@@bankruptseeWhy, it looks nothing like that horrible first one. Thank god they changed the name, new customer who hopefully don't remember the first one.
Probably because it's been the naming scheme since the 12. So it's been long enough to no longer be commented on. Remember the iPhone XS Max that was hilarious.
I also picked up the 9-pro fold. If you want to improve the battery life you should turn off the background usage for apps that you really don't need it for. My first 2 days with the phone the battery barely lasted the whole day. After turning off a lot of the apps running in the background I gained a ton more battery life. By the end of the day I'm around 40-50% battery life left.
Google said it in the interview with mobile. Mike, that the reason they couldn't put more hardware into the phone is because of how thin it is. You got to remember that those camera modules and if you look at the teardown those camera modules that it has right now are large and take up a good chunk of the back of the phone. So if you were to have increased it and made them larger it would have taken even more space and you would have had even less space to put everything else in the the phone. That's the reason they had to cut back on the cameras, megapixels etc. Next year I'm sure we'll get better cameras. Why? Because as the years go by and technology gets better, the camera modules start to shrink and the smaller they get the more you can fit into a smaller space
@@markedgerton4170, this 100%. Many Chinese foldable phones are thinner AND have better cameras. I haven't used any chinese phones but ended up returning the p9 pro fold and ended up keeping my one plus open. The price difference just wasn't worth it. I miss call screen and waiting, however, it's not worth the premium. I'm looking forward to the one plus open 2, or potentially next year's p9 pro fold in which they'll hopefully put in better cameras and better charging speeds. I will say the p9 pro fold had incredible battery life though.
You’re not entirely wrong… the problem is that the Chinese folding phones seem to be better overall. I won’t buy one because of all the backdooring crap they out in Chinese phones but the hardware can already be improved right now.
I don't care how thin the device is, if you're going to charge almost £2000 then I don't want to hear your excuses. You better figure out how to make it work
Watching this video from a pixel fold pro blah blah whatever the f***. This thing is a masterpiece! The Google UI is fantastic. Android by the people that own Android. No Google wallet and Samsung wallet Samsung pay Samsung Play store on top of everything else. Android belongs to Google so you just get such a clean simplified user experience while having amazing build quality with a competitive price and the best cameras ever put into a cell phone.
For better life, you can go into the battery settings and see how much screen on time you've had in any given day and how many hours it's been since it was last fully charged. The only way to give battery info in reviews is to give your rough average screen on time in a given day and maybe include how you generally use your phone day to day.
I love it. I'm not big on phone games, so it doesn't bother me I can't run games at max settings. It runs smooth as butter doing day to day tasks/regular phone stuff. Battery life is cool, just hate the slow charging, especially the slow AF wireless charging. Other than that I have no complaints.
Wait one minute....did you say its the best phone on the market because of the outer display over the z fold 6? Have you not heard of the oneplus open that still is better than the pixel 9 pro fold in every way?! Took you a week to get the name right? I really can't listen to anything you say
@@cody7790 if you view a youtube video and open the fold it will then open that app or video in fuld unfolded display. If you mean can you watch two seperate youtube videos side by side or different video from the front and the unfolded screen, then the answer is no. Logistically wouldnt make sense having to cope with two different audio outputs for two different videos
Just my experience... but my P9PF doesnt get any warmer than any other phone ive used. And when he says its thicker than a candy bar phone, i think it's worth clarifying that it's BARELY thicker. Its a minimal difference.
I sold my z fold 6 for the 9 pro fold case everything this is just better ( camera ) is miles ahead of Samsung on the phone and Google will to continue to max out its capability. And simple Google software makes this phone a winner!
can't understand why people say z fold 6 is to narrow it's just perfect for me and I've got big hand's, a bigger front screen, what's the point you will never use the bigger screen that's inside, which it's made for, fold 6 for me any time love the build and software.
What is your opinion on flip style foldables Seth? Maybe you're too young to have nostalgia for the satisfaction of closing your phone to end the call with a pleasing "clack" 😅 ☎️🤳
I go back and forth between this and the fold 6, they both have their pluses and minuses. Agree about the cameras for the money they should be better but this is why i have an s23/24 ultra ..if i need to take amazing shots i hop on one of those (plus i use the Spen alot as a die hard former note user)
I don't understand the dual selfie camera. There's literally no point having one on the "front" display. If you're going to take a selfie you should be using the real camera and if you're doing video conferencing you should be using the internal camera. That "front" camera makes zero sense.
You're not using the inside screens enough (yet) because you aren't used it - that's why you keep using it as a 'regular' phone. you must unlearn, what you have learned.
It's the thinnest of the phone is why they couldn't put better cameras in it. What I don't understand is the damn 21 watt charging, for a $2000 phone is egregious. My z fold 6 is too narrow and now for sale if anybody needs a 1tb. The best foldable is the Pixel but the OnePlus open is overall better although it's a year old it's still solid! I wish the Pixel had a 1tb option and it would be my main driver. When the iPhone which I have no intention on getting this year, because it's a money grab now has 45 watt charging! Also I have iPhone 15 pro max 1tb for sale too! I'm going all android this year! The s24 ultra is phone of the year!
You really dont understand why foldables hsve lesser cameras than slab phones? The camera bump would he ridiculously thick if you put the Pixel Pro camera hardware on it. Same with the Z Fold... you can't put the S24U hardware on the Z Fold without it being obnoxious looking/feeling.
Btw... One strange bonus of using a Pixel, is that while viewing UA-cam, instead of the only options being standard 1.0 magnification or completely filling the entire screen, you're able to pinch to zoom between 1.0 and filling the entire screen. I think zooming into 1.2 or 1.3 makes great use of the inner screen without cutting off too much content. Idk why every phone isn't able to do this.
Yes the oneplus open is way better and I'm annoyed that he says it's the best one he's used compared to the crappy z fold 6 because the front display is better than anything he's used like the oneplus open doesn't exist or something
The Pixel software doesn't take advantage of the foldable form factor at all. That, and not supporting a stylus, make it a complete miss relative to any other foldable on the market. Oh, and having the UDC on the Z Fold is actually great because you have a completely uninterrupted inner display with a serviceable webcam when needed for video calls (which it excels at, looking as good as any laptop webcam on a Teams or Zoom call).
I haven't have a fold phone since the z fold 3. I love this phone. I was worried about many reviewers talking about low tier tensor 4 chip compared to High powered snapdragon. So far it been fast and snappy. I can multitask and do my work and watch videos. Only gripe for me is no dex style where you can turn it into computer . And battery life. All and all 4 out 5 star for me.
I think the gripe for a bigger outer display creates a situation where opening the phone is more tedious, as pointed out in the video. The outer display being the size of a normal phone is pointless to me, but thats also why i have a flip
@@DeeePYP you have the ability to make folders big or small for you apps on the screen. it's thin and very light. the Google fold battery would last about 7 to 8 hours I can get a day n some change on the OnePlus Open. The OnePlus Open supports Ethernet and external display as the Google fold doesn't. Google phone has more AI features but I don't use it anyway. The OnePlus Open came with a case, super charger and cable. I can fully charge my phone in about 35 min.
The battery life and warp charging was a game changer when I switched to the 8T a few years ago. It was hard to move on from that, but I liked the Pixel 7 Pro experience a lot. The Pixel fold slow charging makes it hard to justify the price for me....I was always close to pulling the trigger in the Open, but the limited years of updates made me hesitant with the price point. Basically... foldables are not in my price range at the moment 😔
Not as good as the OnePlus. Had the pixel 9 pro fold for 10 days and compared it to my OnePlus, and my Z fold 5 and my OnePlus is still by far the best foldable in my opinion. For many reasons.
@@halfmanamazing549 "feels cheap" isn't the same as "is cheap" cause the OnePlus is made with exact same quality materials as the pixel. Notifications is just subjective. I love the notifications.
