A lot of people seem to be dunking on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold for being a little too thick around the edges. And it’s true, next to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, Google’s latest foldable may not look nearly as elegant or futuristic. The company clearly wasn’t chasing thinness like the rest of the players in the foldable game, and the result is a foldable phone that looks chunkier and is even a tad heavier than its predecessor. However, Google’s lack of attention to the size of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is actually starting to make a lot of sense to me. It’s even making me a bit jealous, to be honest.
The trade-offs are tough to ignore once you look closer.
During our press briefings, Google was very upfront about why it didn’t slim down the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and the trade-offs are tough to ignore once you look closer. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold packs a 5,015mAh battery compared to the Fold 7’s 4,400mAh cell. That’s not just a small bump, it’s a massive leap for a foldable phone, and one that could easily translate into a few extra hours of real-world usage. If you’ve used a foldable phone before, you would know that battery life is one of the first sacrifices you have to learn to live with for the sake of the form factor, and while the Galaxy Z Fold 7’s battery life isn’t bad, Google is essentially taking things to the next level with that added capacity. Of course, we’ll have to wait and see how the new Tensor G5 chip performs in practice, and what kind of toll it might take on battery life.