Google’s newest flagship telephones are right here, sooner than normal, flaunting new design, {hardware}, and much more AI options than final time round. The lineup now consists of 4 units – the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Professional, Pixel 9 Professional XL, and Pixel 9 Professional Fold. For the primary time, shoppers in India will have the ability to purchase all 4 handsets. I have been utilizing the smaller Pixel 9, priced at Rs. 79,999, for a few days now and here is a take a look at what’s new with the bottom Pixel.
Firstly, the Pixel 9 has a brand new design in comparison with final 12 months’s Pixel 8. The edges at the moment are flat like an iPhone 15 or Samsung Galaxy S24, the rear digicam visor is now changed with a pill-shaped digicam bar that continues to take a seat horizontally throughout the rear panel, and the entrance bezels at the moment are uniform throughout. Regardless of the brand new digicam bar design, you possibly can nonetheless inform it is a Pixel from afar. Additionally new is the glass safety, which is now Gorilla Glass Victus 2, each back and front. The telephone continues to retain the IP68 score from final 12 months’s mannequin.
The show on the Pixel 9 is brighter and has uniform bezels throughout
Google has packed a barely bigger 6.3-inch show on the Pixel 9, and this makes the telephone taller in comparison with the Pixel 8. The show continues to be an OLED panel with full-HD+ decision and 60 to 120Hz refresh fee, nevertheless it’s now brighter. You additionally get an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint reader as a substitute of the optical discovered within the older mannequin. Our evaluate unit got here within the Porcelain color choice, however the telephone can be obtainable in Obsidian, Peony, and Wintergreen shades.
The acquainted digicam visor is not there on the again and has been changed with a pill-shaped bar. Nonetheless, the digicam bar protrudes simply as earlier than. The telephone will get a twin digicam setup on the again with the identical main digicam sensor as final 12 months however options an upgraded 48-megapixel ultrawide sensor. The glass tablet formed housing contained in the digicam bar is larger than final 12 months as nicely. The entrance digicam is identical because the Pixel 8, a 10.5-megapixel sensor, however now will get auto-focus.
The brand new digicam bar jogs my memory of the Google search bar
The Pixel 9 lineup is the primary in current Pixel historical past to not get the newest Android construct at launch, however that is as a result of the telephones additionally launched sooner than normal. Because of the Gemini Nano mannequin working on-device, you get Android 14 out-of-the-box and an extended checklist of AI options. The telephone is powered by the brand new 4nm Tensor G4 chipset paired with 12GB RAM and 128GB storage. The brand new SoC allows quite a lot of the newest AI options, and I will be testing them completely. There are additionally new apps resembling Pixel Screenshot, which helps you to seek for content material by screenshots, and Pixel Studio, which lets you create photos from scratch. Aside from simply an AI increase, Google additionally claims that the brand new SoC provides enhancements in efficiency and effectivity. I will be testing the claims in my full evaluate.
Lastly, you get a barely bigger 4,700mAH battery with the brand new Pixel 9, nevertheless it nonetheless helps 27W quick charging as earlier than. The telephone additionally options wi-fi charging.
Google’s Pixel 9 provides some good upgrades over final 12 months’s Pixel 8, particularly with the brand new ultra-wide digicam, brighter show, and the Tensor G4. There are additionally loads of new AI options obtainable on the telephone, and there is a lot. Nonetheless, are all of those upgrades and AI add-ons sufficient to justify the value hike, and may the Pixel 9 tackle upcoming telephones such because the iPhone 16 collection? Keep tuned for the complete evaluate to seek out out.
