Pixel 9 Pro Fold brings larger displays, updated hinge and slimmer profile

13 August 2024

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 $1,799/€1,899/£1,749 for the 256GB trim and $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.