Google isn’t a company to shy away from innovation when it comes to smartphones.<\/p>\n
The Google Pixel 10<\/a>, for example, is filled with a bunch of fancy new AI features that, while a bit underdeveloped in 2025, have a promising future in changing how we use smartphones.<\/p>\n Still, I don’t need AI chatbots to achieve my perfect smartphone experience. I need a clamshell-style foldable phone from Google, and I need it more than I need to breathe clean air.<\/p>\n Now, you may think this headline is hyperbole, that I’m just being dramatic about a smartphone I really want just to make a point.<\/p>\n However, my desire for a clamshell foldable phone from Google trumps my necessity for oxygen, because at least I can hold my breath for a few minutes, and I can’t stop needing the Pixel Flip for even a second.<\/p>\n I absolutely need this phone<\/p>\n And I need it to be from Google<\/p>\n To be clear, I know clamshell-style foldable smartphones exist.<\/p>\n The Moto Razr<\/a> and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip both represent viable options in this space, with both now featuring all the features you need to make this kind of phone really work for you.<\/p>\n They have the big display on the folded edge, so you don’t have to open it for every little thing. They have high-quality hinges, so your phone doesn’t snap in half after extended use.<\/p>\n And they’ve mostly caught up to the battery life and camera quality of non-foldable phones.<\/p>\n Still, that’s not enough for me. I’ve been a Pixel loyalist since before they even existed.<\/p>\n After my Samsung Galaxy S5 got stuck in back-to-back boot loops in 2014, I decided that Google was the way to go for my smartphone needs, acquiring the Google Nexus 6p as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n After the rebrand was complete and the Pixel launched in 2016, I quickly embraced my new favorite smartphone.<\/p>\n All that to say, I’ve become far too used to the convenience and intuitiveness of the Pixel experience over the last decade to endure a Samsung or Motorola at this point in my life.<\/p>\n The Pixel Flip hasn’t even been teased yet<\/p>\n Forget an announcement, I’ll take a rumor<\/p>\n Leaks and rumors fuel the smartphone industry in 2025.<\/p>\n If you regularly read Android Police, you know that smartphone manufacturers like Google and Samsung are always seeing their plans prematurely announced online, either by accident or sometimes on purpose.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the rumor mill hasn’t been churning out much in regard to the Pixel Flip, with Google not making anything resembling an official statement about the development of such a device.<\/p>\n The best we’ve ever had was a Pixel product manager noting that the company is “definitely considering it” during an interview at Google I\/O… in 2023.<\/p>\n The more frustrating aspect of this lack of announcement from Google is that Samsung was on the ball with announcing both styles of foldable phones almost immediately.<\/p>\n