@@markedgerton4170 Do you like the fast charge? The OnePlus Open fast charge , from 0 to full in 50 minutes. Wireless is so overrated, still takes a wire, so you save 2 seconds of plugging it in.
I've had mine for 20 days and I was recommending it like CRAZY... HOWEVER a couple hours ago id say be very cautious and HAVE INSURANCE. I've only opened the inner daily about 7 times. The last one I hear grinding and the inner display is now cracked through the entire crease.
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I don't know why people keep commenting on the length of the name of the phone.
iPhone 15 pro Max is pretty long as well but no one comments on that.
Came here to comment this and my man already took care of it. So true.
Because they should've just called it the Pixel Fold 2
@@bankruptseeWhy, it looks nothing like that horrible first one. Thank god they changed the name, new customer who hopefully don't remember the first one.
Probably because it's been the naming scheme since the 12. So it's been long enough to no longer be commented on. Remember the iPhone XS Max that was hilarious.
Absolutely - I reckon (nearly) all reviewers just watch each other's videos, read each other's articles and re-serve it
You Apple boys shouldn’t wear Apple watches when you do a review on an android phone.
I also picked up the 9-pro fold. If you want to improve the battery life you should turn off the background usage for apps that you really don't need it for. My first 2 days with the phone the battery barely lasted the whole day. After turning off a lot of the apps running in the background I gained a ton more battery life. By the end of the day I'm around 40-50% battery life left.
Google said it in the interview with mobile. Mike, that the reason they couldn't put more hardware into the phone is because of how thin it is. You got to remember that those camera modules and if you look at the teardown those camera modules that it has right now are large and take up a good chunk of the back of the phone. So if you were to have increased it and made them larger it would have taken even more space and you would have had even less space to put everything else in the the phone. That's the reason they had to cut back on the cameras, megapixels etc. Next year I'm sure we'll get better cameras. Why? Because as the years go by and technology gets better, the camera modules start to shrink and the smaller they get the more you can fit into a smaller space
Bullshit. Chinese phones have better hardware and are thinner and the software is horrible on this. Returned it.
@@markedgerton4170, this 100%. Many Chinese foldable phones are thinner AND have better cameras. I haven't used any chinese phones but ended up returning the p9 pro fold and ended up keeping my one plus open. The price difference just wasn't worth it. I miss call screen and waiting, however, it's not worth the premium. I'm looking forward to the one plus open 2, or potentially next year's p9 pro fold in which they'll hopefully put in better cameras and better charging speeds.
I will say the p9 pro fold had incredible battery life though.
You’re not entirely wrong… the problem is that the Chinese folding phones seem to be better overall. I won’t buy one because of all the backdooring crap they out in Chinese phones but the hardware can already be improved right now.
I don't care how thin the device is, if you're going to charge almost £2000 then I don't want to hear your excuses. You better figure out how to make it work
Lol...tell that to vivo, Huawei, honor, xiaomi.
Watching this video from a pixel fold pro blah blah whatever the f***. This thing is a masterpiece! The Google UI is fantastic. Android by the people that own Android. No Google wallet and Samsung wallet Samsung pay Samsung Play store on top of everything else. Android belongs to Google so you just get such a clean simplified user experience while having amazing build quality with a competitive price and the best cameras ever put into a cell phone.
For better life, you can go into the battery settings and see how much screen on time you've had in any given day and how many hours it's been since it was last fully charged. The only way to give battery info in reviews is to give your rough average screen on time in a given day and maybe include how you generally use your phone day to day.
Honor Magic V3 says, "Hold my beer. "
I love it. I'm not big on phone games, so it doesn't bother me I can't run games at max settings. It runs smooth as butter doing day to day tasks/regular phone stuff. Battery life is cool, just hate the slow charging, especially the slow AF wireless charging. Other than that I have no complaints.
