Earlier this month, Google unveiled its first-ever foldable phone called the Pixel Fold. It is currently up for pre-orders in a select few countries with shipments commencing from June 27th. Surprisingly, the highest 512GB variant has ran out in the US due to heavy demand. Now in a revelation to Android Authority, it was indeed working on a second foldable phone alongside the Pixel Fold.
Google confirms it was working on a second foldable device
The confession was made by Ivy Ross, Google’s Head of Design for Hardware in an official Made by Google podcast. The same team that was in charge of the Pixel Fold had created a second foldable phone. However, it never saw the light of the day as the team thought that the device was not good enough. The design lead added that the team felt that it should only launch devices that are good enough or better than what’s already out there.
The surprising confession does not reveal any concrete details about the canceled second foldable phone from Google. We may never know if it had the same form factor as the Pixel Fold or if the search giant took the clamshell foldable route to compete against the Galaxy Z Flip 4, OPPO Find N2 Flip, Motorola Razr, etc.
Google considered that the Pixel Fold was the better device among the two which is why it made it to the market and the other one did not. The confession also gives us an idea that Google may have more plans in the foldable phone segment in the future. The search giant may eventually release a clamshell foldable or whatever the canceled second foldable was supposed to be.
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