r/foldables

Hello everyone,

I've been going back and forth for weeks between the Pixel 11 Pro Fold and the Honor Magic V6, and I've read most of the reviews and spec sheets already, so I'm mainly hoping for input from people who actually use one of these day to day, not another spec comparison.

My use case:

I need a phone that can shoot good macro photos and video of small, detailed, reflective collectible items for a side project. I also travel fairly often and want to travel light, so I'm hoping to use the phone's own unfolded screen as a stand-in for a laptop while on the road (browsing, email, basic document work), rather than carrying a computer, and without hooking it up to any external monitor.

What matters most to me, in order: durability first (I'm genuinely rough on phones and have cracked more than one), then camera quality for product shots, then everything else.

There are reports of a structural weak point around the hinge/antenna area that has shown up across a few generations of Pixel Fold.

On the Honor side, at least one outlet found real unit to unit performance variance on the Magic V6 (some units benchmarking like the previous generation chip before a replacement unit performed correctly), but the phone has otherwise held up well in independent rough-use tests, and the thin chassis power capping seems to be the main reason for the inconsistent benchmarks rather than a build quality issue. I'm not going off influencer opinions for any of this, just outlet reviews and official test data.

Questions:

Magic V6 owners: how has the hinge and inner screen held up so far with normal daily handling, drops included?

Pixel 10 Pro Fold owners (since the 11 just launched): same question, how has yours held up over time?

Anyone shooting product/macro photography on either one? Real results, not marketing shots.

Anyone actually working off the phone's own unfolded screen day to day (no external monitor), not just a quick demo?

If you had to choose again knowing what you know now, which would you pick and why?

Budget is close either way after trade-in and current promotions, so this is really about which one holds up better and serves these specific uses, not price. Appreciate any real-world input.

Thanks for reading

Hey everyone looking to switch from a slab iPhone 17 pro to a foldable. I tried Samsung folds before but were way too narrow and annoying to use. Between these two, which would you recommend. Stability and software polish is important to me, animations, compatibility and bug free. The fold 8 aspect ratio is a bit weird but something that people say is comfortable and should be tried

hi, im currently on an s21 and its physically damaged, I usually hold onto phones for a really long time and after trying a friend's foldable I got hooked.

budget is not an issue, what do you guys recommend for a long lasting foldable device?

I personally liked the new fold 8's design but I think there are better ones

please share your opinions with me

thanks!

Hi everyone. I have a few specific concerns I am wanting some opinions and advice about concerning getting a foldable.

I live in a rural area, and my yard has sandy/clay soils. I understand foldable phones are not best friends with sand grains and such, but my concern is that sand gets brought into the house regularly by us and by our dogs. I’ve also found over the last three years I’ve had my iPhone 14 that sand has gotten into the cases I’ve had. I had a Defender OtterBox on this phone, and sand got into the case and rubbed some of the midnight color off the sides of the phone and onto the OtterBox’s inner case.

I know I have free will to do what I want and get the phone I want, but I want to hear from foldable phone owners/enthusiasts that have a point of view on this. With what we know about foldables, do you think it would be a waste of time and money with my experience with the sandy soil at my house getting into my iPhone cases?

EDIT: I should mention I live in the US, so I know my options are basically limited to Motorola and two of “the big three” companies here. I think the Razr Fold and Z Fold 8 Ultra are the two I would choose from personally.

So I need advice in between the z fold 8 ultra or the pixel 11 pro fold. I’m switching from an iPhone 15 pro max and haven’t had an android in over 13 years. So with all of that into account what should I do?