Wait one minute....did you say its the best phone on the market because of the outer display over the z fold 6? Have you not heard of the oneplus open that still is better than the pixel 9 pro fold in every way?! Took you a week to get the name right? I really can't listen to anything you say
Video looks good and pics look good too. Nice to hear a fair review unlike so many who have slammed it
Mine is coming in tomorrow. Can’t wait. I recently found your channel and I’m enjoying your content.
My question! That i cant seem to find 🤦🏼 can you watch a youtube video across both screens?
@@cody7790 if you view a youtube video and open the fold it will then open that app or video in fuld unfolded display. If you mean can you watch two seperate youtube videos side by side or different video from the front and the unfolded screen, then the answer is no. Logistically wouldnt make sense having to cope with two different audio outputs for two different videos
Just my experience... but my P9PF doesnt get any warmer than any other phone ive used. And when he says its thicker than a candy bar phone, i think it's worth clarifying that it's BARELY thicker. Its a minimal difference.
I sold my z fold 6 for the 9 pro fold case everything this is just better ( camera ) is miles ahead of Samsung on the phone and Google will to continue to max out its capability. And simple Google software makes this phone a winner!
Follower from your sneaker channel 👋
Will APTHCRY socks for phones be the next thing (coming back😅) Seth? Cross promo FTW 💪💪
can't understand why people say z fold 6 is to narrow it's just perfect for me and I've got big hand's, a bigger front screen, what's the point you will never use the bigger screen that's inside, which it's made for, fold 6 for me any time love the build and software.
Indeed😊
What is your opinion on flip style foldables Seth? Maybe you're too young to have nostalgia for the satisfaction of closing your phone to end the call with a pleasing "clack" 😅 ☎️🤳
I go back and forth between this and the fold 6, they both have their pluses and minuses. Agree about the cameras for the money they should be better but this is why i have an s23/24 ultra ..if i need to take amazing shots i hop on one of those (plus i use the Spen alot as a die hard former note user)
I don't understand the dual selfie camera. There's literally no point having one on the "front" display. If you're going to take a selfie you should be using the real camera and if you're doing video conferencing you should be using the internal camera. That "front" camera makes zero sense.
Bro is wearing an apple watch ultra. Automatic disqualified.
You're not using the inside screens enough (yet) because you aren't used it - that's why you keep using it as a 'regular' phone. you must unlearn, what you have learned.
It's the thinnest of the phone is why they couldn't put better cameras in it. What I don't understand is the damn 21 watt charging, for a $2000 phone is egregious. My z fold 6 is too narrow and now for sale if anybody needs a 1tb. The best foldable is the Pixel but the OnePlus open is overall better although it's a year old it's still solid! I wish the Pixel had a 1tb option and it would be my main driver. When the iPhone which I have no intention on getting this year, because it's a money grab now has 45 watt charging! Also I have iPhone 15 pro max 1tb for sale too! I'm going all android this year! The s24 ultra is phone of the year!
I have to disagree with the iPhone camera taking better photos than the Pixel. Even the first Pixel Fold took better photos than iPhone 15 Pro.
Watching on 16 pro max and still wanna buy another phone , looking for google pro ..
I clearly saw the crease while you were playing the car game 😅😅😅 I still like the phone 👍
I know you're busy running 2 channels but have you considered doing a day in the life video for your phone reviews.
I got it already.
Away and finally from the iPhone. I think Google will take off year after year.
Can you use an active pen to write on the screen like the Samsung Fold 6?
wish it had a stylus, feel stlyus are usefull for video and photo editing.
You really dont understand why foldables hsve lesser cameras than slab phones? The camera bump would he ridiculously thick if you put the Pixel Pro camera hardware on it. Same with the Z Fold... you can't put the S24U hardware on the Z Fold without it being obnoxious looking/feeling.
Btw... One strange bonus of using a Pixel, is that while viewing UA-cam, instead of the only options being standard 1.0 magnification or completely filling the entire screen, you're able to pinch to zoom between 1.0 and filling the entire screen. I think zooming into 1.2 or 1.3 makes great use of the inner screen without cutting off too much content. Idk why every phone isn't able to do this.
