Next month, we’re expecting Google to finally take the wraps off of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Even though they’ve already teased it in a video a few weeks ago. This time around, Google is looking to go with a taller cover display, which is going to change the aspect ratios of both displays.
According to Android Authority, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is going to sport a 6.24-inch display, at a resolution of 2,424 x 1080. Versus the 5.8-inch 2,092 x 1080 resolution of the original Pixel Fold. It is also getting a much needed brightness boost, now at 1,800 nits of brightness for HDR content – which means peak brightness is likely even higher.
The main display is also changing, and will now be an 8-inch display with a resolution of 2,152 x 2,076 and a brightness boost of up to 1,600 nits for HDR. This is a tiny bit larger, and closer to being a square, much like many other foldables.
Google’s making the OnePlus Open
Based on what we have seen so far, it really sounds and looks like Google is making the Pixel 9 Pro Fold much more like the OnePlus Open (or OPPO Find N3). And I’m perfectly fine with that. The OnePlus Open is an insanely good foldable, even a year later. The screen sizes are a tad different between the OnePlus Open and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, so it’s not quite a carbon copy, but close enough.
Now with these changes, Google is also changing how many of us use your foldable – if we’ve only used a Pixel Fold. Because of the short and wide cover display, when you opened the Pixel Fold, it was more of a landscape tablet, which means you were already in tablet mode for apps that supported it. Versus other foldables that require you to rotate the phone to get into tablet mode.
We should know more about the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold come August 13, when Google is expected to announce the entire Pixel 9 lineup. Which includes the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
