve legibility in vibrant out of doors circumstances.

During the assessment interval, we used this cellphone as our major media streaming system. We have been happy with the wealthy and dynamic visuals throughout main OTT platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, and JioHotstar. The distinction and dynamic vary have been pleasant. To high it off, the stereo speaker setup produced a well-balanced audio output.

Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Review: Performance and Cameras

Powering the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is Google’s in-house Tensor G5 chipset. The smartphone is available in a single 16GB RAM + 256GB storage variant, priced at a whopping Rs 1,72,999.

We ran a couple of benchmarks on the foldable. Here’s the way it carried out.

• AnTuTu 3D: 1,458,756
• Geekbench 6: 2,143 (single-core) | 5,661 (multi-core)

The benchmark numbers of the Tensor G5 chipset pale as compared to its Qualcomm counterpart, however it’s a respectable processor for on a regular basis use. It handles routine duties like video calling, immediate messaging, emailing, social media searching, media streaming, and navigation with ease. Juggling a number of apps doesn’t trigger any points. We streamed a soccer match on one aspect of the internal show whereas going via its Reddit dialogue thread on the opposite pane with none hiccups. However, the system warms up drastically beneath direct daylight, particularly in case you’re utilizing it to shoot movies. We got here throughout warmth warnings on a number of events whereas digital camera testing the foldable in a sunny out of doors atmosphere.

The hole within the benchmark numbers of the Tensor G5 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipsets turns into extra obvious whereas gaming. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold gives easy and constant gameplay in case you stick to medium graphics and refresh price. Pushing them to excessive settings leads to thermal throttling points. Unfortunately, this has been a recurring difficulty for Tensor chipsets over time. Hopefully, Google will return to the drafting board and re-engineer its processor to be thermally environment friendly. A higher cooling system wouldn’t harm both.

Software duties on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold are dealt with by Android 16 out of the field. Google has promised 7 OS upgrades for this system. The software program is clear and freed from bloatware. You get some foldable-exclusive options like a vertical split-screen setup for the internal show, a digital camera viewfinder for the duvet show, and dual-screen translation. Folding the cellphone open helps you to proceed the duty you have been doing on the duvet display screen. The handoff to the internal show is quick and seamless. The dock on the backside of the display screen is available in fairly helpful if you’d like to rapidly swap to one other app or launch it in split-screen mode.

When it comes to AI instruments, Google is forward of the curve. The new ‘Magic Cue’ characteristic attracts info from Google’s suite of native apps (Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Gmail, and so forth.) and presets it wherever obligatory. If you’re texting your buddy about selecting you up from the airport, Magic Cue will routinely convey up your flight particulars in a small pop-up. It nonetheless wants extra work, however it’s a powerful debut for Magic Cue.

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold additionally will get a small battery bump. It packs a 5,015mAh battery, whereas final 12 months’s mannequin had a 4,650mAh unit. This battery pack holds sufficient juice to final a day of average to heavy use. We ended every day with a 20-30% cost left within the tank after racking up a display screen time between 4-5 hours. There’s assist for 30W charging on board. Using a Type-C cable, we have been in a position to absolutely cost the foldable in simply over an hour. There’s assist for ‘Pixel Snap’ wi-fi charging as effectively.

Google’s foldable could have ‘Pro’ in its identify, however its digital camera system is much from being flagship-grade. It retains all 5 sensors of its predecessor – 48MP major shooter, 10.8MP 5x telephoto, 10.5MP ultrawide, and two 10MP selfie cameras for the 2 shows. In comparability, the Pixel 10 Pro has a 50MP major shooter, 48MP sensors for the ultrawide and telephoto cameras, and a 42MP front-facing lens on the show.

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s 48MP major digital camera places up a good show in out of doors daylight circumstances. Google’s photoprocessing algorithms do many of the heavy work, rendering balanced colors that don’t really feel artificially boosted and oversaturated. We would’ve beloved extra sharpness and particulars within the pictures, particularly when the smartphone prices upwards of Rs 1.70 lakh. In restricted lighting circumstances, the smartphone does a good job of lighting up the shot and eliminating the noise.

The 10.5MP ultrawide lens retains the life-like color palette of the primary digital camera. The outcomes are tasteful, if a little gentle. Images taken in restricted lighting circumstances are well-lit, however some grain tends to creep into the pictures. The 5x 10.8MP telephoto digital camera takes splendid pictures with wealthy and vibrant colors. The zoom restrict on this system is about at 20x. The photoprocessing chops of the cellphone are available in clutch whereas resolving the photographs shot at 20x zoom. There’s little or no pixeltation or blur to be discovered.

Portrait pictures taken by the Pixel 10 Pro fold are vibrant and well-focused. However, the background blur wants extra to be desired. The front-facing cameras on the duvet and internal shows take good selfies with very restricted color and texture correction results. The selfie cameras can document 4K movies at 30 and 60fps. Meanwhile, the three rear sensors can shoot 4K footage at 24, 30, and 60fps.

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Verdict

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold might not be a revolutionary system that shakes up the section, however its incremental upgrades safe its spot within the high tier of foldable units. The new hinge mechanism is a welcome addition because it makes the system fully dustproof. It is the one foldable out there to flaunt an IP68 score. If scepticism round tough out of doors use was holding you from shopping for a foldable, it’s your decision to give this system a shot.

The OLED panels are larger and brighter than ever, which suggests the viewing expertise has by no means been higher, too. The neat and bloatware-free Android 16 OS curates a superb software program expertise. If you’re obsessive about multitasking, then there’s nothing higher than doing it on a massive, 8-inch internal show. The Tensor G5 SoC, whereas not essentially the most highly effective processor on the market, handles primary duties fairly effectively. The digital camera system has room for enchancment, and we’d like to see Google convey its A recreation on this division in future iterations of this system.

Pros

• Cool design
• Bright shows
• IP68 safety
• Clean software program expertise

Cons

• Not essentially the most highly effective chipset
• Camera system isn’t flagship-grade

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