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Google Pixel Fold Review: Promising But Flawed

I love the Pixel Fold’s wide cover screen and excellent camera, but there are ways Google could improve the software experience. Google Pixel Fold *CNET may get a commission on these offers Read the CNET article for more information: Google Pixel Fold Review: A Promising Start, but Not Perfect 0:05 Intro 0:57 Outer Display 1:44…

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I love the Pixel Fold’s wide cover screen and excellent camera, but there are ways Google could improve the software experience.

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Google Pixel Fold Review: A Promising Start, but Not Perfect

0:05 Intro
0:57 Outer Display
1:44 Inner Display
3:06 Camera
4:31 Performance
5:03 Design
6:04 Bottom Line

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61 Comments

  1. zunedog31

    June 26, 2023 at 1:21 pm

    Did anyone ask for this?

    • Thomas Earley

      June 26, 2023 at 1:53 pm

      Did anyone ask for internet, smartphones, AI?

    • zunedog31

      June 26, 2023 at 1:57 pm

      @Thomas Earley Yes

    • jorgejjvr

      June 26, 2023 at 1:57 pm

      Yes

    • champsammy13

      June 26, 2023 at 1:59 pm

      They do tech reviews. You clearly cared enough to complain instead of scrolling by.

    • Naa sei

      June 26, 2023 at 2:28 pm

      Yes

  2. wancell

    June 26, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    Plan on trading in my iPhone, iPad Mini and Apple Watch if I like my Fold when it comes in this week. With all that, it will bring the price of the Fold and included Pixel Watch deal to around $600-$700. I love my iPad Mini more than my iPhone (truth to be told) so an all in one device sounds great to me. I tried the Z Fold 4 but did not like the front display and almost always rotated the it when I tried it out. Also was not a fan of having two app stores (Samsung and Google). I hope the Pixel Fold will fit the bill for what I want.

    • OW

      June 26, 2023 at 2:27 pm

      Erm what iPhone are you trading in? Idk if you’ve ever used a Google ecosystem before but… man good luck

  3. Lisa Boban

    June 26, 2023 at 2:19 pm

    What specific device is perfect? What would perfect look like? What a terrible review title.

  4. Casey Roberts

    June 26, 2023 at 2:30 pm

    “Not perfect” huh? Nothing is perfect, and it’s unrealistic to expect it.

  5. Jeri jayz

    June 26, 2023 at 2:33 pm

    You have surely slayed me

  6. Johnny blaze

    June 26, 2023 at 2:39 pm

    I want it but price hurts my soul

    • Erik Halaska

      June 26, 2023 at 7:32 pm

      att no trade in $900 like 25/mo

  7. Digital Goon

    June 26, 2023 at 2:42 pm

    The only thing this was missing was battery life.

  8. Danner Banks

    June 26, 2023 at 2:51 pm

    As a fold 4 owner, I am very impressed with the thinness of the pixel fold, the width of the outside screen, and the landscape orientation when opened.

  9. AvatarAang926

    June 26, 2023 at 2:57 pm

    looks awesome, but I would never pay the price of a laptop for a phone

  10. Asif Khan

    June 26, 2023 at 3:15 pm

    Don’t know why i found “my husband and my sister” so funny

  11. James Mullins

    June 26, 2023 at 3:27 pm

    I wouldn’t leave $1800 and walk away to take a photo

  12. Aaron Crawford

    June 26, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    I wish my expensive large folding phone felt like a normal phone. Said no one ever.

  13. Aaron Crawford

    June 26, 2023 at 3:41 pm

    Who buys a Fold4 to watch video on the front lol. Bad review

  14. nuyou21

    June 26, 2023 at 3:44 pm

    At $1800 it’s safe to say the Pixel Fold is about to tank as bad as every other Pixel 💯🤭😁

  15. THE IPHONE USER

    June 26, 2023 at 3:47 pm

    Apple really needs to step up their game and give us something like this 😍

    • Soberanis Fam

      June 27, 2023 at 2:10 am

      Get the vision pro 😂

  16. Ryan

    June 26, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    Thanks for the comparison photo of the pixel 7 pro zoom vs Pixel Folds. Been looking for more on that. I have a 6 Pro and curious to see the camera quality of my 6 pro vs Pixel Fold in 1x, 2x & 4x vs 5x of fold. Now do I get a fold when its price maybe drops one day, or get a pixel 8 pro. ugh!

