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Execs
- The primary IP68-rated foldable
- Larger battery
- Brighter screens
- Pixelsnap magnets in-built
- Respectable efficiency
Cons
- Not as fast as Snapdragon-powered rivals
- Cameras might use an improve
- Comparatively chunky
Our Verdict
The Pixel 10 Professional Fold brings with it some good upgrades over its predecessor, together with an IP68 score, a much bigger battery, brighter screens, a efficiency uplift and Pixelsnap magnets. It’s a very good telephone total, however in comparison with the competitors, particularly the Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Pixel simply feels somewhat outdated.
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Final yr’s Pixel 9 Professional Fold introduced with it some huge adjustments, however with the launch of the Pixel 10 Professional Fold, Google is sticking to its tried and examined design. At a look, you may wrestle to inform the 2 telephones aside, other than the fetching new color choices.
Nonetheless, appears could be deceiving, and the newest foldable Pixel has some vital adjustments beneath the floor. Like the remainder of the Pixel 10 lineup, it will get the Pixelsnap magnet remedy, Tensor G5 chipset, and a few new software program options. It additionally sports activities a much bigger battery, quicker charging, higher sturdiness and brighter screens.
It have to be mentioned, although, that the Pixel 10 Professional Fold is launching in a really completely different panorama from final yr’s mannequin. Samsung wowed us with its ultra-thin and massively upgraded Galaxy Z Fold 7, whereas Honor’s Magic V5 additionally made a huge impact. Does the Pixel do sufficient to compete? Let’s dive in.
Design & Construct
- Aluminium body, glass again
- 258g, Gorilla Glass Victus 2
- IP68 rated
As talked about within the introduction, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold appears extraordinarily just like its predecessor. It’s mainly the identical form, the cameras are in the identical place, and the supplies aren’t too dissimilar. It’s solely actually the color choices that give it away.
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It’s now obtainable in both Moonstone or Jade, which interprets to purpley-grey or pale inexperienced. I’ve the Moonstone possibility in for testing, and it makes a right away constructive impression. The glass rear panel feels velvety-smooth and is totally proof against fingerprint smudges, whereas the edges have a colour-matched matt aluminium end, and the hinge is polished to a shine.
Whereas the competitors has been slimming down, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold is definitely a tiny bit thicker than the final mannequin
Whereas the competitors has been slimming down, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold is definitely a tiny bit thicker than the final mannequin, and it’s barely heavier, too. There’s a very good purpose, although, and that’s as a result of Google has stuffed some magnets and a bigger battery inside.
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Identical to its non-folding siblings, the Fold has adopted MagSa… excuse me, Pixelsnap know-how. This implies, with no need to connect a case, you should use the telephone with just about any Apple MagSafe, Qi2 or Pixelsnap-compatible accent.
I’ve all the time been a fan of Apple’s MagSafe tech, and whereas Google can’t be awarded any factors for originality, I’m completely satisfied that we lastly have inner magnets in a folding telephone. That mentioned, I’ve been slapping third-party magnetic instances on my telephones for years now, they usually work nice. So, it’s not likely a step ahead in utility, however it does imply you should use it and not using a case – should you’re courageous sufficient.
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On the subject of sturdiness, Google has achieved one other first. That is the primary foldable telephone to be awarded an IP68 score for mud and water resistance. There’s loads of waterproof foldables available on the market nowadays, however they’re all prone to mud to some extent. Supposedly, the Pixel will fare a lot better within the nice outside.
That is the primary foldable telephone to be awarded an IP68 score for mud and water resistance
Once I examined the Pixel 9 Professional Fold, I used to be impressed with how sturdy and confidence-inspiring it felt, and it’s the identical case right here. The hinge was already nice, however it’s been improved on this mannequin, and it’s simply probably the greatest within the enterprise.
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The flip facet of that’s the Pixel 9 Professional Fold felt chunky and nearly outdated in comparison with the competitors. That has not been improved this yr; conversely, it has solely gotten worse.
Display screen & Audio system
- Outer: 6.4-inch, 1080 x 2364, OLED, 120Hz
- Inside: 8-inch, 2076 x 2152, OLED, 120Hz
- Stereo audio system
Beginning with the duvet display, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold has a barely bigger show, measuring 6.4 inches up from 6.3 inches. Sadly, I wasn’t in a position to see the 2 telephones facet by facet, however I assume this was achieved by shrinking the bezels barely.
Make no mistake, although, the bezels on the duvet show are nonetheless the chunkiest of any flagship foldable. Part of me likes the way in which they appear; it’s nearly like a cartoon define across the entrance of the telephone, and it’s sort of charming. However slimmer bezels would definitely appear and feel extra fashionable.
On the within, the folding show nonetheless measures 8 inches diagonally, which implies it’s nonetheless one of many largest book-style folding screens round. Sadly, the crease doesn’t appear to have improved a lot, and it feels far more noticeable than Samsung and Honor’s newest efforts.
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The bezel is fairly chunky on the inside display, too, however I don’t thoughts that a lot. With a big display like this, it’s fairly good to have someplace to know with out unintentionally triggering contact controls.
The selfie digicam cutout is positioned in the identical place as final time, neatly tucked within the higher right-hand nook (or top-left, relying in your orientation). I like to see this, because it means the cutout doesn’t have an effect on 16:9 full-screen content material, irrespective of which method you maintain the telephone.
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The screens are each barely brighter this time round, now in a position to attain 3000 nits at peak brightness, up from 2700 nits on the earlier mannequin. Actually, I had no complaints concerning the brightness earlier than, however additional lumens can solely be a very good factor.
The audio system, so far as I’m conscious, are unchanged on this mannequin. When it comes to sound high quality, I’ve no actual complaints; they’re loud, detailed and have an honest quantity of low-end response.
The positioning continues to be troublesome, although, as once I held the telephone in panorama orientation, I used to be usually muffling one of many audio system with my palm.
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Specs & Efficiency
- Google Tensor G5
- 16GB RAM
- 256GB / 512GB / 1TB storage
As anticipated, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold makes the soar to Google’s newest chip, the Tensor G5. It’s a 3nm chip, and Google says it’s round 34% quicker on common than the final technology. In relation to domestically run AI, like Google’s Screenshots app and Recorder, the brand new chip is supposedly 2.6x quicker and twice as environment friendly.
In each CPU and GPU efficiency, this chip is a noticeable step up
In our normal suite of benchmarks, the distinction is obvious to see. In each CPU and GPU efficiency, this chip is a noticeable step up. Nonetheless, there’s nonetheless a large hole between this Tensor chip and the very best from Qualcomm and MediaTek.
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In actuality, most customers gained’t really feel a distinction between these flagship-class chips. They’re all tremendous fast, and also you’re most unlikely to see stuttering or discover slowdowns whenever you’re searching social media, enhancing paperwork or utilizing the cameras.
The ample 16GB of RAM signifies that this telephone by no means struggles with multitasking, both, even with a number of apps on the display directly.
It’s solely those that play extraordinarily demanding video games or try to edit super-high-quality video footage that may see a marked distinction. I performed some Wuthering Waves with the settings maxed out at 60fps, and whereas the Pixel might run it, the body charges have been nowhere close to as constant as they’re on 8 Elite-powered handsets.
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It was nonetheless playable, however I might really feel the telephone struggling occasionally. It additionally received fairly scorching, particularly within the space just under the cameras on the rear panel. However flipping the telephone round and holding it across the cowl display space meant that I might preserve that warmth away from my paws.
After all, should you’re into much less graphically demanding video games, this telephone will run them with out problem. However hardcore avid gamers can have a greater time with one thing Snapdragon-powered.
Google Pixel 10 Professional Fold
Cameras
- 48 Mp f/1.7 predominant digicam
- 10.8 Mp f/3.1 5x telephoto
- 10.5 Mp, f/2.2 ultrawide
- Twin 10 Mp, f/2.2 selfie cameras
The digicam {hardware} on the Pixel 10 Professional Fold is an identical to the Pixel 9 Professional Fold, and except the selfie snappers, they match the unique Pixel Fold, too. As a digicam nerd, this was actually disappointing to study. The Pixel 9 Professional Fold cameras have been removed from the very best of their class already, and whereas different manufacturers are making strides, Google is resting on its laurels.
Positive, folding telephone cameras hardly ever rival the very best bar telephones. However personally, I don’t assume we must be seeing an array of digicam sensors that principally hover across the 10Mp mark on a telephone that prices practically two grand.
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That mentioned, a part of the Pixel attract could be attributed to the picture processing and different software-enabled options, none of which is simply too reliant on {hardware}. And certainly, should you’re not too choosy along with your images, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold is able to taking some very nice pictures.
should you’re not too choosy along with your images, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold is able to taking some very nice pictures
The cameras do greatest within the daylight, and at evening, you’ll need to persist with the principle sensor as a lot as potential. The telephoto and ultrawide are very blur-prone, and heavy-handed denoising obliterates loads of high-quality element.
