The first foldable has only one foe to worry about — limited availability. Wait, we mean the Galaxy Z Fold4. And the Pixel 7a may have made the Pixel 7 obsolete. Or has it?
We can hardly believe it, Google’s first foldable is finally here – and alongside it launched what may be the best Pixel a-series phone yet. What are your impressions of the two devices from this year’s Google I/O?
We’ll start with the Google Pixel Fold. This phone is already up on pre-order in the US for $1,800 and will be available only in a few other key markets – the UK, German and Japan, though that will happen at a future date.
This effectively means that the Google foldable has only one true competitor, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 (well, soon it will be the Z Fold5). The Pixel Fold has a very similar internal display, but closes (gap-free) to just 12.1mm thickness, compared to the 14.2-15.8mm of the Samsung model.
It is much wider at 79.5 vs. 67.1mm, but that is because the 5.8” cover display has a squat 17.4:9 aspect ratio (instead of the extra tall 23.