  17. GUY on Earth

    June 26, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    I’ll skip this one, but I hope the Google Pixel Fold 2 fixes the crease and makes the bezels slightly thinner or parallel

  18. Erik Halaska

    June 26, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    I really think we gotta look past that price point..some of the carrier promos are so insane, and im sure most of the people buying are getting on installments. ATT has it for $900 with no trade in required, and we all know prices of these android phones drop fairly quickly..I think they have the price like that to show value and how much of a deal the phone is. just my opinion though

    • FunThings

      June 26, 2023 at 8:53 pm

      I don’t think android phones losing value quickly is a positive thing.

    • Soberanis Fam

      June 27, 2023 at 2:07 am

      ​@Funnythings15 it’s good if you’re a buyer

    • Erik Halaska

      June 27, 2023 at 2:16 pm

      @FunThings right but it’s a fact of the matter

    • kghhgkgk

      June 27, 2023 at 6:43 pm

      Nonsense

  19. Rolins

    June 26, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    Frankly, zero incentive to buy the Pixel Fold (the external display is a bit too wide for my taste, and I don’t trust Google on anything hardware related), although it’s true that I would have really preferred the Galaxy Fold to have the form factor of the Huawei Mate X3 or Tecno Phantom V Fold.

    And honestly, for me, a Fold whose user experience is not mainly focused on the internal screen, and who especially does not manage the Pen, has no interest.

    Ps: why would I pay $1800 for a Fold to use the external screen 95% of the time 🤔

  20. Eddie Sequeira

    June 26, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    I love that google made a foldable and I may again in the future own another one of their phones but they have some work to do. They need to work on performance and stability of their phones cause they don’t age well and get a ton of bugs. Google controls the hardware, software and chip just like apple does so they need to get on the ball and work on their products as a whole.

  21. boyohoyo

    June 26, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    i think this is the foldable to beat.

    • Nick B

      June 26, 2023 at 8:58 pm

      Not at all from a software or battery life perspective.

    • Joaco Soler

      June 27, 2023 at 4:11 pm

      ​@Nick Bnot at all for many more aspects too.

  22. U Me

    June 26, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    It is almost funny seeing these same reviewers on different platforms now finding the crease acceptable. People with small hands complain about typing on the fold 4 front screen (although the keyboard is expandable like crazy in portrait and landscape). “On the go” business people are okay with running only 2 apps max on 7.6 main screen and limiting an $1800 phone to extremely light work like watching a substandard video and playing a whack game. But it is all good because the non-Samsung fold is thin/wide with a big azz camera back. So now consumers should overlook how the pixel fold is heavier than both the z folds 3 and 4 (which the same reviewers complained about Samsung). $1800, and you can’t add a case to it or use a pen on the main screen 😂. Let me know when you all start treating these multi-billion companies the same and stop babying them.

    • andyH_England

      June 27, 2023 at 2:06 am

      Most people buying these $1800 foldable already have other devices where they do real work. The foldable tech is rarely a 100% workflow as it has no attachable keyboard, essential for productivity and efficiency. So Folds are more for a quick task, for example, an email to a client where you attach a photo or doc, and two apps open are sufficient. Having more apps on an 8-inch screen becomes cluttered and counter-productive.

      I think most people understand that Samsung’s take is a poor show and all the data I have seen suggests that the Pixel Fold or Huawei Mate X3 are far superior user experiences for the front display. A major failure by Samsung and if these Chinese phones were not banned in the US, the Galaxy Fold would sell even less than it does now. The people I know and most reviews suggest that users work on the front display 60-70% so it is vital the front display is perfected. I hated the Fold4, it is just such a bad take that I just wonder if Samsung has a clue. It even took Samsung five goes to work out that the Flip needs a useful front display!!!