I actually take pleasure in utilizing the 5x telephoto, however having simply examined the Xiaomi 15T Professional with its new 5x snapper, this one felt extraordinarily limiting. It’s not nice at close-ups, and there’s simply not sufficient decision to permit for longer-range zooms. The Xiaomi’s 50Mp telephotos permit for nearly lossless 10x pictures (because of pixel-binning), whereas 10x pictures from this 10.8Mp unit look comparatively terrible.
Portrait mode is oddly limiting, too. You’ll be able to solely use the principle sensor, whereas most rivals allow you to use the telephoto, and for some purpose, the telephone forces you right into a 1.5x or 2x crop. This looks like one thing that will be simple to handle, so I’m unsure why Google is sticking to its weapons.
The benefit of the Pixel digicam system is all of its easy-to-use software program options
The benefit of the Pixel digicam system is all of its easy-to-use software program options. Within the digicam app, you’ll discover issues just like the Digital camera Coach, which can assist information you into taking a extra aesthetically pleasing shot, and Auto Finest Take, which merges a number of group images to make sure everybody’s eyes are open.
There’s even an AI-powered picture enhancing software that permits you to alter your photos by typing in plain English, however it’s presently solely obtainable within the US. If it’s obtainable to you, you possibly can ask it to do issues like “take away the reflections within the window” or “delete the stain on my shirt”.
As a photographer, these options don’t actually enchantment to me, however that’s okay. They’re designed to assist individuals who don’t know what phrases like aperture and composition imply, and in some cases, they might make all of the distinction.
Battery Life & Charging
- 5015 mAh battery
- 30W wired charging
- 15W wi-fi charging
The Pixel 10 Professional Fold has a 5015mAh battery, which is 365mAh bigger than final yr’s mannequin, and considerably larger than the 4400mAh cell within the Galaxy Z Fold 7. This bigger capability, mixed with the effectivity good points of the newer Tensor G5 chip, ought to imply that this telephone lasts lots longer than the earlier mannequin.
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In our normal PCMark battery check, the ten Professional Fold survived for 13 hours and 1 minute, a really vital enhance on the 9 Professional Fold’s rating of simply 9 hours and 18 minutes. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless shy of the Z Fold 6 (15:34).
The battery life is stable, and it might simply see me by a median day’s use
These benchmark scores replicate my real-world expertise, too. The battery life is stable, and it might simply see me by a median day’s use, which had me flipping between each screens and utilizing the digicam lots.
That mentioned, it’s nothing too outstanding, and I discovered myself reaching for the charger extra usually than once I used the Z Fold 7 every day.
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In relation to charging, the Pixel 10 Professional Fold can juice up at 30W with a wire or 15W wirelessly. It’s a stable enchancment on the earlier technology, which solely supported 21W with a wire and seven.5W with out.
As normal, there’s no charger within the field, only a cable. However with a suitably highly effective wall adapter, you possibly can cost from utterly useless to over 50% in simply half an hour. It’s not a nasty exhibiting in any respect, however it’s price noting that the second 50% will take lots longer than the primary – a full cost took nearly an hour and a half, by my rely.
Software program & Apps
- Android 16
- New AI options
- 7 years of software program assist
Software program is an enormous promoting level for Pixel telephones, and certainly, if you need that vanilla Android expertise, that is the one foldable that delivers the products.
Foldable units from the likes of Samsung, Honor and Oppo all use closely customised variations of Android that change the basics. Google is the one one to convey the Pixel expertise to a bigger format.
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As you may anticipate, the entire new options that debuted with the Pixel 10 sequence can be found for the Fold, too. This implies you get Materials 3 Expressive customisation, a great deal of new Gemini performance, together with video technology with Veo 3, and Magic Cue, which makes use of AI to tug knowledge from your whole Google purposes. There’s additionally 7 years of software program assist and safety updates, similar to the remainder of the lineup.
As you may anticipate, the entire new options that debuted with the Pixel 10 sequence can be found for the Fold, too
If you wish to know extra about all of these options, it’s price having a learn of our Pixel 10, 10 Professional and 10 Professional XL opinions. To keep away from retreading the identical floor, I’ll simply be specializing in the Fold-exclusive options on this evaluate. Briefly, although, there’s loads of AI options right here, and a few of them are tremendous useful. You additionally get a yr of Google AI Professional subscription included, so you possibly can entry all the newest options as quickly as they change into obtainable.
Choosing the Fold will get you a brand new On the spot View function within the digicam app. This allows you to use one facet of the big interior display to view your images instantly as you’re taking them. I discovered this extra helpful than I anticipated, because it means you possibly can shortly test if a shot was blurry or framed appropriately earlier than taking one other.
