Final 12 months’s Google Pixel Fold failed JerryRigEverything’s bend take a look at so we’ve been ready to see if its successor – the Pixel 9 Professional Fold can survive the sturdiness take a look at.
The beginning is promising – the Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protected cowl display screen scratches at degree 6 on Mohs hardness scale whereas the primary UTG display screen is roofed in plastic and scratches at a degree 2. It’s all downhill from there because the host provides sand and small rocks on the primary display screen which instantly discover their means contained in the gadget and its hinge.
The bend take a look at begins on the 5:40 mark within the video, and like final 12 months, the 9 Professional Fold doesn’t survive this problem. When bent from the again, the telephone snaps in two which kills its fundamental show and unclips the duvet display screen within the course of. The principle wrongdoer right here seems to be an antenna line which is mirrored on either side of the folding display screen.
The sturdiness take a look at then rapidly turns into a teardown because the telephone is extensive open. We will see the entire telephone’s key parts together with the UTG display screen, mainboard, vapor chamber, cameras, and twin batteries.