    • U Me

      June 27, 2023 at 2:46 am

      @amfrepo  you are the one who does not have a fold but keep attempting to make up these nonsense theories. I had this time-wasted conversation with you before. Weren’t you just wanting something to read on anyway as you are not productive anyway?

    • U Me

      June 27, 2023 at 2:48 am

      @andyH_England you are probably better off deleting your comment and blocking me.

  23. Umang Sardesai

    June 26, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    Loved the transitions! Kudos

  24. Nick B

    June 26, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    2:50 you can do that on any Android device. That’s a feature of the apps, not the device.

    Talking about “my preference is to use one app” has no place in whats supposed to be a review. You ought to be highlighting and testing the capability entirely.

  25. Gary

    June 26, 2023 at 11:09 pm

    Why is it that NONE of these hyped up hyping influencers mention anything about audio quality – how do movies sound – how does music sound – how do phone calls sound ??? Does it get loud enough ? How is the clarity ?

  26. Gary

    June 26, 2023 at 11:09 pm

    Looks like the Pixel Fold is a Samsung killer !!

  27. Adam Rabideau

    June 27, 2023 at 12:42 am

    I literally just got the pixel 7 pro like 2 months ago but I bought it out right from Google because my Samsung broke. I just paid it off so I am going to finance the fold thru Verizon. I just have to have it, and it’s my birthday present so what the heck.

  28. blaster915

    June 27, 2023 at 2:21 am

    You really skipped on showing Google FINALLY has made steps to make ANDROID apps work for foldables.

  29. alicia wang

    June 27, 2023 at 2:51 am

    Like the part about comparison with fold 4👍

  30. siyakha nzimande

    June 27, 2023 at 4:06 am

    It just looks so 2016 on the inside

  31. Charles Hocker

    June 27, 2023 at 4:24 am

    Inspired by the Microsoft Duo. If Microsoft had creative people and the willingness to take bigger risks, they’d be the new innovators.

  32. AKIS

    June 27, 2023 at 5:40 am

    Pro Apple biased tech media in research of flaws, on Samsung Fold they found the crease as an excuse to complain and now on Pixel Fold it doesn’t fold flat. American reviewers destroying tech news with their Apple biases and toxicity.

  33. ghostshipinc

    June 27, 2023 at 9:52 am

    To me the title doesn’t match the review. Not seeing how this is flawed. Perhaps some apps can’t use the full screen completely?

  34. Lima Bravo

    June 27, 2023 at 10:14 am

    Nah I’ll pass. I’ll wait for the pixel flip… if there’s ever one. Maybe then I’ll return to pixel.

  35. Chris B

    June 27, 2023 at 6:09 pm

    How small is that half inner display in table top mode!?! Useless really.

  36. Paul Bacon

    June 27, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    Sticking with my Surface Duo 2. May upgrade when the next version comes out.

  37. MAKE $760 DAILY

    June 27, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    “Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” —Theodore N. Vail

  38. GetTheFOutOfMyWay

    June 27, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    Duo 2 owner… I find it HIGHLY hilarious how people keep saying they like the wide screen instead of tall narrow phones…

  39. Daniel Heckman

    June 27, 2023 at 11:29 pm

    I didn’t hear any drawbacks except that there isn’t anything new. 😂

  40. Nejc

    June 28, 2023 at 10:02 am

    Does she know Galaxy has superior aspect ratio for movies

  41. Ourda Zakaria

    June 28, 2023 at 10:50 am

    هذا جيد من كوكل

  42. unkown 34X

    June 28, 2023 at 10:59 am

    It has a dot… That’s a now to me.

  43. O Chanel

    June 28, 2023 at 1:50 pm

    Let’s face it though. CNET have always been Apple crazy. They’d give 2 iPhones taped together a 10/10

  44. Khalid Latif

    June 28, 2023 at 11:29 pm

    Expensive phone, with outdated chip set, and I get the Samsung F Folded instead.

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