Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Google Pixel Fold: Samsung finally has competition”.
Foreign, it’s finally happened. Google has finally announced a pixel fold, its first folding phone, that’s been rumored for years. Now, it’s coming out this summer. It costs 17.99 and it comes in two colors obsidian and Porcelain, which normal people will call Black or White. The pixel fold is a very similar device to the Samsung Galaxy fold, 4, meaning that it is a smaller phone that opens up into a bigger, almost tablet size device. The outside screen is 5.8 inches. The inside screen is 7.6 inches, but they’re different aspect ratios than what Samsung’s doing so on the outside screen.
It’S a little bit shorter, but it’s a lot wider, so it’s more comfortable to type on feels more like a normal phone when you’re using it and then the inside screen is actually larger than what Samsung is doing. It’S got a bigger, more expansive display on the inside. Both screens are 120 hertz OLED. They feel really fast and snappy they’re very smooth to scroll on very nice.
Looking screens didn’t get a chance to take a look at it outside, but we’ll have to follow up on that. The hinge is a new one developed by Google that allows the phone to fold completely flat, there’s no Gap when it’s folded, unlike the Samsung phone and then it’s completely flat when it opens up, it’s 180 degree hinge and it will hold its position. However, you open it up, so if you open it up part way or if you open it up 90 degrees, it will hold that position and you can use it to take photos prop It Up. Watch video other kinds of things like that, when you open it up, there is a noticeable crease on the inside, similar to what you see with Samsung’s. They have not eliminated that crease fully. However, it’s pretty minimal the time with it that I had it. It was actually pretty hard to see the crease unless I was specifically looking for it it’s most notable when the screen is off, but frankly that doesn’t really matter that much. It’S not really a problem for me on the full four and I don’t think it’s going to be a problem on the pixel fold now Google says this hinge is rated for 200 000 folds, similar durability to Samsung’s. It’S also an ipx8 rated phone, which means that it’s rated against water resistance, but not dust exposure. So it’s still going to be a pretty delicate thing that you have to take care of and be aware of when you’re using a pixel fold.
This is not quite the same as a standard slab smartphone. It’S also impressively thin. Google says it’s less than six millimeters thick, which is about two-thirds, the thickness of a pixel 7 Pro and, of course, that’s for each half. So when you close it it’s about double that or so, but it’s still thin enough to fit into a pocket easily.
It doesn’t feel nearly as bulky as you might expect for a folding phone and it’s noticeably thinner than the Galaxy Z fold. 4. When it’s closed up, the pixel folds got a tensor G2 processor in it it’s the same processor, that’s in the pixel 7 Pro the pixel 7, the new pixel 7A and the pixel tablets across the line Google’s putting the same processor in all of its phones.
It’S got all the same performance and capabilities that you can expect on. Those phones, including similar features for the Google assistant and call assistant, as well as similar camera features, you’ll, be able to get it with 256 gigs or 512 gigs of storage, but unfortunately, there’s no micro, SD card slot and there’s also no support for any stylus input. On the pixel fold, which is a little bit surprising, considering Samsung’s made that a key feature with the Galaxy z-fold 4.
now Google’s claiming all-day battery life with the pixel fold, it’s got a dual battery system. The batteries are extremely thin. It’S got one in each half of it, it’s hard to say how good that battery life is going to be in real life, though, when we actually use it, especially given the size of the screen on the inside of the fold, it’s a noticeably larger screen than Samsung’S Galaxy Z, fold 4, and it gives you more room for putting apps side by side or watching video or anything of the sort. That’S more immersive. It’S just a bigger nicer display for cameras.
The pixel fold has a total of five cameras. There’S a camera on the outside for selfies there’s a camera on the inside above the screen in the bezel for video calling and then on the back side. It’S got a total of three cameras: 48 megapixel, main camera, a 10.8 megapixel Ultra wide camera and then another 10.8 megapixel, 5x telephoto camera. It’S a very similar camera system to what you get on the pixel 7 Pro.
But it’s not exactly the same. It’S got smaller. Sensors across the board, which were necessary in order to fit it in the pixel folds designs.
Now Google says it has the same capabilities and software features as the pixel 7 Pro, but we’ll have to wait and see until we’re able to test it in the real world to see how good the camera system is. One of the complaints with Samsung’s Galaxy Z, fold 4, is that it’s always had worse camera systems than other top-end. Samsung phones and Google, saying that it’s put at the best cameras that it can. There are a couple software tricks with the folds, unique design and its cameras. You can prop it up when it’s folded part way to use it to take some selfies or you can flip it around when it’s open and use the rear cameras and the outside display. As your viewfinder for selfies as well, so you can get better quality image, selfie, it’s very similar to what Samsung’s offering on the z-fold for as well.
Now, in terms of software, the pixel fold is launching with Android 13. It’S obviously going to be upgraded to Android 14 in the near future. Probably after launch and Google says that it has updated over 50 of its own apps to support the screen and provide better experiences when you’re using the larger inside display apps like Google, keep and maps and YouTube, and things like that will offer dual pane designs that Take better use of the larger screen when you’re using it. You can watch a video on the outside of the phone and then open it up, and it will continue playing on the inside and there’s.
Also, some multitasking features that you can do. You can do drag and drop split screen, two apps at the same time, but it’s definitely not as comprehensive as the multitasking or windowing features that you get on the z-fold 4, which allows you to run more than two apps at a time. Of course. The open question is how many third-party apps are going to take advantage of the fault’s, unique design and larger screen, and we’re just gon na have to see once we have more time with it. The pixel fold comes with many of the same compromises as Samsung’s phone Zone, namely it’s expensive, eighteen hundred dollars a lot of money for a phone, especially when we don’t know how durable Google’s version is going to be. It is pretty exciting if you’re into folding phones, though, because now there’s actual competition for Samsung and it’s not just a single player in the game, at least here in the US, it’s been a Samsung only show for so many years now. So I’m hopeful that Google is able to push Samsung and the rest of the industry to move forward on this technology. Pixel fold wasn’t the only thing that was announced today.
Google’S also got a new pixel 7A, as well as a pixel tablet. You can find all the information about that on the verge.com see you there .