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Pixel Phones dominated Tuesday’sMade by Google 2024 upshot . In addition toa full refresh for the Pixel 9 line , the ship’s company unveiled the heir to its first foldable , the Pixel Fold . Google rejiggered its numbering scheme this meter out , jumping to Pixel 9 Pro congregation for what is its 2d take on the category .
The new name redact the gadget in line with the residual of Google ’s mobile portfolio . Time will tell whether the newfangled “ Pro ” bit presages the arrival of a lower monetary value foldable , or if it ’s simply a nod to the high - end pricing and specs on the $ 1,799 equipment .
Thefirst Pixel Fold won us overwhen it launch last summer . It was a well - flesh out machine that sport a more realizable footmark / aspect ratio than the category dominatedSamsung Galaxy Z Fold .
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold looks to be more of the same , which is a expert thing . The with child modification on the hardware side is the move from a 7.6 - inch ( same as the Galaxy Z Fold 6 ) to a full 8 - inch internal display when open flat . Those special fractions of an in put the handset in the running for largest show on a foldable . By mode of comparison , the tardy iPad Mini ’s display is only 0.3 in expectant .
That chief screen sports a 2076 x 2152 OLED video display at 373 picture element per column inch . The refresh rate maxes out at 120 Hz and the brightness at 2,700 nit . The outer presentation is larger as well , bumped up from 5.8 to 6.3 column inch . That one has 422 pixels per inch , with a 1080 x 2424 resolution . It ’s brood in Gorilla Glass Victus 2 .
The handset is thinner than its predecessor , as well . It ’s 0.4 inch folded and 0.2 column inch when open . The battery is 4650 mAh , which Google claims will get you more than 24 hours on a flush . That number jumps to 72 hour with Extreme Battery Saver manner . Like the rest of its Pixel 9 brethren , the foldable is powered by Google ’s unexampled Tensor G4 silicon chip . That ’s coupled with 16 GB of RAM and either 256 GB or 512 GB of computer storage .
The back of the phone inherits the even more pronounced television camera bar that ’s been roam out across the line . There are three rear - confront cameras : a 48 - megapixel wide , 10.5 - megapixel ultra - wide and a 10.8 - megapixel telephoto . The later does 5x optical zoom and up 20x with Super Res Zoom , though that ’s last to initiate to preface dissonance into the double .
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The crowing news is , of course , the improver of Gemini as the nonpayment smart help . The French telephone comes with a year of Google One AI Premium , which include Gemini Advanced , Gemini in Gmail and Docs , along with 2 TB of Google Cloud storage . The French telephone also arrives with seven years of guaranteed oculus sinister and security updates , along with new feature film from Pixel Drops .
The Fold is make out to the U.S. , Canada , Austria , Belgium , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Ireland , Netherlands , Norway , Switzerland , Sweden , the U.K. , Australia , India , Japan , Singapore and Taiwan . It ships September 4 .
