For the first time in 10 years of testing various devices, the smartphone was disconnected from the effects of fire
Video blogger Zach Nelson, nicknamed JerryRigEverything, known for his cruel tests of smartphones, tested the new Google foldable smartphone for durability. Let’s just say that the new Google Pixel Fold was not up to par, failing the standard JerryRigEverything tests.
Nelson summed up the testing rather disappointingly:
A brand new foldable device from Google. And… well… that’s not very good. The Google Pixel Fold scratches, burns and bends and ultimately fails the JerryRigEverything durability test. Hopefully Google can beef up the phone a bit next year.
The screen inside can be scratched by a material with a hardness of 2 on the Mohs scale, which is, in principle, natural for a flexible screen. But the case is also not scratch resistant. But the external screen showed itself at the level of standard flagship smartphones – scratches appear at level 6 on the Mohs scale.
Google Pixel Fold scratches, blackouts from the heat and breaks apart
Also, the smartphone does not withstand exposure to fire. The external screen, in principle, could not recover from the “burn” – a burnt spot remained on it. When exposed to fire on the internal screen, the smartphone simply turned off after a few seconds of “torture” and refused to turn on for about a minute after that. Then it turned on and displayed a warning saying that the smartphone turned off due to overheating. This puzzled Nelson, as this was the first time in 10 years of smartphone testing that this had happened.
According to Google, the smartphone received an IPx8 rating, which means good resistance to water, but no protection against dirt and dust. However, the smartphone was still able to transfer sanding.
And the last test, the bending test, brought the smartphone out of action – it turned out that one click in the “wrong” direction was enough. The internal screen retained the ability to display an image only in a small part, and the smartphone itself stopped closing completely. At the same time, it does not provide any hardware “insurance” against such an incorrect bend. With a few movements, Nelson managed to break the smartphone completely, even reaching the battery. Google advertises the hinge as the most durable in the world, and Nelson ironically says that the hinge just survived – all the other parts of the smartphone broke
