Pixel 9 Pro Fold
GoogleReleased Sep 1, 2024 · Analysis updated Jul 15, 2026
A foldable phone with a large screen, long battery life, and impressive camera performance in a lightweight design. The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold scores 79/100 based on 26 expert reviews in the foldable phones category. Coverage includes reviews from Stuff, Pcmag, Techguide, and Theguardian.
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What's this?based on 26 expert reviews
Pros
- Large screen(10)
- Long battery life(9)
- Good camera performance(9)
- Lightweight design(8)
- Great camera quality(7)
Cons
- High price(18)
- Slow charging(10)
- Missing features(3)
- No 8K video(3)
26 Publication Reviews
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An astonishing year-on-year turnaround for Google's foldable effort. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold isn't quite a class leader, but has the styling, screen and software to earn a podium place
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Google's heavily revised Pixel 9 Pro Fold is an attractive, book-style folding phone that banks on the power of Gemini AI to appeal to early adopters, but it falls just short of Samsung when it comes ...
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is making its long-awaited appearance in Australia this year and after using it for the last week I can easily say that they have hit the ground running with a phone that c...
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is the best folding phone-tablet hybrid design yet and is a massive leap over its predecessor.
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold offers excellent display quality, very good camera performance, and excellent overall performance, though it is heavier than most smartphones.
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Google's new foldable is remarkably light and thin, making it the most comfortable foldable I've used yet.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold delivers all the Google software goodness wrapped in some of the finest folding hardware, making it one of the best book-style folding phones available in the US.
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This is a really fun phone that is a legitimately major upgrade over its predecessor, and I don't have any hesitation when I say if you have the ability to trade up from the original fold to the new o...
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Google's new foldable smartphone, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, offers excellent multitasking capabilities and a compact design that makes it a compelling alternative to carrying both a phone and tablet.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is the Android phone I never want to go a day without.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is an excellent foldable that successfully balances phone and tablet functionality while maintaining the premium Pixel experience.
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is their second foldable smartphone and the first to make it Downunder, offering excellent dual-screen functionality despite its high price.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a refined and likeable foldable that addresses many of the original's shortcomings while maintaining the clean Android experience and excellent camera system that Pixel fans lo...
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Google's first foldable in Australia, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold impresses with one of the thinnest and nicest foldables around.
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is the best folding phone for entertainment fans, offering a thin design, bright mini tablet screen, and excellent camera system, though it's expensive and has slow chargin...
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Google's second-gen foldable phone has almost everything that I wanted in the first one.
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold offers an impressive foldable experience with a seamless display and excellent performance, but software limitations and high price make it a challenging recommendation.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is my favorite new foldable phone, and it’s all about the way it looks and feels.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold offers the genuine joy of having a tablet in your pocket with minimal hardware compromises, though it is held back by significant software quirks and a high price.
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is the best device with a folding form factor in DXOMARK's ranking to date, though its video output and certain telephoto details lag behind non-folding flagship devices.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a logical choice for anyone desiring a sizable tablet and a phone in one package, but requires tolerating some compromises in camera quality and software optimization.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is better than its predecessor in many respects, but the Google smartphone is still not where it should be compared to Chinese foldables and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6.
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Google's Best Foldable — With Caveats
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a decent foldable with excellent displays and cameras, but its poor battery life, underwhelming performance, and high price severely limit its potential.
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After a weekend using the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, I have one massive gripe
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a solid folding phone with a spectacular 8-inch display and improved hardware, but its $1,800 price tag and missing features from the Pixel 9 Pro make it feel like you're not g...
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