Google’s latest folding phone isn’t afraid of a little sand. Ask me how I know.
by Allison JohnsonOct 8, 2025, 5:00 PM UTCAllison Johnson is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview.
It’s one thing to know that the folding phone you’re using is fully dust resistant. It’s an entirely different thing to watch an $1,800 phone with delicate mechanical parts sink half an inch into the sand with the screen wide open.
There’s more to that story, but the short
