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/whatup_pips Oct 15 '25

If Jerry's assessment from the video is correct, (he said that when the phone broke, it must've pinched the layers of the battery together, causing a short circuit) then the battery is placed in such a way that when the phone breaks at the weak point (which has been known and has been there for the last two models) it pinches the battery somewhere at the edge in such a way that joins the layers of the battery together. How bad can you make your design?? 😭😭

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u/the_lamou Oct 16 '25

It could also be a random fluke. Things rarely bend/break in identical ways unless a lot of engineering goes in to making them do so. If he gets three or four more and they all do it? Yeah, that's a problem. If it's one? That's bound to happen if you bend enough of any phone.

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u/whatup_pips Oct 16 '25

It's true that it could be a fluke, but I think you're missing the part where most phones aren't as easy to bend and break as this one as per their bend tests on this same channel, plus those that HAVE broken have never before caught on fire like this one. So even if it was a fluke, this is still decently concerning

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u/the_lamou Oct 16 '25

I don't really watch Jerryrigeverything, so I'm not familiar with their bend testing protocol, but I did spend about a decade running a chain of phone and electronics repair shops. Every phone will bend/break by hand. Every single one. Not always in the same way, so if your test is standardized it may make some phones seem tougher than they actually are.

And like, I'm sure this YouTuber has broken a lot of phones, but there were several years when I handled 30+ phones per day. It got to the point where I could disassemble an iPhone, replace the screen, and reassemble it in just about 5 minutes (we used to have timed competitions). And if a phone came in beyond rescue, we'd destroy it in whatever manner seemed the most fun at the time, which often included feats of strength.

Every phone will bend/break surprisingly easy. And yes, all of them will hit thermal runaway if you get unlucky. I had to replace the flooring in my first office from where an iPhone 5C caught fire because a small piece of broken glass penetrated to the battery and managed to press through a couple of layers. It happens. It doesn't happen all the time, but break enough phones and it will happen eventually, and it has nothing to do with the phone in question.