Oh, and you’re going to need to have at least $1,799 spare to buy one.

Depending on where you’re coming from, you’ll have different questions about the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

It’s faster, thinner, and lighter, with a bigger and brighter main screen.

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It also offers a much better experience as a standard phone when it’s closed than its predecessor did.

(our sister site PCMag calls its battery life “only average.")

It’s not all great, though.

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Should you buy the Pixel 9 Pro Fold?

And here’s the case against it: You’re paying almost twice as much money for it.

That’s the simple calculation you’re making with this phone.

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

If you buy this, you might want to purchase phone insurance, too.

And yet, despite the reservations I’ve got, this is a fantastic phone.

With the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Google has brought that future a big step closer.

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold camera sample

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold