Google launched its first-ever foldable phone, the Pixel Fold in May this year. It went on sale a few days ago in select countries. However, there is bad news. Owners of the Pixel Fold are already facing issues and complaining about the foldable phone. While there have been instances about problems in even the top flagship phones, they don’t usually crop up right after purchase. Google’s Pixel Fold here is quite a different case. Read on to know more below. 

Pixel Fold casualties start cropping up

ARS Technica’s Ron Amadeo was the first one to share the unfortunate incident of the Pixel Fold. He revealed that the flexible OLED screen on his unit died after four days. The bottom 10 pixels of the foldable phone died first, forming a white line of 100 percent brightness across the bottom of the screen. He added that the entire left half of the foldable screen stopped responding to touch and an hour later, a huge White gradient started moving upwards across the display as seen in the above image. 

Amadeo anticipates that a tiny bit of debris got into the inner screen’s small space between the screen protector and the bezels. It was smashed enough to puncture the OLED panel when the phone was being closed. 

Soon after, other Pixel Fold owners also started sharing problems with their units on Reddit. One user also reported some small dents in the same area of the screen but he has not experienced any problems so far. Another Pixel Fold owner found the screen protector on his unit peeling off along with some scratches. Lastly, a third Google Pixel owner revealed that a bright Pink line appeared on the device’s screen once or twice. However, it spread to edge to edge of the display. 

Addressing the Pixel Fold’s problems, Google spokesperson Alex Moriconi told The Verge ‘We recommend anyone having an issue reach out to support to investigate’’ 

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