Final week was the massive Pixel 9 sequence launch. Pre-orders have now ended for the vanilla Pixel 9 and the 9 Professional XL and they’re now accessible on the market. You may nonetheless seize retailer credit score from Google and Amazon ($150 for the vanilla, $275 for the XL). The small Pixel 9 Professional and the Pixel 9 Professional Fold are nonetheless on pre-order, their launch is early subsequent month.

Listed below are the 2 fashions which can be accessible as of this week, the Google Pixel 9 and the Pixel 9 Professional XL.

This week we needed to deal with what you will get as a substitute of a Pixel 9. How a couple of Pixel 8a? With a Tensor G3 and solely 8GB of RAM, it’s going to overlook out on quite a lot of the on-device options that the 9-series are bringing. Nonetheless, it’s a small Pixel telephone and it’s less expensive than the Pixel 9. It’s going to get 7 years of help too, identical to its pricier siblings.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 trio provides extra direct competitors and all three fashions are at the moment $220 off. These three will get 7 years of software program help, identical to the Pixels, and so they have a number of AI options which can be usually powered by Google itself. Nonetheless, One UI provides some benefits (e.g. DeX, Good Lock) and you’ll have extra storage for much less cash. That mentioned, the Galaxy S24 telephones are brief on RAM in comparison with their Pixel counterparts, however that shouldn’t be a problem for AI.

Proper now could be a horrible time to purchase a brand new iPhone – the iPhone 16 sequence is a number of weeks away and as soon as they arrive, costs of present fashions will drop. We are going to revisit the Pixel vs. iPhone subject in a couple of month.

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