The new Pixel 9 series consists of four members and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is the ultimate entry and a far more refined device than the first gen Pixel Fold which was looking pretty dated compared to the new crop of foldables. Google completely overhauled the design of its Pixel 9 Pro Fold, making it both taller and slimmer than its predecessor. The second-gen folding Pixel adopts a square shape with some 15.5mm difference in height from the Pixel Fold, surpassing even Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold6 in that department.
Pixel 9 Pro Fold measures 10.5mm folded
and a mere 5.1mm when unfolded while also reducing its weight to 257 grams
which should make it a lot more comfortable to wield. Another notable design
change comes in the hinge which now unfolds completely flat – something that
the first-gen Pixel Fold did not. It's also IPX8 water-resistant.
Thanks to the new proportions, Pixel 9 Pro
Fold fits larger displays with a 6.3-inch cover screen and a square-like 8-inch
folding screen. Both are OLEDs with FHD+ resolution, feture adaptive 120Hz
refresh rates, and crank out up to 2,700 nits peak brightness. The two panels
also share the same 10MP selfie cams. Around the back, Pixel 9 Pro Fold opts
for a capable yet not-so-different camera setup compared to its predecessor.
There’s a 48MP main shooter alongside a 10.5MP telephoto lens (5x optical zoom)
and an updated 12MP ultrawide module.
Pixel 9 Pro is equipped with Google’s new
Tensor G4 chipset which is fabricated on Samsung’s 4nm process and features 1x
Cortex-X4 prime core @ 3.1GHz, 3x Cortex-A720 @ 2.6GHz, and 4x Cortex-A520
cores @ 1.95GHz. You can configure the 9 Pro Fold with up to 16GB RAM and 512GB
storage. Like its Pixel 9 brethren, 9 Pro Fold will ship with Android 14 and
all of the new Google AI features including on-device Gemini Nano, Pixel
Screenshots, improved Magic Editor and Add Me functionality to insert people in
photos that they weren’t originally part of. Pixel 9 Pro Fold will get 7 years
of software updates. Google is going with a 4,650 mAh battery which it claims
will last 24 hours of normal use. Wired charging is capped at 21W.
Pixel 9 Pro Fold is offered in two colors
- Porcelain and Obsidian. It's priced at US$ 1,799/€ 1,899/£ 1,749 for the 256GB
trim and US$ 1,919/€ 2,029/1,869 for the 512GB version. Google is offering free
storage upgrades for orders placed from now until September 5. Actual
deliveries will begin on September 4.
