Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Explodes During Jerryrigeverything's Durability Test
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The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold explodes during JerryRigEverything's durability test, sparking concerns about its build quality and safety, with commenters criticizing the device's fragility and questioning the use of LiPo batteries on planes.
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i had samsung fold 3, and knew that bend out tests are very very important.
went with samsung fold 6, i failed to bend at all
pours dirt and makes crunchy hinge noises - me: "stop, stop!"
holds lighter to screens - me: "stop, stop!"
bends phone backwards, it breaks at the antenna line - me: "stop, stop!"
smoke comes out - me: "pretty... I wonder when the smoke detector is going to... ah about 20s"
I haven’t personally used a folding phone, but he was able to break it with his bare hands. I’d expect that from a laptop, but less so from a phone. I put my laptop in a padded laptop bag. I put my phone in my pocket, and sometimes sit on it without issues. JerryRigEverything mentioned the previous pixel folds all broke in the same test in the same spot, along the antenna.
It’s a crazy contrast to Apple, considering how much Apple advertised “titanium” in their phones.
A google pixel going up in smoke because you bent it by hand is completely unacceptable.
Not sure if I see the point of using a craft knife to scratch the case though. Nor the point of using a lighter to kill pixels on the screen. More for the sheer horror of it than anything.
The Iphone air couldn't be broken by hand either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2I
Watch the new iphone tests and you will see the point.
The phone still works at the end.
If that's the point, just chuck the thing into a boiling vat of acid and declare with a condescending voice "whoops, looks like they still haven't quite managed that boiling vat of acid problem despite knowing I test this on every new model". I'm sure that will get those likes and subscribes.
Or are people actually putting a lighter to the phone's screen during day-to-day use so that it matters how many seconds it survives?
The lighter test was originally to identify lcd vs led as they behave differently, but afaik nobody is even doing lcd anymore...
His videos of scratching up phones with razor knifes and breaking them and such get views. It's a bit of a shame, because his other content is actually pretty good, but he built his channel doing those sorts of videos and they continue to pay the bills.