The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is here and provides updated changes from the Pixel 9 Pro Fold released last fall. Here are three ways in which the phone is different from last year’s model.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold
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Some things have not changed: the price is still high, starting at $ 1,799 (£ 1,749 in the UK), almost identical dimensions (so not as thin as some folding opponents), screen of the same size.
The IPX8 rating in Pixel 9 Pro Fold is now an IP68 rating, which means there is more tangible dust protection. Part of this is the first change, the new hinge.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold: The Gearless Winge
Google claims this as an important update by saying it was an opportunity to promote engineering. The cogs in hinges like these – and let’s remember that hinges are still a new development in the world of smartphone, as they didn’t need a few years ago – can be destroyed or clogged with dust, which makes it difficult to fold or launch the phone. The cameras were the answer, says Google and provided the opportunity to redesign things on the phone.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s new external display
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This meant that although the inner display remains in 8 inches, the outer display is fractional than before, thanks to the smaller wreaths that made the new joint possible.
The new hinge is still glamorous, not matte, something Google says he has chosen because it increases the look and not let it combine.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold: New battery
The redesign also allowed a new battery that is larger than before, and the biggest one in a foldable Google. Where last year’s model has a 4,650mAh cell, this is up to 5,015mAh. Google says it lasts up to 30 hours, which feels about the right to tests.
The truth is that as good as a phone is, the extra battery life is what everyone – everyone – wants.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold: Pixelsnap
Pixelsnap means that new Pixel phones are compatible with Wireless Qi2 charging systems. It’s Magsafe in everything except the name and that means that if you have a magsafe charger, it will work on Pixel. Of course, Google also makes its own charger, if you prefer it, but the flexibility of the wireless charge base has reached the Pixel world now.
Note that while the Pixel 10 Pro XL can manage 25W wireless charging speeds, it exceeds 15W.