Google Pixel Fold Android Smartphone UNBOXING

The Google Pixel Fold. Let's see what's in the box

Dave Taylor here, and I'm checking out this. This is the brand new Google Pixel Fold Android smartphone, and it's in the box

So what we're going to do is we're going to do an unboxing. I also have the Google Pixel Fold case, which is a surprisingly expensive little case

but we'll get to that. So there's actually not a lot in the box

even though it's a fairly hefty size and fairly weighty. So I'm going to run through some specs

then we'll unbox, then I'll give you a couple more specs. So first off, it folds

So that means when it's closed, you have a 5.8 inch display

so it's a pretty typical smartphone size. But when you open it up, you then get a 7.6-inch OLED display

and they're different dimensions, which is really interesting. So the external cover is 2,092 by 1,080 pixels

So that's a typical HD screen. And then the internal folding screen is 2208 by 1840

So you get a big screen and it's a much more square experience in terms of resolution

It's all Ph.D plus O LED. and the exterior, which is the better screen, is 408 pixels per inch at 120 hertz

It has Corning Gorilla Victus Glass. Now, the very latest generation is Victus 2, but Victus still represents, what

the eighth generation of Gorilla Glass from Corning, so expect it to be pretty tough

Powered by a Google Tenser G2 Octocor with, ready for this, two cores at 2.7 gigahertz, two cores at 2.7 gigahertz, two cores at

2.32 gigahertz and four cores at 1.9, 4 gigahertz. It's a lot to keep track of

Suffice to say, it should have plenty of power to do everything that you want, even when you

have it unfolded and you're doing two apps simultaneously. We'll see how that works when I get to

the review. For now, like I said, we're just unboxing. Okay, Android 13, 12 gig of RAM comes with either

256 or 512 gig of storage. There's no SIM card. I'm sorry. There's no. There's no

micro sd card so you can't add storage it does have a SIM card because you need to be

online there's probably also ESIM support it does do global networking so you can

use this presumably anywhere in the world which is really nice split screen mode gives

you two apps running simultaneously and then cameras you know what let's start

opening this up and then we'll talk about cameras so the back hashtag team

pixel has paper tabs I like that they have these seals now that I don't need to pull out my knife to open

So, ready? We're going to actually do the actual unboxing. Let's see what the presentation of this device is once we open the box

All right. So you open it up and it looks like that which is not super exciting, but let's open it up

And so now you can see that it's the two pieces. So it's obviously in folded mode and I'm not going to wait any further

We're going to take this little paper cover off and we're going to see what it looks like

And notice there's one inside to keep the screens protected. This is a weak point with folding phones

I'll come back to that. Now here the outside And then on the back we have what looks like a pretty typical like Android 7 design but the cameras are laid out a little different as you can see here and they are rear a 10 megapixel ultra F2 a 48 wide that your main camera at a speedy F and a pretty slow 10 4

folded telephoto, which is only at F3. And then there's a front facing camera here. So I haven't opened it

So this is just in typical mode. The front facing camera is an internal eight megapixel F2. And then if I use it

let's unfold it. Ah, look at that inside. So nice. When you have it in unfolded mode, there is an

internal actually, wait, I'm not sure which ones with. I think this might be the 9.5 megapixel

pixel F2.2 and then the internal selfie camera is the eight megapixel F2.0. One of the things I'm

looking forward to is being able to say, hey Google, take a selfie. We'll see how that works

But here it is fully open. There is a seam. You can see that. And it's more like a fold

You know, when you have this really almost perfectly flat phone, it doesn't quite get flat, but it's pretty close

and I think if I lay it down, yeah, there's a little wobble there

That might be something they do just to sort of minimize the impact on the screen of the folding and unfolding

But let's go ahead. I'll give you a tour. Let's close it up. A tour of the buttons on the right hand side on what I would describe as the bottom surface is the volume up and down and power

And I'm going to push power. Let's see if this thing turns on. Usually they ship with batteries, so that's good

And on the top, there is on the upper surface a speaker cut out

And on the lower surface, what looks like where you would put your SIM card

And then, of course, there's the seam. And this is actually a, let me get this right, a durable stainless steel hinge, we'll see

And then on the bottom, on the left surface is, wait, that looks like a SIM card

Uh-huh. The top looks like it might be a microSD slot, or maybe there's two different sizes of sims at sports

I don't know, yeah, it'll have to do some research. And then the bottom has USBC and another speaker cut out

And let's see. So here we are, welcome to your pixel. I'm not going to go any further than that, but let's see what happens if I open it up

Do I switch to, oh, look at that. Welcome to your pixel. Nice and big

Very cool. So this is IPX8 waterproof. It has the built-in VPN from

Google One and battery wise it has a 4821 mill amp hour battery a smidge

less than the Android 7 Pro and they say it gives you greater than 24 hour

battery life we'll have to find out and it has wireless charging support my

guess would be that it's probably on this surface and then of course then you

have that cutout for the cameras and my experience particularly with the

iPhone side is that because that you have that camera bump, the wireless charging

doesn't work as well as it should. That's something I assume the industry is

going to figure out. There is a second generation Chi wireless charging protocol

that just coming onto the market Hopefully that address this And let see I keep moving this around and it is orientation sensitive So if I do this and then I turn it this way you can see how it super quick and spinning around

