Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is my favorite new foldable phone, and it’s all about the way it looks and feels. It seems like a normal phone, feels thin and not bulky, and is incredibly fun, whether I keep it open or closed. The AI features are powerful, maybe even too powerful, and the huge inner screen is the best canvas for the Pixel Studio image generator or reimagining photo editing.
It falls short of the flat Pixel 9 Pro in many ways, but it makes up the difference when you open the tablet hidden in your phone. Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a weird mix of premium and basic parts. It has Google’s latest Tensor G4 chipset paired with a whopping 16GB of RAM, premium like the Pixel 9 Pro. The outer display is as basic as the Pixel 9, and it can’t match the brightness or the LTPO versatility of Pixel 9 Proโs panel.
The inner display is top-notch, it uses LTPO technology for a variable refresh rate of 120 Hz, and it can hit brightness levels up to 2700 nits, but it isn’t the sharpest display around. The cameras offer impressive specs, like a 5x optical zoom lens that makes a big difference while shooting photos or recording video. Unfortunately, it has smaller sensors with fewer megapixels than any other Pixel phone.
Between the Tensor G4 and all the RAM, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold chugs along nicely. The phone may be underpowered compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 or the latest iPhone model, but Google relies on its cloud and its specialized processor for so many of its AI tasks that it hardly matters.
So what if the Pro Fold takes a bit longer to make photo edits? It’s making magic. In all seriousness, I am worried about the long-term viability of this chipset, since Google is promising that Pixel 9 Pro Fold will get Android OS updates for the next seven years.
Google is making three big claims about the Pixel 9 Pro’s design. This is the thinnest foldable phone you can buy, the inside screen is the biggest display ever packed into a phone, and this is also the most durable foldable Pixel phone yet. At least one of those claims seems highly suspect.
When I showed Pixel 9 Pro Fold to iPhone-toting friends and family, they were all amazed. It’s the first foldable that looks normal. They all said how normal it is, and being thin helps a lot. Pixel 9 Pro Fold is so thin that it’s less bulky than my iPhone 15 Pro Max if I keep iPhone in a case.
On the other hand, the big cover display means Pixel 9 Pro Fold has the biggest inner display on any foldable phone, even bigger than the Honor Magic V3. It has a noticeable bezel, but it isn’t thick or silly-looking like the pool deck surrounding the original Pixel Fold. The crease on the inner screen is still a crease, just as with every foldable phone I’ve seen. The crease gets less noticeable with every new foldable, but it’s still there.
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a normal cover display. It’s the same display as on the Pixel 9, and sometimes being normal counts for a lot on foldable phones. It counts every time you don’t feel like opening the phone. If the cover display is weird, the phone isn’t as fun to use.
The Pro Fold’s cover display is incredibly bright and colorful. The inner display is like a dream, it’s nearly a square, so unfortunately, movies don’t usually fill the big screen, but videos and shows still look bigger and better inside than out. Web pages are much easier to read and navigate, and maps are an entirely new world of navigation.
But this phone is best for photo editing. It’s so much easier to edit photos on the big Pixel 9 Pro Fold’s inner display that I am surprised Google doesn’t show every AI demonstration on its foldable. If you were questioning the fun and utility of AI tools before, seeing them on the big display makes things more clear.
In bright outdoor light, Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold excels. I used the phone extensively for photo work in bright sunlight, along with all the other phones. Pro Fold’s cover display was the easiest to see at full brightness, and it was the most intelligent when it came to activating the brighter screen modes. When it comes to foldable phone displays Pixel 9 Pro Fold gives you more screen on the outside and inside with more brightness. It’s the best foldable display I’ve used till today.
This Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold can do everything the other Pixel 9 phones can do, which means a lot of AI. The coolest and most advanced new features are probably the image-making tools. You can create images from scratch with Pixel Studio. There are limits on making images with humans, but anything else seems to be fair game. I love the suggestions Google offers in Pixel Studio. The erasers can be hit or miss, but they hit hard when they’re on target.
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