An exclusive look at reliability laboratories, where Google strains stress by testing pixels

Smartphones are durable, Strong devices we carry everywhere. They get A little better Every year, too. Whether it is through improved glass technology, it is more destroyed and scratching, or screen size adjustments to ensure the best experience in your hand.

Take only signs Pixel 10 Pro FoldFor example. It is now IP68 classification Water and Dust resistance, just like most The leading Candybar phones. Just a few years ago, the hinges mechanism on foldable phones was still facing problems with dust, and even the latest Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 It is only IP48, and this means that it is not. like Dust resistant like pixels.

Phone manufacturers operate a battery of tests on their devices constantly throughout the development cycle – sometimes more than a year before the product appears. Google invited me to its headquarters at Mountain View, California, to check a single test center, which is called the reliability of laboratories. It is an unwanted building on the Google campus, but inside the next generation Pixel phones and Smart watches Get down, fall, and even frozen to measure the total durability. (I paid Google for a portion of my travel expenses to see its search facility.)

Folding test

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It is possible that you have seen a test like this with others Fold smartphones. Pixel 10 Pro Fold is installed on this device, which folds the device continuously and exposes, which allows the phone makers to say that their devices can withstand 250,000,000 or 500,000 folds, providing more peace of mind for the reliability of the hinges. This is just one test machine, but Google says it has many of this machine in Asia, which are folding and unveiled units.

Google claims that the new Pixel 10 Pro Fold can stand up to 10 years of folding, or 200,000 times for detailed. Samsung 500,000 folds are called Galaxy Z Fold7. (If you fold the phone 100 times a day-which is at the excessive end-it is 365,000 times after 10 years). But Google’s claim over 10 years old is not only related to joints. The new design without gear for Pixel 10 Pro Fold enables more space to be shown, putting less pressure on the screen, and there are many new reinforcement layers to support the screen. This means that both the screen and the joints should continue for a contract.

Scratch tests and wear

Photo: Julian Chocato

The next is some erosion tests. The first was the arm of a model wearing a pixel 4 watch, which was installed with a robot arm moved back and forth. The watch tape was resting on a piece of wood, and the test measured how quality of the tape is when it rubbed against the material. (It is easy to switch the materials that you rub it into something else, such as a metal sheet.) It is a surface erosion test. Google works to test new belt types for its smart hours; The pressure sensor applies a consistent strength of the exact measurements.