Google Pixel Fold Teardown: Inside Google’s First Foldable Phone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is the Pixel Fold, Google’s $1,800 foray into the foldable smartphone market. It’s also the first smartphone from a major manufacturer to go head to head with Samsung’s Z Fold devices in the North American market.
With a foldable screen manufactured by none other than Samsung Display, it’s tempting to look at this device as nothing more than a Z Fold clone but that would be a mistake. Aside from weighing an extra 20 grams, that inner screen's 6:5 aspect ratio also gives it a stumpier look than the Fold 4’s tall and slim 21.6:18 ratio.
Each to their own but I prefer short and stout.
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00:00 Presenting the Pixel Fold, Google’s $1800 foldable smartphone
00:37 Pixel Fold x-ray and a sneak peek of the interior
00:48 Using Clampy to remove the Pixel Fold’s front and back panels
01:19 Light adhesive and pull tabs make for easy battery replacements
02:08 Pixel Fold battery specifications revealed
02:17 Pixel Fold mainboard removal and thermal analysis
02:42 The Pixel Fold’s flexible inner screen, scratch prone screen protector, and ultra thin glass
03:05 Easily removable the Pixel Fold’s bezels, a departure from the Z Fold’s impossible glued plastic
03:20 Flexible screens are still impossible to remove without risking damage
03:30 Examining the hinge mechanism of the Pixel Fold
03:54 X-ray of the Pixel Fold’s hinge mechanism in action
04:08 How does the Pixel Fold fair for repairability?
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“1800 foray into the foldable smartphone market”
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If only flexible displays aren't so effing expensive, and people actually buy enough of them where scale of economics can drive the price down.
Nothing is worse than what happened to JerryRigEverything's Pixel Fold (May it rest in peace 2023-2023)
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Also I have to say, I absolutely love him and his videos, but imo, failing his quite unscientific test rarely is a reason not buy the device if it's otherwise a great device. They really are mostly just for entertainment 😁
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I know time feels like,it just flying these days but man have we ever accelerated the foldable, rollable screen tech.
Man, do I miss those repairability scores... Why did you stop giving them, iFixIt?
TBH they were weighted pretty bad and a lot of people felt they weren’t accurate to the real world repairability. A good example is how iPhones would score way higher than they ever should just because they prioritize quickly removing the screen and battery despite those parts being paired to the motherboard making them unrepairable to anyone that isn’t apple. Being able to physically remove them easier is moot when the phone will reject any part you put in it. it also didn’t take into account parts availability since that’s subject to change. Finally, things some people find difficult about a repair (soldering, proprietary screws, glue, differing screw lengths, etc) may be easier to some or REALLY hard for others so if a repair involves those it can mess up the results. I notice a lot of people complain about these issues with the score on older videos so that’s my theory on why they stopped giving them. I’m not ifixit though so it’s likely for a different reason. I hope they respond so we can both learn the real reason
@lenshibo Yeah, it was crazy how they gave repairable phones like Galaxies low scores for strong adhesive but gave Apple high scores despite the phones rejecting repair parts. Also Apple phones use weird screws and have all kinds of tedious little things that other phones have resolved.
@@ratrodgradytbf, at the time they didn't reject the parts, that came later
No score means you have to stop think and draw conclusions for yourself.
They started making lucrative deals with companies that scored poorly like Samsung.
I want to open up something like this without hesitating first.
can you guys do a teardown on the spyra 3 please it would be really cool
whats the score?
If this thing was $1000, it would be incredible.
Mine was less than $1k after taxes with an iPhone 13 Pro trade-in and after selling the free LTE Pixel Watch…
@@rashad123us But an iPhone 13 Pro is worth $750+ on the used market... Selling a free watch does count in reducing the cost though!
Yea I got mine for $1100
I accidentally took the sim card tool and jammed it in the top microphone hole. Did i hurt anything? The screen is ok. Is the spealer right under that hole? is there water proofing material I ruin? Im scared I ruin the phone thanks Matt Smith
my pixel 7 would get to almost 41c a chunk of the time
Yeah, that glass definitely does not sound like something that will last long... 🥀⚰
Waiting to Fairphone foldable.
Too bad it uses the crappy Ten-xynos SoC and the USB-C port is soldered to the logic board. 😂😂😂
does the larger inner screen go back in the phone easily?
google wants $900 to replace that inner screen. you could just buy two pixels and tape it together for that money.
Can you play Mario Bros on this? The game where they send the pizza to each other.
Hopefully this one won't have the black chasm down the fold a year into its life, but I'm not confident in that.
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This channel is more and more like Jerryrigeverything
I have to ask again and again:
What even is the point of this nonsense "ultrathin glass" when there's always a plastic film on top of it. With this, all this "glass" does is creating another point of failure with literally no purpose.
Could provide more rigidity and better protect the OLED panel?
From what I’ve heard, it makes the screen feel less like jell-o. I don’t know personally. That’s just what I’ve heard, so take it with a grain of salt
So.. the screen is plastic? What's the point of the glass layer?
Rigidity
I guess..@@MrCraigie01
Nice to see google trying....
Well done!
what is the processor of this phone?
Tensor G2 I guess.
@@user-dv6yo5bc4z dud chipset
@kantipoddar they aren't really the fastest but I doubt they're really dud chipset
@@user-dv6yo5bc4z neither fast... Throttles a lot, heats too
Nothing compared to snapdragon 8+gen1 and newer snapdragon chips
@@kantipoddar You used pixel 6/7?
Ehh, this was decent, but still I don't think folding phones are the way to go.
Me neither, there will always be the unavoidable wear in the screen where it folds. Phones like this are stupidly expensive and most will end up in the trash after a year or so meaning that they are also damaging to the environment.
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修理できないデバイスには容赦なくリペアビリティスコアに0を付けるのがifixitのお家芸と思いましたが、評価せずというのはGoogleに対する忖度ですかね。まあそれも仕方ないかもしれませんね。
It seems repairable but it seems they forgot to grade it, maybe they did so on their website?
AppleでもGoogleでも、今年のデバイスがまだスコアがないよ
1800 dollars for glues holding the phone together .
Mili ampers lol mAh
I hate the way he pronounces his "T"
I hate the way Americans pronounce the letter “Z”. It’s Zed NOT Zee!
@@davidjacobs6244LOL. I like the sound of "zee" better if referring to American things (e.g., Cra-Z-Art)
It's pronounced "zee". I'll let it slide this time.
Only Americans pronounce it “Zee”.