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Pixel 10 Pro Fold Smokes During Extreme Durability Test
The Pixel 10 Pro Fold fails durability tests at the antenna line, with battery damage causing smoke in one case, reflecting a recurring design flaw over three years.
- In a published video, YouTuber Zack Nelson bent the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and it broke on the first test, then a second bend damaged the battery, producing smoke and charred wreckage.
- Over the last three years, Google's foldable Pixel line has had the same antenna line design issue, with devices bending there and Chamberlain describing thermal runaway as a local short circuit.
- When Nelson poured dust onto the hinge, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold failed to keep debris out during unfolding, challenging Google's IP68 water and dust resistance claim.
- Google has not yet responded to the incident and didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment, while The Verge notes other Pixel battery issues this year led to updates for Pixel 6A and Pixel 4A.
- Still, where Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold series fails to break in recent years, Google’s Pixel Fold series repeatedly struggles under Nelson’s extreme durability tests.
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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold catches fire during durability test, called weakest folding phone tested
oogle Pixel 10 Pro Fold caught fire during the durability test of YouTuber JerryRigsEverything. The device, when bent, erupted in smoke as the battery almost exploded, and triggered the fire alarm.
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The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold just failed a durability test to a ‘catastrophic’ extent - WorldNL Magazine
(Image credit: Philip Berne / Future) The Google Pixel 10's battery started smoking during a durability testThe phone also snapped at a weak antenna lineAnd it failed to demonstrate its claimed dust resistanceThe Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is – among other things – sold on being durable. It's the first foldable with an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance, and Google claims that it can survive up to ten years of folding. But despite these su…
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