The newest thing in smartphones is the foldable phone. Samsung and Google sell them and Apple is expected to soon jump into the fray with its own foldable phone. There is just one problem. Foldables cost nearly $2,000, hence preventing their widespread adoption. However, Amazon has the first Google Pixel Fold (256 gb) on sale for $559. The 512 gb version is $599. Google Pixel Fold on Amazon.
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The phone runs on Android 16 and gets at least five more years of OS updates and monthly security updates. Android Authority has a pretty good review of the Fold. If you like playing around with tech, here is your chance to get a foldable without breaking the bank.
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18 comments:
That’s too much anything less expensive?
What’s the appeal of a fold phone?
Flip phones are not new. I have one I have had for a long time.
I am SICK to death of "technology" being the center of the Universe. Can't wait for it all to crash.
There is always a reason this garbage is on sale. It’s outdated eWaste. Don’t be a tech illiterate midwit like KF. Don’t waste your money on eWaste.
The CPU in this device is the Google Tensor G2 released in 2020. The latest Google Tensor CPU is the G5. What you will be paying for is 4 generations old literal eWaste. Don’t fall for it.
Ha. In case you didn't notice, I included a review where all those things are acknowledged. Yup, it has a Tensor 2 chip. Guess what? Unless you are a spec monkey or do heavy duty gaming, it runs just fine. Most of these phones are overspecced now anyways unless you do serious video editing or gaming.
However, the Fold did get good reviews when it came out although it did have flaws as any phone does. Foldables are convenient as you don't have to have a tablet. However, the cost is ridiculous, $1800 and up. $600 is a good deal. Hell, most of you are getting phones that cost $500 to $1,200 now anyway. You just think they are cheap because you are on monthly plans.
Ok you asked for it. This is what your marketing website probably didn’t tell you.
The Google Tensor CPU is their in-house developed, ARM-Tensor SOC designed for their AI data centers. You are all probably vaguely aware that silicon chips are manufactured in large wafers. They try to get as many good chips off that wafer as they possibly can. That is called their “yield” and it’s a lottery. Well, from that yield, they go through a second process called “binning” which is where they benchmark and performance test the chips. The best “binned” chips go into their data center. The worst binned chips go to one of a dozen OEMs making the Pixel devices.
This phone is literally made from the worst binned chips of their second generation process node for Google Tensor.
It is trash. It’s probably worth more like $100 as an obsolete novelty.
No iPhone, no care.
Kingfish, no one cares about Android phones. Stop pushing these “deals” to make yourself feel better about using one.
He will have it up for sale on this blog in a month… comments disabled… 😂
Things that will never happen.
A gorgeous, college age brunette strikes up a conversation and asks you about your Pixel Fold
”This old thing? Well, no it’s not the new iPhone. It’s the first gen Pixel Fold. Yes, they were discontinued in 2024, but I got mine just last week for under $600 from an Amazon Marketplace seller”
TL;DR
Save your money and get the new foldable iPhone instead.
Nope. Happy with my Pixel 10 Pro XL
Muscle cars, guns and ammo, and tech brings out the mansplaining “experts” every damn time.
@9:58
Sorry if my explanation went over your head. You can return to being an uneducated consumer and buy whatever slop the marketing team can package with low-info buzzwords like “gig-speed” and “AI-ready”
Apple does the same binning process with Apple silicon. Except the worst chips go into the iMac and Mac Mini. The reason for that is because they can still pump a lot of power through the chips used in desktops because they use active cooling, and they don’t care about power or thermal efficiency. Apple puts the most efficient chips in the iPads and MacBooks for maximum power and thermal efficiency. Better binned Apple Silicon=better performance at lower wattages.
Ironically the Mac Pro and Mac Studio get the worst binned chips and consume the most power. The Max silicon is also bad binned. They take two defective chips, cut off the bad cores, and sell them as MAX because MORE CORES! then they clock them high and put a better cooler on them. It works. It’s something AMd has done for a long time and it is a good way to sell not great silicon that still works and passes QA.
There were folding phones in Europe when I lived there 20 years ago. The US has always been behind in cellphone technology.
You can blame the carriers for that.
I agree.
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