Durability tests are a popular way to show how robust electronic devices really are. A popular YouTuber who specializes in smartphones, among other things, is JerryRigEverything. The subject of his latest test was a complete disappointment: the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Goes up in Flames
Not even four weeks after its market launch, the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is already making negative headlines. In a test by the well-known American YouTuber JerryRigEverything, the smartphone failed completely. At a hefty price of 1,899 euros and up.
When “Jerry,” whose real name is Zack Nelson, subjects the device to his famous bend test, it explodes on camera and bursts into flames. “[…] the Pixel 10 Pro Fold fails my durability test catastrophically,” Nelson says.
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“One Fail so Spectacular”
“Surprisingly, in the decade that I’ve been durability-testing phones, I have never had a smartphone explode before,” the YouTuber comments on the experiment’s result. He has performed this extreme durability test on every mainstream phone of the last decade and has never “one fail so spectacular to the point where my fire alarm is going off,” The Verge quotes him.
One person joked under the video that Nelson didn’t do a durability test, but a lung endurance test, because so much smoke came out of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Overall, many viewers heavily criticized the smartphone. What’s clear is that this was a dangerous experiment. Google has not yet commented on the result.
Sources: YouTube/@JerryRigEverything, The Verge
This article was originally published on futurezone.de / 4P.de and has been carefully translated.