Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era
Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold is a modest update in a rapidly evolving foldable market. While it offers IP68 durability, a solid camera, and useful multitasking features like Bubbles, its design feels dated compared to slimmer rivals from Samsung and upcoming foldables from Apple. The phone is thicker, heavier, and has a more visible crease, but it remains a competitive choice for those prioritizing durability and a traditional aspect ratio.
If HiLight was going to be this basic, why did Google even bother?
- harrouet
I remain an irreductible fan of the one-hand theory, and therefore stick with an iPhone 13 mini. I might be late at the folding-phone revolution.
Alas it seems we won't see any such phone that fits in a pant's pocket and that can be operated single-handedly. I am afraid that the 13 mini is the last of its kind.
Yet many reports of people dropping their gigantic phones. Maybe that's a business model after all.
- Archer6621
The crease makes it look cheap and fragile, like with many of the foldable phones.
I'm curious what people need the huge screens for on phones? Is it mostly for watching videos?
- rf15
> trapped in a shape everyone else seems to be moving on from.
Really not sure if we were ever there. Foldable phones still feel like a novelty that is expensive and fragile, among other tradeoffs. Also moving on to what, exactly? The regular slate form factor is what people buy, and have been for years at this point.
- havaloc
I picked up a Z Fold 8 for a test device, in order to optimize my app for folding phones (also in anticipation of Apple's folding phone), and the squat form factor really seems like something out of the future (certainly something different), I like it way more than I thought I would, the front is convenient for a lot of quick scrolling, checking things, and the wide 4:3 inner screen is really great for content viewing and web surfing. Even the front screen alone is better for content viewing then the traditional slab phones.
I like it so much I'd consider a non folding phone in the squatter form factor as well.
- forestrywat
I cannot understand how people can tolerate the crease. It's so visible on every foldable. And it's simply not acceptable to my eyes.
- bch
> Apple is expected to enter the market with a foldable iPhone
Is it time to bring Jony Ive back?? Have some backbone, Apple...
> that, rumor has it, includes all of the above and adds iOS too.
Ok, this snippy comment is for The Verge - what crack reporting got you the scoop that Apple would be releasing an iOS phone?
- belinder
I drop my phone a lot, I have a great case for it so not a scratch after 6 years. I am interested in getting the foldable but apparently the cases don't protect the hinge or let dirt get in? Anyone have experience with this? Maybe I'm not the right audience, too clumsy
- chungy