Photos: This is the canceled Pixel Fold that wasnt good enough for Google

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfm1UkEqJ4Q The Google Pixel Fold launched relatively late compared to first-gen foldables from other manufacturers. By the time it was finally released in mid-2023, Samsung had just launched the fifth iteration of its book-style take on the foldable phone (and debuted a second look with the more popular Galaxy Z Flip series), and several other companies had also made their debuts. This situation couldve been vastly different, though — Google actually had another prototype ready a year before the original Pixel Fold but decided to scrap it because it wasnt “good enough,” as revealed by Googles head of design for hardware products, Ivy Ross, in a 2023 episode of the Made by Google podcast.

While the existence of this canceled smartphone is a pretty well-known fact, weve never actually seen it in photos or learned the full specs, but that changes today. Photos of what appeared to be a mystery Pixel Fold-like device first emerged in a quiet XDA forum thread (the original images are now gone, unfortunately, but weve got copies), prompting muted speculation it was either a fake or an early prototype. Thanks to an anonymous source inside Google, Android Authority can confirm that this is actually our first look at the canceled Pixel foldable codename “pipitâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚ and its specs.




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