Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold - Expensive Imperfection

Folding smartphones are extremely expensive, so every buyer hopes to get everything they need and even a little more from such a flagship gadget. Unfortunately, the American company Google could not make the hero of today's review truly balanced, so the model's compliance with the requested money is in great question.

The appearance of the new product is impressive, but there are a number of drawbacks. The main one is the wide display frames. They are redeemed by the small thickness of the glass and metal case for the form factor, the convenient location of the side fingerprint scanner, a beautiful, albeit protruding block of three photo modules. Both the additional 6.3-inch (2424x1080 pixels) and the main 8-inch (2152x2076 pixels) AMOLED screens are characterized by excellent picture clarity, its excellent smoothness at a refresh rate of 120 Hz, a decent peak brightness of 2700 cd / m2. Users are unlikely to have any complaints about the oleophobic coating or color rendering, but the PWM effect is disappointing. People sensitive to it are unlikely to be able to work with the AMOLED panel for a long time.

The technical specifications are represented by the proprietary Tensor G4 CPU, 16 GB of RAM and the Mali G715MC7 video accelerator. Their performance cannot be admired against the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400. The results in synthetic tests are much more modest (1,200,000 points in the AnTuTu benchmark, which is two and a half times less than the values ​​​​of the mentioned chips), in the most resource-intensive games with maximum graphics settings, lags occur. But there are no freezes in the Android 14 interface, applications launch quickly. Autonomy is mediocre. The huge AMOLED display is not enough for a 4700 mAh battery, you will have to look for sockets or power banks every day. Wired charging with a power of 27 W and its wireless alternative at 7 W are also not particularly pleasing. But the permanent memory is allocated 256/512 GB.

The 48-megapixel photo module and 10.8-megapixel telephoto lens (5x optical zoom) with hybrid stabilization, 10-megapixel wide-angle sensor easily cope with any photo shoot scenarios, which will definitely appeal to all lovers of high-quality mobile photography. Evening shots are free of noise, have excellent detail, there are no obvious disadvantages in the video in 8K resolution. Rich stereo sound, NFC contactless payments, 5G support and IPX8 water resistance add to the list of advantages, but the previously described shortcomings will not turn the device into a future bestseller.