Sometimes it's the simple decisions that make the biggest difference. With the Pixel Fold, Google made some choices that make it the best folding phone you can buy. Even though Samsung has been selling foldables for five years, its big Galaxy Z Fold foldable makes the same mistakes every year, and Google exploited those weaknesses to pull ahead. Even better for Google, it’s not clear that Samsung will ever change some of these fundamental flaws.
There are two types of foldable phones on the market. One is a smartphone that folds up small, like the old flip phones our ancestors used. The other is a smartphone that opens up large, hiding a tablet-sized display inside. Samsung makes both.