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You additionally get Made You Look, which debuted on the 9 Professional Fold, however it has been expanded to incorporate extra animations. Mainly, it shows vibrant cartoon animations on the outer display to seize the eye of youngsters (or possibly even pets) and makes use of AI to detect when the topic is smiling, which is able to make the animated characters react.
It really works shockingly nicely, children can’t preserve their eyes off these animations, and that makes it very easy to seize some beautiful images. The draw back, although, is that it makes use of the duvet display selfie digicam to take these images, reasonably than the principle rear digicam. So, the standard is respectable, however it might be higher, and it’s not the very best in dim lighting.
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After all, you additionally get split-screen multitasking and the power to pull and drop information and pictures between two apps, which actually helps profit from the bigger show. Google’s implementation nonetheless feels somewhat primary in comparison with the competitors, however it’s pretty intuitive and does sufficient to fulfill most individuals’s wants.
There are a few quirky new recreation integrations that make the most of the folding {hardware}
Lastly, there are a few quirky new recreation integrations that make the most of the folding {hardware}. Should you play both Asphalt Legends or Disney Speedstorm, you possibly can allow a brand new split-view mode and a dual-screen mode.
Primarily, this splits the gameplay alongside the hinge. So your racing motion is on the high, whereas the mini map and controls are separated to the decrease portion of the show. As well as, it provides additional controls to the duvet show, which could be tapped on the again just like the triggers of a recreation controller.
It’s a intelligent concept, and I hope we see different builders benefiting from the {hardware} like this, however it’s not essentially the most sensible implementation in its present state. Who is aware of, possibly that is the beginning of a complete wave of foldable-optimised titles, however I wouldn’t maintain your breath.
One other key promoting level of the ten Professional Fold is software program updates. Google will assist it for a complete of seven years and, as a Pixel, it’ll be among the many first in line for any new main variations of Android. Pixel units provide essentially the most seamless software program expertise you’ll discover on any Android telephone.
Worth & Availability
The Pixel 10 Professional Fold begins at £1749/$1799 with 256GB storage, similar to its predecessor. In the meantime, the 512GB model will set you again £1869/$1919, and the 1TB mannequin prices £2099/$2149. All variants include 16GB of RAM.
The Pixel 10 Professional Fold arrived later than the remainder of the Pixel 10 lineup, however it’s now delivery in most areas globally. You’ll be able to choose it up through Google’s official retailer, a third-party retailer like Amazon or on contract by most main suppliers.
It’s an expensive telephone, however that comes with the foldable territory. The bottom mannequin is barely cheaper than the equal Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, however it’s somewhat costlier than the Honor Magic V5. It’s additionally price noting that you simply get extra storage with the Honor, because it’s solely obtainable in 512GB.
See extra choices in our full information to the very best foldable telephones.
Must you purchase the Google Pixel 10 Professional Fold?
The Pixel 10 Professional Fold leaves me with blended emotions. I’ve very a lot loved utilizing it, and I significantly like how stable and sturdy it feels. It additionally has some distinctive advantages that you simply gained’t discover with some other foldable, resembling IP68 mud and water resistance and built-in magnets.
The principle downside is the competitors. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 trumps this telephone in nearly each conceivable method. It’s a lot slimmer and lighter, the crease is much less noticeable, it’s extra highly effective, and the cameras are much more spectacular, too.
This telephone, with its chunky design, thick bezels and outdated cameras, simply doesn’t actually do sufficient to compete. Should you love Google’s first-party options and UI, and also you’re very involved about mud resistance, possibly this mannequin might sway you. Personally, although, I’d choose the Samsung each time.
Specs
- Android 16
- Outer: 6.4-inch, 1080 x 2364, OLED, 120Hz
- Inside: 8-inch, 2076 x 2152, OLED, 120Hz
- Energy-button fingerprint sensor
- Tensor G5
- 16GB RAM
- 256GB / 512GB / 1TB storage
- Cameras:
- 58Mp predominant sensor
- 10.5Mp ultrawide
- 10.8Mp 5x telephotoo
- Twin 10Mp selfie digicam
- As much as 4K @ 60fps rear video
- Stereo audio system
- Twin-SIM + eSIM
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7
- Bluetooth 6.0
- 5015mAh battery
- 30W wired charging
- 15W wi-fi charging
- 155.2 x 76.3 x 10.8 mm (folded)
- IP68 licensed
- 258g
- Colors: Moonstone, Jade
