Making a compelling foldable phone turned out to be harder than originally envisioned, though, and not only because the hardware at the time didn’t allow for the teardrop hinges and ironed out creases that are now the norm.
Google also had to think about the software adaptations that would make stock Android take advantage of the larger screen that can fold in half, and find ways to stand out from the other brands’ foldables.
Google had the right Pixel Fold design hitch

Alleged “Pipit” Pixel Fold prototype | Image credit — Android Authority
The freshness of the Google design is visible on both the final product, and on the prototype, but the Pixel spirit is carried better by the initial effort of Google’s (or HTC’s) design team.
All the prototype Pixel Fold cameras and accompanying paraphernalia on it are placed in a strip across the back that asymmetrically splits the two-tone patterned body. This is actually one of the most welcomed new phone designs in recent memory.
Second, the stripe is unique to look at and blends with the back without sticking out like a sore thumb, even though it is elevated. Moreover, this is a design playground with numerous two- and three-color combos of the Pixel Fold to keep its looks fresh and adjustable to every taste.
Most phone cameras are lazy ergonomics


Google’s rear camera design stands out | Image credit – PhoneArena
After getting pressed on the camera front by Android handsets that started employing large sensors, ultrawide or macro lens, and even zoom cameras, Apple started playing catch up and slapped multiple cameras on the back of its iPhones in its turn. To fit them in, however, it didn’t resort to symmetrical shapes or positioning.
Since it started deploying those unsightly camera islands on every iPhone, from the basic to expensive ones, other phone makers stopped having qualms about slapping one on the back, too, and brought on a sea of identical handsets.
This typically means that today’s trinity of phone camera features – main, ultrawide, and telephoto sensors – were predominantly tucked in the easiest possible from a design standpoint place, the upper left corner of the back.
With time, it started getting so crowded by more and larger sensors, lenses, flashes, periscopes, lasers, and infrared or even LiDAR sets, that its size got way out of proportion and ergonomics were nowhere to be found.


Oppo is trying to do a different thing with the camera island design | Image credit – PhoneArena
Samsung then started separating the elements in their own tiny “islands” which was still not a symmetric solution, while companies like Oppo or OnePlus simply moved all cameras in the middle of the back, bringing back symmetry and ergonomics.
Google’s camera strips on its Pixels, however, are a stroke of genius design that stays signature for the brand even as it provides handling ergonomics that other solutions don’t offer and allow for a play of colors that would have set the Pixel Fold apart had it managed to stay the course with the prototype design.
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