Best camera on a foldable bro
Just get the oneplus open. Looks similar but way better.
Yes the oneplus open is way better and I'm annoyed that he says it's the best one he's used compared to the crappy z fold 6 because the front display is better than anything he's used like the oneplus open doesn't exist or something
The Pixel software doesn't take advantage of the foldable form factor at all. That, and not supporting a stylus, make it a complete miss relative to any other foldable on the market. Oh, and having the UDC on the Z Fold is actually great because you have a completely uninterrupted inner display with a serviceable webcam when needed for video calls (which it excels at, looking as good as any laptop webcam on a Teams or Zoom call).
I haven't have a fold phone since the z fold 3. I love this phone. I was worried about many reviewers talking about low tier tensor 4 chip compared to High powered snapdragon. So far it been fast and snappy. I can multitask and do my work and watch videos. Only gripe for me is no dex style where you can turn it into computer . And battery life. All and all 4 out 5 star for me.
Excellent video- thanks-was leaning to this foldable-but crease, compromises, and my being lefty will keep me towards pro 9
Folding phones only sell enough to justify making a new model each year. They do not sell in the qua cities to justify lowering the cost
This guy has an apple watch so why does he review these products he never actually used these
The keyboard doesn't have to be split. You can change it in the settings.
I think the gripe for a bigger outer display creates a situation where opening the phone is more tedious, as pointed out in the video. The outer display being the size of a normal phone is pointless to me, but thats also why i have a flip
had the 1st Google fold, made the switch to the OnePlus Open and I'm glad I did.
What do you like better about the OnePlus Open?
@@DeeePYP you have the ability to make folders big or small for you apps on the screen. it's thin and very light. the Google fold battery would last about 7 to 8 hours I can get a day n some change on the OnePlus Open. The OnePlus Open supports Ethernet and external display as the Google fold doesn't. Google phone has more AI features but I don't use it anyway. The OnePlus Open came with a case, super charger and cable. I can fully charge my phone in about 35 min.
The battery life and warp charging was a game changer when I switched to the 8T a few years ago. It was hard to move on from that, but I liked the Pixel 7 Pro experience a lot. The Pixel fold slow charging makes it hard to justify the price for me....I was always close to pulling the trigger in the Open, but the limited years of updates made me hesitant with the price point. Basically... foldables are not in my price range at the moment 😔
@@csage0699am I right to say , the AI features aren't exclusive ? U can access Gemini , chatgpt or any other AI with any phones ?
Surface duo 🎉 is still the over winning form
So random. I used to watch your sneaker videos.
Tech Fowler, Fold 6 or the Google Pixel 9?
Why’d homie drop so late
Good review
I wish iPhone made a foldable
For the price it is not worth it.
Not as good as the OnePlus. Had the pixel 9 pro fold for 10 days and compared it to my OnePlus, and my Z fold 5 and my OnePlus is still by far the best foldable in my opinion. For many reasons.
The OnePlus feels cheap.i had one and returned it. Notifications wasn't great either .
@@halfmanamazing549 "feels cheap" isn't the same as "is cheap" cause the OnePlus is made with exact same quality materials as the pixel. Notifications is just subjective. I love the notifications.
@@dyauswinters just miss wireless charging on OnePlus.
@@markedgerton4170 Do you like the fast charge? The OnePlus Open fast charge , from 0 to full in 50 minutes. Wireless is so overrated, still takes a wire, so you save 2 seconds of plugging it in.
I've had mine for 20 days and I was recommending it like CRAZY... HOWEVER a couple hours ago id say be very cautious and HAVE INSURANCE. I've only opened the inner daily about 7 times. The last one I hear grinding and the inner display is now cracked through the entire crease.
Horrible phone. Returned it. Software is ridiculously bad for a foldable phone and price is laughable.
You returned it for what? I get mine tomorrow. Turning in my old flip 4