Android Circuit: Pixel 11 Pro Fold Specs, Honor Magic 8 Pro Air Bring Thing, OnePlus 15T Pre-Orders

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Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines across the Android world, including Pixel 11 Fold Pro specs, Honor Magic 8 Pro Air thoughts, Samsung Z Trifold departs, OnePlus 15T pre-orders, Poco’s X8 Pro series arrives, Boox’s new eInk tablets, and more desktop tweaks for Chrome on Android.

Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Android in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Apple news here on Forbes.

Google Keeping The Fold The Same

Google appears to be keeping the same foldable phone design as the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Renders from OnLeaks show the same heft as the 2025 model. While it is slimmer (by 0.2mm when folded and 0.4 mm when opened), Google has not followed the design cues of the likes of Honor and Oppo. Forbes contributor Janhoi McGregor takes a closer look at the benefits:

“There are some obvious benefits to Google’s foldable design. Firstly, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold has a huge 5015mAh battery in comparison to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7’s 4400mAh. I have used both extensively, and the difference is more than noticeable. The company has doubled down on battery life with its Pixel 10 and Pixel 9 series too.”

Honor Brings Thin To The Flagship

Not every manufacturer is turning away from the ‘thin is in’ fashion of 2025. Honor’s latest entry in its Magic 8 range follows the svelte style. The Honor Magic 8 Pro air clocks in at just 6.1mm thick, while still sporting flagship-level specifications, including a 5,500 mAh silicon-carbon battery. And it’s the battery tcapacity that stands out in this form factor:

“I was shocked by the battery size, and then even more shocked when it delivered the exact all-day battery life I’ve been waiting for from a thin phone. Over the past few weeks, the battery life has averaged around 5-6 hours of screen time per day, which is more than enough, but I’ve also had it go over seven hours when used mostly on Wi-Fi. This is incredible, and simply…

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