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Google Pixel Fold: The phone that's learning to walk before it runs

They may be incredibly impressive from a technical standpoint, but, personally, I'm unconvinced by folding smartphones. After the five minutes it took for their novelty to wear off, my time with Samsung's Z Fold smartphones left me questioning their point in the world,

So my hopes weren't exactly high when I got my hands on the Google Pixel Fold. Google's first attempt at a folding smartphone is glitchy, has a tendency to get hot from basic tasks and will cost you a whopping £1,749.

And yet, despite its obvious problems, the Google Pixel Fold is the first folding device to make me genuinely excited about the idea of

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