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The 1800 dollars

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pixel fold is Google's expensive
first attempt at a foldable smartphone.

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Unfortunately, in some ways it falls flat.

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Google's
first attempt is just that an attempt.

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The company's high quality
pixel camera attached to a foldable.

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But it's not the revolution
we've been promised.

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At 1800 dollars,
it's a potential alternative

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to the other ultra expensive
squashed devices out there.

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Perhaps next year's
version will iron out its kinks.

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But for now, it's
not that good of a start.

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Perhaps the best way to explain
this is by unfolding it while close.

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You don't see any of the rounded edges.

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This device does not open completely flat.

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And while Samsung has been working
to decrease the size of its center

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crease, the pixel fold
has a gully running down its center.

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And a lot of ways the pixel fold is
just an iteration on what's come before.

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Now, the actual device makes sense
in a lot of ways.

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You don't get the same kind
of functionality you do

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from a regular pixel device.

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There's no chin and no back button.

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Instead,
you have a lot more gesture controls

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in order to actually pull up tabs
and different functionality.

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The best thing about Foldables, in
my opinion, is the ability to use it

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in dual screen mode.

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And Google makes this pretty easy.

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You load up any app
and then just by swiping up from

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the bottom,
you can bring up another toolbar.

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From there you pick any other app, just
drag it to the other side of the screen.

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And there you have to screens
running at once.

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However, as for the camera,
there's some of the best functionality

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comes from kickstand mode.

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And since it's using Google's
high quality cameras,

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you can get some good night
shots out of it as well.

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Probably the biggest sticking point
on this device,

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just like any foldable, is the price.

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1800 dollars, It's going to run you up.

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Now, consider
that you could get a very strong

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laptop
and another phone for the same price.

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It's kind of defeating the purpose.

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If you really just want a two in one pixel
fold, two will certainly be interesting.

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One school that works out how to reduce
its bezels but maintain durability.

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But I'm still waiting for the next company
to crack the sub $1,000 foldable.

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I don't know if anybody ever will.

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Read more product
reviews here on Gizmodo.com.

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It's a better phone than it is a tablet.

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And that's the same thing
with a lot of foldables.

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If you're really looking for something
that can do those two in one the same way,

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if you're looking for something

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that can do that too and want the Google
pixel has that giant crease in the middle,

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which just makes it more annoying to read
and to look at video.

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I'll try and set up an example.

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It's just more annoying to watch video
with that giant crease

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in the middle for one.

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You're getting a lot of glare
just by any kind of light source.

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Two, you're going to find it distracting
unless you fully press it open.

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And even if you want to

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have it on a tabletop,
since it doesn't lie completely flat,

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you're going to have problems
when you're just trying to read it

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or watch something.

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If you want to lean over like this.

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But these are problems
with a lot of foldables.

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I guess what's Google's

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biggest issue is that they just haven't
figured it out quite yet.

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I don't know if anybody can, but right now

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you can buy a $500 pixel tablet
and a $900 pixel pro

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and still have the money left over
for a decent VR headset.

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The pixel fold two will certainly be
interesting once Google

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works out how to reduce its bezels
but maintain durability.

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But I'm still waiting for the next company
to crack the sub $1,000 foldable

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go from this.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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But other than that,

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you can buy a $500 pixel tablet
and a $900 pixel

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seven pro and still have money
left over for a decent VR headset.