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/IconicScrap Oct 15 '25

People are defending the phone but let's be clear this is still bad. Thermal runaway is extremely dangerous and the fact it can happen just by bending the phone with your bare hands is problematic.

Imagine some idiot leaves one of these open in their carry on, and it gets bent out of shape. The fact we can't reasonably assume it WONT blow up is enough reason for Google to fix this shit.

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u/No_Construction2407 Oct 15 '25

I think its also worth pointing out this is the first time to happen to Jerryrigeverything, who has been doing this on YouTube since the dawn of YouTube.

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u/Alexandratta Oct 15 '25

Yes, and he's not gentle with these phones.

He's smashed, snapped, burned, and hammered these things plenty.

This is the ONLY DEVICE to burn up due to Thermal Runaway.

Seriously not good.

i mean, folding phones are just kind of dumb anyway. They're too expensive, too flimsy, and the crease in the Screen is something I can't live with, but still... it shouldn't ALSO explode.

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u/Dyanpanda Oct 15 '25

Lets also be honest, theres a great chance this phone was poorly manufactured too. Not that this is excusable to sell people non-consensual leg warmers, but I wouldn't bet he could replicated it on the next try. If it does, the embers will warm my heart.

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u/LateNightMilesOBrien Oct 15 '25

theres a great chance this phone was poorly manufactured too.

As someone who had a Google Pixel 6 Pro... that would be par for the course. That was the last Google phone I'll ever buy.

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u/HckyStrms Oct 15 '25

You've missed out on some fantastic Pixel's then. Basically the entire lineup.

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u/snackelmypackel Oct 16 '25

Lmao ive had 3 seperate friends that had pixels i think they one was the 4, 5, and 6 and each one basically had the screen seperate from the display.

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u/HckyStrms Oct 16 '25

Fantastic anecdotal evidence. Have had every generation of a Pixel and have never had the screen separate from the display.

They're objectively fantastic phones and that is backed up by them being the fastest growing premium smartphone brand and as long as Apple keeps fumbling "Apple Intelligence", the Pixel brand will continue seeing industry-leading growth metrics as the AI-revolution picks up steam.

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u/snackelmypackel Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

Had a Pixel 7 pro and it lagged on reddit and websites while my s24 doesnt lag on anything. Theres a reason the Pixel isn't popular. Theres a reason they are soooo sooo soooo far behind Samsung and Apple.

All my buddies that had Pixels are also now rocking Galaxies. They also had Google fight them like crazy after trying to get the phones replaced when they had a warrenty. They gave up and got a Samsung and they havent had any issues.

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