"In a video published today, YouTuber JerryRigEverything, aka Zack Nelson, subjected the foldable to his usual durability tests, but as he's filming his bend test - after having already broken the phone open - the battery expands, appears to overheat, emits enough smoke to set off a nearby fire alarm, and ultimately ends up as a charred wreckage on his testing table."
""Surprisingly, in the decade that I've been durability-testing phones, I have never had a smartphone explode before," Nelson says. "The Pixel 10 Pro Fold is the first phone to go up in smoke." And while he notes that this is an "extreme test," he adds that "I've also subjected every mainstream smartphone made in the past 10 years to these exact same tests. And this is the first time I've ever had one fail so spectacularly to the point where my fire alarm is going off.""
A Pixel 10 Pro Fold experienced a severe battery failure during an extreme durability bend test: the battery expanded, appeared to overheat, emitted smoke, and became charred while triggering a nearby fire alarm. The failure occurred after the device had been intentionally broken open and the screen folded back behind itself, a scenario described as an extraordinary stress condition. The incident is reported as unusual even among extreme tests, with no prior identical outcomes noted. Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Earlier Pixel models received updates addressing battery overheating risks and stability improvements.
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