sgc 8 hours ago

Link to the original video from the guy who actually tested it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uS90jakOuw

  • recursivecaveat 6 hours ago

    7:20 for anyone who just wants to see the failure. I have to respect someone committed to the content: Not only does he flip it with his bare hands while it's still sizzling, he makes sure to hover over it while the plume of battery smoke wafts up lol.

  • xarope 4 hours ago

    scratches aluminium with knife - me: "stop, stop!"

    pours dirt and makes crunchy hinge noises - me: "stop, stop!"

    holds lighter to screens - me: "stop, stop!"

    bends phone backwards, it breaks at the antenna line - me: "stop, stop!"

    smoke comes out - me: "pretty... I wonder when the smoke detector is going to... ah about 20s"

  • chiph 7 hours ago

    There's nothing like getting your product problem exposed on a channel with 9+ million subscribers...

snailmailman 7 hours ago

While his durability test seemed quite extreme, including things like holding a lighter to the display, the test that made it explode was basically “bend it past 180 degrees like a 2-in-1 laptop”

I haven’t personally used a folding phone, but he was able to break it with his bare hands. I’d expect that from a laptop, but less so from a phone. I put my laptop in a padded laptop bag. I put my phone in my pocket, and sometimes sit on it without issues. JerryRigEverything mentioned the previous pixel folds all broke in the same test in the same spot, along the antenna.

It’s a crazy contrast to Apple, considering how much Apple advertised “titanium” in their phones.

exabrial 3 hours ago

Where can I place a prop bet that Pixel Fold 10 will soon be banned on airplanes?

nunez 5 hours ago

Wow; this is a horrible look for Google. Folded backwards like paper.

hexasquid 3 hours ago

"You're folding it wrong"

  • Krutonium an hour ago

    I know you're joking but truth be told, he did fold it wrong.