MSRP £1,749
In Aug 13 , Google has lunched there New Pixel 9 , 9 Pro , 9 Pro XL , 9 Pro Fold Series, they also comes with tones of AI features and many more . Today we will discuses about New Pixel 9 Pro Fold .
Looks of Pixel 9 Pro Fold
There was a lot of chatter about the camera bump on the back, mostly because of the way it looks, which is kind of weird. But personally, this hasn’t bothered users. It’s not the biggest wobbler. We wish it was wider like the other Pixels, so it would look more consistent like the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro, but you don’t have to look at it much. I’m guessing it looks like this because of the complicated internals of a folding phone.The rest of the design around this thing is pretty nice. It’s much thinner, first of all, and they’ve flattened the sides all the way around. So, it’s this more modern, squared-off shape like a lot of other flagships. The funny thing is the rounded sides from last year were actually easier to pry open on a folding phone. You’ll notice that if you use both the Fold 1 and 9 Pro Fold back to back.
There are a bunch of other refinements too. The hinge is a bit smaller. The sides now have a matte finish instead of being glossy. So now, you have matte sides and a soft-touch back. Overall, it feels much closer to a normal slab when it’s closed. It’s not fully there yet — we’re not quite fooling anyone — but it’s a little over 10 millimeters thick when folded, and there are a lot of other phones from the past year that are around that number.The main change, though, is definitely that it’s no longer that smaller passport size. This is a full-sized, maxed-out flagship: 6.3 inches, 1080p, dynamic 120Hz AMOLED display. It’s big, for sure. The last one was more reachable. Now it’s much more like the OnePlus Open in size. So, it’s right around the maximum of actually being able to use the whole screen with one hand. Of course, your mileage may vary depending on the size of your hands.
There are still real bezels all the way around the screen, which kind of pushes it away from the hinge so it’s a little off-center. But in general, we still find it very usable, and it feels more like a regular phone than ever before, which is a win.When you open it up, that’s when the benefits of being taller start to pay off. Now, you go from a 7.6-inch screen to a slightly narrower but taller 8-inch screen that’s basically now a square. The screen is way better — it’s up to 2700 nits. It’s nice and bright. It’s actually LTPO, while the cover screen is not for some reason. The bezels have tremendously improved from the first folding Pixel.
The speakers in this thin body are very good and full. The water resistance is here, with an IPX8 rating. The flatter fingerprint reader is easy, quick, and fast. However, little things like the outer display not being LTPO feel weird, considering that’s the one that does the always-on display, so you really need LTPO there.It also doesn’t charge particularly fast, and there’s no Qi2, so the phone has this lower-than-normal wireless charging coil that can be kind of annoying to line up and doesn’t work on certain chargers. This may feel like nitpicking, but hey, when it’s an $1800 phone, you’re definitely allowed to nitpick.
Overall though, design-wise, I really feel like they got a lot of stuff right. The Pixel software experience ends up being what differentiates it from a lot of other folding phone options out there. There are definitely more flashy foldables with more advanced hardware from Vivo and Xiaomi, and there are these razor-thin pieces of hardware with head-turning specs. But to be honest, the software on those typically isn’t nearly as good.Gemini is actually getting good. This is all Android 14, which is the same as the other new Pixels. They’ve promised seven years of software updates on the Pixel 9, which is pretty elite.
Specification
There would be basically two main downsides to look out for,
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Tensor chip being underpowered .
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The downgraded camera
Camera System
Basically, our findings are that they have smaller sensors than the main Pixels, and yes, they are worse, but they’re not horrible. They’re not so much worse that it’s a bad camera now. You can see the style of the photos is the same — it’s contrasty, with high dynamic range, but it’s not as sharp. That’s my main observation.
This gets exaggerated as conditions get worse. In lower light, the photos get softer and lack details faster, as these smaller sensors start to struggle more with light. So, it feels on par with a Pixel flagship, but from a few years ago, like the Pixel 7 Pro.
Tensor Chipset
Google’s Tensor chip has never been the best in its class power-wise or efficiency-wise. We’d argue it’s been good enough for the phones it’s been in. But if you wanted to do high-end gaming, or if you wanted a really extended shelf life for more than a few years, or really amazing battery life, Tensor is holding these phones back.
So, people have been trying to figure out, all right, when is Google going to catch up and get on par with the Qualcomm-level flagship chips? The Tensor G4 in the Pixel 9 line of phones, including this phone, is solid, and it’s paired with 16 gigs of RAM in this phone, which is awesome and obviously helps with the AI models but also running the rest of the phone.But it’s not amazing, and it really makes you wonder: okay, it’s promised seven years of software updates, but will the phone last that long? These are real questions.Word on the street is that the next-gen Tensor chip might finally be the one that transitions from being designed by Google and manufactured by Samsung to the first fully custom Google chip with three nanometers and everything. And that could be the huge jump this needs.
After all, if you want to buy this , our recomandation is you should wait to buy it, because in this price this device is not suitable. You should wait to get price lower. That will be the best choice for you.