TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThe Google Pixel Fold is totally heavy metalWoo-hoo! And it feels heavy metal – but not in a Metallica kind of wayWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThe Google Pixel Fold is totally heavy metalWoo-hoo! And it feels heavy metal – but not in a Metallica kind of wayWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Woo-hoo! And it feels heavy metal – but not in a Metallica kind of way
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Waqar Khan)
(Image credit: Waqar Khan)
Google’s rival to thebest folding phones, thePixel Fold, is expected to launch this year – and a new report says that Google’s folding phone is going to be heavy metal. Literally.
According to9to5Google’ssources, the Pixel Fold is going to be the electronic equivalent of Rammstein, Gojira, Slipknot and Ghost combined. Admittedly they didn’t say it in those exact words, but that’s what I’m taking from the latest leaks: the Pixel Fold is going to be both heavy and metal.
How heavy is the Google Pixel Fold going to be?
None more heavy. Okay, I’ll stop now. According to the site’s sources, the Pixel Fold is going to be heavier than theGalaxy Z Fold 4, which in turn is heavier than theOppo Find N2and even thePixel 7 Pro. Apparently weight-wise we should be thinking of the Pixel Fold as a small tablet rather than a big phone.
Part of that is for a good reason: it’s getting a big battery. The report says that while some rivals make do with batteries of around 4,440 to 4,500mAh, the Pixel will have a battery that’s much closer to the 5,000mAh mark.
The Tensor G2 promises 20% better energy efficiency than the first generation – but the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 of last year’sbest Android phonesclaimed to be 30% more energy efficient than the Tensor, so it’s not guaranteed that the bigger battery teamed with the second-generation Tensor means a longer lasting phone.
Then again, that might not matter. The Tensor has been specifically designed for the AI and machine learning on which Google’s apps and services increasingly rely, and that could well be what differentiates the Pixel Fold from the rest of the flippers. We’ll find out soon enough.
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