Google Pixel Fold Long Term Review!

My long term thoughts on the Google Pixel Fold. As we near the Fold 2, how’s the first gen Pixel Fold held up the last 9 months in my usage? What’s on my Fold 2 wish list? How are the cameras now? Well, let’s dive right in!

Jump To:

00:00 Intro / Design
00:21 Displays
00:40 Durability/Build
00:49 Battery
01:14 Pricing
01:26 Fingerprint Unlock
01:48 Performance
02:03 Fold/Inner Display
02:39 Cameras
03:05 Photo/Video Samples
05:31 Camera Summary
05:43 Final Thoughts

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[MobileRob-tw]

Couldn't agree more on the form factor. Perfect size for both inner and outer screens! I also agree with you on it being the best choice of the other devices available. Thanks for your long-term review. Great job.

[tims]

Great Video man. So o am on my 3rd replacement Pixel Fold. I agree with you about the form factor of the pixel fold because its the perfect size and the orientation just makes sense. On the down side, this is my first Pixel device, and despite haveing some cool features and a great camera, this device has the most unstable cellular connection compared to other mobile device makers. I know the problem is The Pixel and not my service becasue when i put my sim in other devices, i have zero issues. For this reason, this will be my last pixel device and i am going back to the samsung universe were i had to deal with the narrow outer display which i could not type on.

[mightT]

I bought this phone for around $500 in October 2024. yes, the phone is slightly heavy but the overall functionality of it outweighs any of the negatives. I would highly recommend it if you could buy this at a low price. but saying that I would still buy this at the near full price if I knew then what I know now.

[camilovillarraga]

Do you know what the repairs available for the folding would round up? I'm really wanting one but the folding scares me

[gabecruz]

I just got one this week and the battery has been really good im on android 15 beta had the oneplus open and i like the pold more.

[ccjr]

after using my Samsung high end phone; I went back to using my pixel fold...and have been loving it especially using the front screen which is perfect my my everyday use...galaxy fold 6 is good but front screen still not big enough for everyday use...kept opening phone but with pixel fold....use the front screen all the time...love my phone!

[kellieborges]

Have you run into issues with the big screen when running apps? Fir instance, Facebook, Instagram, banking apps. Do they show up nicely on the phone or is the sizing wacky?

[oliverno.]

New viewer here, I feel as though you would like some feedback, so 3 positives, 3 negatives, 3 improvements.

+, Straight to the point and concise, you got right into the video immediately and didn't waffle on, keeping on topic the whole way through.
+, Nice opening setting, you have a natural and bright opening setting with a clear focal point, being the phone. It's refreshing to see as the viewer and makes viewing as someone new to the channel much easier.
+, Great linear video organisation, you go from a clear topic like displays, to the build onto to the battery, it makes for a much more professional viewing atmosphere (if that makes sense) and it gives you more credibility in my eyes as you actually seem like you know what ur talking about.

-, The amount of scenes actually showing the design and aesthetic of the phone are lacking. You show only 3 environments to which you could see the phone, and as the viewer, i would like to see more of these shots, whether it be walking along a suburb pathway, a park trail, or even a grassy/natural landscape to fit with your initial opening setting.
-, You mention data sometimes in the video, and i would like to see this more, it is one thing for anecdotal evidence, however if you are going to show some graphs, you should add more data to back up your claims made.
-, There is no comparison between the pixel fold and other folds, you show images from the pixel however the viewer has no sense of whether its good or bad, we dont know whether the camera is good compared to other phones such as the Z fold, additionally more comparisons would be nice, such as price compared to Samsung or other main competitors, resale, performance, design.

i, Audio quality is a small downside, you have a great calm voice, however it comes across as grainy, muffled and overall just slightly unsatisfying to listen to, if you were to fix this, you would need sound dampening. you can do this via separating video and audio, by doing a voice over separate from the video, you dont need to worry about this. (and for sound dampening, you can just hide under a big douvet or doona, it works surprisingly well)
i, Audio transitions, its hard to recognise sometimes, however there are slight cuts and just abrupt audio changes, such as with the music, if you changed the audio transitions to be slightly more seamless it would significantly improve the viewing experience, and make the experience for viewers who like to listen to videos even better.
i, I had touched on this slightly in the negatives, but more variety in the shots demonstrating the design of the phone, even if its taken from the promotional material of the phone, its a good way to keep engagement high.

Overall, great video, you have a great formula here and I believe if you just refined your videos a slight bit more they would be amazing, and i want to make it a point that it was hard to look for negatives because realistically, there were very little. mainly just pet peeves. Keep doing what your doing man!

[jebaker]

Good video. I have owned all three foldable available in the US. Ultimately, I took the Open over the Pixel Fold. I hope Google improves the build for the Fold 2.

[Alex-ckzm]

Did anyone face any problems with the inner screen?? I am getting one soon but i had a bad experience with the z fold so i wanna know if i am gonna face the same thing with the pixel

[jerzyghost]

Anyone have any quality issues? I bought the OnePlus open and it went bad the first day

[wolf]

Hello everyone, have anyone had problems with the wallpaper changing on its own?

When you past and copy something to a document folder . The items stays over the keyboard

Have any had issues with leaving oily finger stains on the screens

[sifenmusic]

Any problem with the inner screen protector after months ?

[GeorgeKowalski]

I found it more cost effective to go with a pixel 8 and the pixel tablet with the rebate credit Google gives you when ordering directly thru them.

[kurt]

to be fair foldables are a scam for 2 main reasons: 1 battery life - you got an entire phone, minus the battery, plus an aditional phone where you can fill almost entierly with battery. That means that if you never open the phone. you should get about 2 times the battery life. 2nd. And this is a bigger issue, you are paying even more then 2 times the price for this trash. Yes brand new this is 2500 Euros compared with 1050-1100 Euro compared with S24 Ultra. For more then 2 times the price, you got LAST YEAR'S MID RANGE SPECS.
So unless you are showing me how this thing crushes the S24 Ultra in every single aspect, and I mean crush it, not about the same, what you are doing is telling us how great is this piece of trash.