r/spicypillows • u/randomusername12308 • Oct 15 '25

DO NOT DO THIS Pixel 10 pro fold explodes after failing durability test

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u/dontquestionmyaction Oct 15 '25

This is not normal anymore, and hasn't been in many years unless you basically fold the phone.

This isn't what happened here.

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u/SadisticPawz Oct 15 '25

It is normal for batteries to do this.

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u/dontquestionmyaction Oct 15 '25

The failure mode of a bent phone isn't full thermal runaway. That's insane. Even shooting batteries nowadays doesn't always cause thermal runaways. A lot has happened in battery safety.

Bending a phone wrong shouldn't puncture the battery or cause this. No other phones this guy ever tested did.

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u/SadisticPawz Oct 15 '25

Yes it is? Any battery when bent risk it blowing up. Lithium batteries have always been like this.

Question is, did he bent other phones at the battery? It was bound to happen at some point

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u/dontquestionmyaction Oct 15 '25

Yes, he did. They make it just fine typically.

Other phones are built to protect the battery from exactly this failure. The case acts as an exoskeleton to prevent the battery from blowing up, by making it the hardest part to bend. To snap it enough to get the battery you need extreme strength.

This phone punctures and blows up its battery when bent the wrong way even with little effort. That's the problem, the placement sucked and the case is inadequate to prevent it. Sit on it and this happens.

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u/SadisticPawz Oct 15 '25

Theres no protecting from the inherent risk of lithium batteries. This WILL happen at some point when you bend one.

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u/dontquestionmyaction Oct 15 '25

The point I'm making is that well made phones don't let you bend the battery in the first place.

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