Pretty cool. Now, I'm going to just go ahead and leave it like that

And this is one of the big modes that they talk about is that you can have an app running and another app running here

Or you could use this for selfies or for video. Pretty cool

But I'm also curious, as I'm sure are you, what else is in the box

So let's find out. So it does come with some information here and then it feels like the sides have stuff in them

Maybe they do, maybe they don't. Let's open it up. Hmm. Might just be spacers

Yep. Sad but true. I think just cardboard spacers. Not very exciting

I assume it's the same on both sides. So no secret case

or anything hidden in there but as we go further down now you can see there's some

paperwork from Google so I'll pull this out and then underneath the paperwork

very typical for the pixel line is a USBC to USB charging cable and a USBC to

USBA adapter for those of you that need that for your cables I'm not sure why and

that's everything so somewhere I'm guessing in And here is also a SIM removal tool, which is that little tiny metal thing that honestly, I think probably 80% of the industry just uses a paper clip that they bend

Either way, it works. And that's our unboxing. So we have the adapter

We have the charging cable. We have some documentation, probably mostly legal jargon

We have the insert with pieces of cardboard. Don't get excited like I did

thinking that, ha ha, look, they're going to surprise us. And of course, most importantly, this really cool phone

So, 5.5 inches by 6.2 inches by 0.24, about a quarter inch thick when it's closed, when you open it up

I'm sorry, this, let's do that again. This is not, this is the first time I've done a folding phone

So getting all these dimensions is tricky. So this, in closed mode, is 5.5 inches

Let's push the button here. There we go. It's not orienting correctly

I guess it wants to be sideways. Okay, so this is 5.5 inches by 3.1 inches by half an inch thick

So it's a pretty thick phone, although they say it is the fittest of the folding phones

Not a lot on the market yet. But when we open it up, then the dimensions change

And this now is 5.5 inches by 6.2 inches by a quarter inch thick, logically

And it's 10 ounces, so it's pretty hefty. But realize you really have two smartphones here, you know, that are just connected at the hip, as it were

So that's everything here in the box. And I also got the pixel fold case

I don't even know what color this is. Let's see. So rather mysterious

This looks like it is the same. color as the phone. So this is the obsidian case and no big surprise. It's two separate pieces

that you put on and it a tough case because you have so much screen You obviously don want to cover any of the screen but you want the case to give you a bit of a bumper so you have a little bit more protection because this is a very expensive

phone. So it's really all I got here. So really, really intrigued, you know, intrigued and

excited to have more time with this phone and to run some tests. I will do a full review

I know the cameras are going to be great. That's absolutely the trademark of the pixel

lineup is that Google really does great job with its cameras, but it is pretty spendy

So that's something you really want to consider. It's also the very first generation from Google of this sort of articulated, hinged phone

and screen, and there are already some isolated reports of people having some problems with

damage, particularly if there's like dust or dirt that gets in the screen and then they close

it, that has a tendency depending on what that is, of, being gritty and possibly damaging the screen. Now to me that sounds like user error

because it's just inevitable you're going to have to be a little bit more protective. It's like if you

have two TV screens that are going to touch, you really need to make sure there's no dust or dirt

or sand or grit on it, right? Seems logical, but I will try it out more and we'll see where we are

Now, let's also talk about the price because it's pretty spending. Now I will tell you that AT&T was very

generous in sending me this whole setup to test and review, which is great. So I'm going to quote

their pricing, but first off, comes in two colors. This is the obsidian, but if you would like to

have a white with gold accents, then that's only available through Google. That's what they call

their porcelain color. And this phone with the smaller memory capacity of 256 gig is 1879-99 or 24

$25 a month times 36 months through ATT.com. Again, AT&T sent me this phone, so I'm going to suggest you go and start by checking out their pricing. I know other carriers have special pricing, and if you go directly to Google, they also have different pricing, and they have some promos. I noticed when I check today that if you pre-order this, you can get a free pair of the, I think it's the Google Pixel Watch is what they have now. Earlier, they were doing the Google Buds

always worth shopping around to see where you can get your best deal. The case, which isn't much

yet, I expect a lot more to show up on Amazon and eBay over the next month or so, but this is

$59.99. So it's pretty spendy for such a small amount of material, and it comes in light blue

or white or this sort of dark gray color, which I'm going to call black. But so $60 for this

And then the phone itself is going to run you almost $1,900 or more if you want to get the larger memory capacity

So this better be one heck of an experience for $2,000 for a smartphone

But so far, super interesting. That's all I got. This is probably the world's longest unboxing

Come back. I will absolutely have a review with tons of demo footage and photos

And I'll catch you then. See ya