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I replaced my Samsung with the Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold - a week later, I'm going back
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When I tested the Pixel 9 Pro Fold two years ago, I applauded Google for going back to the drawing board and building out a true successor to the flawed Pixel Fold. When I tested the Pixel 10 Pro Fold a year later, I wondered if the company was starting to settle, putting more effort into AI features than the actual design. After a week of testing the newest Pixel 11 Pro Fold, I'm ready to move on.
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The Pixel 11 Pro Fold isn't a bad phone per se; it's arguably the safest foldable phone you can buy today, with an IP68-rated enclosure that shields the device from everyday splashes, dust intrusions, and debris. It also helps that the outer screen is made with a new glass-ceramic material that the company tells me is more than twice as scratch-resistant as its predecessors.
There are a few other upgrades under the hood, but considering Google has bumped up the Pixel 11 Pro Fold's price by $100, bringing the foldable to $1,899 for the 256GB configuration, you'll really have to love what else is new to justify spending that much money this time around. Here's the breakdown.
The latest foldable phone from Google features a Tensor G6 chip, an improved camera sensor, and more.
If you showed the average consumer the last three generations of Pixel Pro Fold models, they would struggle to tell you exactly what has changed with the design. That's good news if you're a fan of Google's more traditional, rectangular form factor, with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio that makes wielding the handset feel like using a standard slab.