{"id":109672,"date":"2025-10-08T21:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/109672\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:21:22","slug":"google-pixel-10-pro-fold-review-missing-pro-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/109672\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Review: Missing Pro Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnets are the most exciting new feature on Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold for me. I was giddy with excitement when I popped this book-like folding phone<\/a> onto my MagSafe wireless car charger<\/a>\u2014no third-party magnetic case<\/a> needed, no annoying clamps. I was even able to open the phone up, and while it drooped into landscape orientation due to the weight of the second screen, it stayed stuck and gave me a much larger view of Google Maps.<\/p>\n

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold<\/a> and Google’s broader Pixel 10 series<\/a> are the only flagship Android phones<\/a> with native Qi2 wireless charging support<\/a>, meaning they can magnetically recharge just like MagSafe iPhones, enabling faster and more efficient charging. It might not sound like a big deal, but it’s little things like this that can make a big impact on day-to-day use.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, outside of magnets and its folding trick, this Pixel still doesn’t feel quite as \u201cpro” as its name suggests. It’s missing a few staples found on the actual Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL. It’s a good smartphone, but when you’re spending $1,799, you want to get the best bang for your buck.<\/p>\n

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The Pixel 10 Pro Fold on a MagSafe wireless charger.<\/p>\n

Photograph: Julian ChokkattuTen Fold<\/p>\n

Samsung greatly slimmed down its Galaxy Z Fold7<\/a> this summer, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s main competition, and I wish Google had followed suit. Phones are getting slimmer than ever<\/a>, and while you may not care for an ultrathin candy-bar handset with not-so-amazing battery life<\/a>, any millimeter that’s shaved off a folding phone can make a big difference in usability.<\/p>\n

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold doesn’t feel like the chonker it was originally, but next to the Z Fold7, it feels a little more cumbersome to use. I still find it hard to open sometimes (I wish there was a small lip), and I also am not a fan of the asymmetrical design, with visible curved edges on the left near the hinge; Samsung’s phone looks more elegant.<\/p>\n

The hardware feels better than ever though, with a reliable gearless hinge and a crease I find easy to ignore. (If you care, the Galaxy Z Fold7’s crease is slightly less noticeable.) This is one of the few folding phones with a proper IP68 dust- and water-resistance rating<\/a>, even better than what Samsung offers, so you can feel safe using this phone in various environments like traditional smartphones. I dropped the phone when I was getting out of my car (onto asphalt), and I saw only a few nicks in the aluminum frame. And while so much of that comes down to luck, these folding phones just aren’t as fragile<\/a> as they once were. Google says the phone is capable of 10 years of folding, which helps assuage long-term concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magnets are the most exciting new feature on Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold for me. I was giddy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[821,18,68336,823,19,17,279,1309,8005,1142,1143,797,5756,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-109672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-folding-devices","11":"tag-google","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-mobile","15":"tag-phones","16":"tag-pixel","17":"tag-review","18":"tag-reviews","19":"tag-shopping","20":"tag-smartphones","21":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}