folding phones

Andy Boxall/Digital Trends Samsung is just a few weeks away from putting its fifth-generation foldable phones on the shelves. Of course, faster silicon, better cameras, and larger batteries are some of the iterative upgrades we’re all expecting. But more than anything, I hope Samsung has made the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 a tad more durable. It’s an obvious request, but a quick look at the real buyer experience with Samsung’s foldable phones adds a bit of urgency. Earlier this month, a Digital…

Lord, this is painful to see to the tune of $1,800! JerryRigEveything Google’s first foldable phone, the Google Pixel Fold, has left a pretty solid first impression. Not just because it’s a Pixel — with all its camera and software goodness — that can also pull off a foldable trick. Instead, Google really surprised with sleek hardware that is exquisitely thin. In Google’s own words, the Pixel Fold has a “thinner profile than any other foldable phone” while also offering the “most durable hinge out there.” But it looks…

Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends Google has finally entered the foldable market with the Google Pixel Fold. It provides a great stock Android experience, direct from Google, that’s powered by the impressive Tensor G2 chip with 12GB of RAM and your choice of 256GB or 512GB storage. One of the best things about any Google Pixel device is the camera. It’s hard to take a bad photo with a Google Pixel, and that includes the Pixel Fold. The one major competitor for Google’s Pixel Fold right now, at least in the U.S.,…

Joe Maring/Digital Trends I’ve been reviewing smartphones for a long time — over 10 years, to be exact. I’ve reviewed many of the best phones of all time, some mediocre ones, and a few duds that I’d rather forget about. It can be difficult to keep track of all the phones I’ve tested and evaluated in the past decade, but there are a few that truly stand out. The Motorola Razr Plus is one such smartphone. The Motorola Razr Plus has been my go-to smartphone for a few weeks now, and it’s one of those rare phones I can’t…

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 (left) and Vivo X Flip (right) Andy Boxall/Digital Trends Samsung really needs to let the cover screen on the Galaxy Z Flip 5 do its own thing, and not stifle it by imposing nanny-state rules and locking it out from running any app we choose. If it does give the cover screen its own life, it’ll have a chance of beating the Motorola Razr Plus, which has shown us the joys of having a fully functional tiny screen on our flip phone. If it doesn’t, then Samsung really needs to watch its back this…

Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends Google’s first foldable, the Google Pixel Fold, is now available for everyone. Even though Google is a few years late to the game compared to other brands like Samsung, it’s better late than never, right? The Google Pixel Fold has received mostly positive reviews, including our own. But like any other foldable, it’s not without some issues. Since there are moving parts with foldable devices, there are more points of failure than a simple slab-style smartphone, especially as this…

u/crazymojo83 / Reddit The Google Pixel Fold has been out for a total of one day. And after being on the market for about 24 hours, we’re already seeing a lot of reports of the phone completely breaking for some unlucky owners. Take a quick look at Reddit, and it doesn’t take long to find horror stories from Pixel Fold early adopters. User crazymojo83 posted the above photo on the r/PixelFold subreddit yesterday evening. They say that five hours after setting up their Pixel Fold, the factory-installed screen…

Digital Trends Foldable phones are making a huge splash right now as more and more smartphone manufacturers start trying their hands at making foldable tech. There are currently two main foldable camps: tablet-like folding phones and flip phone foldables. While larger folding smartphones bring a lot to the table as half-steps of sorts between regular smartphones and tablets, one of the main selling points for flip phone foldables is their portability — especially in the current market, which seems to be constantly…

Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends Google is doing what no other foldable smartphone maker has done before. The company has tapped iFixit to sell genuine repair parts for the Google Pixel Fold, with all the official repair guides in tow. It’s a great move, but the situation with foldables makes it a risky ambition, too. From an average foldable phone enthusiast’s perspective, it is an unprecedented strategy. It suggests that Google has enough confidence in the simplicity and robustness of its Pixel Fold…

Andy Boxall/Digital Trends Foldable devices have been growing more and more popular over the last few years as major smartphone manufacturers have begun making more of them. In the U.S., one of the only companies making foldable devices is Samsung, which has the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip lines. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is an excellent device that serves as a hybrid of a smartphone and a tablet. However, now that the Fold line is established in Samsung’s lineup of yearly releases, it can be difficult to know if you…