Google Pixel 9 Professional Fold vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6: How the most effective foldables stack up – TechnoNews

Google’s Pixel 9 Professional Fold is right here, evolving the corporate’s foldable telephone system from the lineup’s debut a 12 months in the past. The corporate’s second-generation mannequin has a much bigger display screen than the 2023 mannequin and (shock!) is filled with Gemini AI options. Let’s take a look at how its specs and options examine to its most direct rival, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.

Dimensions and show

The Pixel 9 Professional Fold is a barely greater telephone than Samsung’s. The Pixel 9 Professional Fold is 13 % wider and a smidge taller when unfolded. Each telephones are roughly the identical thickness when open, though the Pixel measures a bit thinner when folded.

Each telephones have OLED (or OLED-adjacent) shows with the goodies you’d count on from the tech: wealthy colours, deep blacks and extra environment friendly energy in darker scenes. Google’s mannequin has an 8-inch OLED Tremendous Actua Flex most important show, whereas Samsung makes use of a 7.6-inch AMOLED. The Pixel 9 Professional Fold’s inner display screen is 12 % greater by space. They’re equally sharp: 373 ppi on the Pixel vs. 375 ppi on the Z Fold 6.

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The telephones’ outer shows are the identical measurement diagonally (6.3 inches). Nonetheless, the Pixel’s is 6.5 % greater when measured by space, which elements in side ratios.

The Pixel 9 Fold Professional is 7.5 % heavier: 9.1 oz (257 g) in comparison with the Z Fold’s 8.4 oz (239 g).

Processor, RAM and storage

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The Pixel 9 Fold Professional is powered by the Tensor G4 chip, whereas the Z Fold 6 runs on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. We’ll want extra hands-on time with the Pixel to say what which means in benchmarks and on a regular basis expertise. Nonetheless, we discovered the Z Fold 6 speedy and responsive with out noticeable lag.

The Pixel does have extra RAM: 16GB to 12GB on the Pixel. Each telephones begin with 256GB storage. Every provides a 512GB variant, however solely the Z Fold 6 has a 1TB choice. (For individuals who don’t thoughts paying almost $2,300 for a telephone!)

Value

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Foldable telephones are nonetheless luxurious gadgets, with the Pixel outpacing Apple’s costliest iPhone by $600. The Pixel is a bit cheaper than the Z Fold, setting you again “only” $1,799 and up in comparison with the Z Fold 6’s $1,900. (Though you could discover trade-in offers that depart you paying considerably much less.) Even the “budget” rival to those two, the OnePlus Open, nonetheless prices a hefty $1,700 with out trade-ins.

As a lot as foldable telephones have improved since they first arrived 5 years in the past, they’re nonetheless pricing out all however essentially the most deep-pocketed customers. Till they’re competing extra with different high-end telephones than top-of-the-line laptops, they’ll stay area of interest merchandise for the privileged.

Full specs comparability

Right here’s a desk displaying the complete specs breakdown between the Google Pixel 9 Professional Fold and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.

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