After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

After a few years of speculation, the Google Pixel Fold is here. It’s another one of those firsts for Google, as this is the company’s very first foldable Android smartphone. Foldables have been around for quite some time now, but in the U.S., it’s pretty much just Samsung in the market with the Galaxy Z Fold series. Across the pond, there are a few more foldable options with the Honor Magic Vs and Huawei Mate X2, but those are a bit disappointing, and overall, there are still not a lot of options. But Google is now entering the foldable market with the Pixel Fold, and it’s surprisingly good — but not without flaws. The Google Pixel Fold launched on June 27, 2023. Christine Romero-Chan originally published this review on June 26, 2023. We’ve since updated the review with reports of durability concerns on July 10, and we have also added a six-month later update in November 2023. We also changed the original review score of 8/10 to 7/10 on account of how the Pixel Fold has aged and its i...

Solid build quality; Great cover display size; Barely any gap when closed; Beautiful displays; Fantastic cameras; Fast performance;

Cover display scratches easily; One-day battery life; Poor wireless charging options;

The Pixel Fold takes Google's range of phones into a different format, embracing a folding display for the first time and offering Android on a larger display. There's plenty of quality in this phone and it looks and feels like the $1800 phone that it is. It's a slight departure to the affordable flagship phones that Google has offered in the past and for many that will be a cost that's hard to swallow - but it's only has expensive as Samsung's folding phone. There are clear highlights: the displays are glorious and the camera is superb, offering a range of new opportunities for Pixel users. There's plenty of power from the Google hardware onboard and the performance of this phone is great. The battery life is just about good enough, but the charging rates aren't really competitive anymore. The thing that's impressed me the most about the Pixel Fold is how well the external display works, because it's just like having a compact smartphone in your pocket - and that's not the case with the Galaxy Z Fold.

Great quality design; External display is very usable; Great camera results;

Some software optimisation still to happen; It's expensive; Middling battery life;