What you should know
- Google has launched the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Professional, and Pixel 9 Professional XL in India.
- Fortunately, all three fashions can be found in a single variant with 256GB of storage.
- The Pixel 9 and 9 Professional do not value that rather more than their predecessors.
- Google additionally launched the Pixel 9 Professional Fold within the nation, and that may set you again ₹1,72,999 ($2,061).
Google unveiled the Pixel 9 technology sooner than typical this 12 months, and the model additionally showcased the awkwardly-named Pixel 9 Professional Fold. There are a whole lot of variations this time round, and I am not simply speaking concerning the accelerated launch — the Pixels have a brand new design language with flat sides that makes them seem like an iPhone, and there are three fashions: the usual Pixel 9, a Pixel 9 Professional that has the identical dimensions because the common mannequin however with a telephoto lens on the again, and a Pixel 9 Professional XL.
If you happen to’ve used a Professional mannequin within the Pixel sequence up to now, the Pixel 9 Professional XL is what you will must get. With the foldable, that makes 4 new units. Outdoors of the variations with the design, Google is altering the way it’s promoting telephones in India; it simply began assembling the Pixel 8 sequence domestically, and it might do the identical with the Pixel 9.
Because of this, there is not a noticeable enhance in pricing from final 12 months. The Pixel 9 is bought in a 12GB/256GB mannequin and is offered for ₹79,999 ($953), and that is really lower than the equal Pixel 8, which debuted at ₹82,999 ($989). The Pixel 9 Professional prices ₹1,09,999 ($1,310) for the 12GB/256GB mannequin, and whereas it’s marginally greater than the ₹1,06,999 ($1,275) asking value of the Pixel 8 Professional final 12 months, that telephone was solely bought in a 128GB mannequin.
The Pixel 9 Professional XL, in the meantime, debuts at ₹1,24,999 ($1,489) for the 16GB/256GB mannequin, and that is on par with what the Galaxy S24 Extremely prices within the nation. The Pixel 9 Professional Fold, in the meantime, is offered at ₹1,72,999 ($2,061), making it the most costly foldable within the nation — the Galaxy Z Fold 6 retails for ₹1,64,999 ($1,966).
What I like about Google’s positioning is that each one fashions include 256GB of storage as normal. Nonetheless, there are not any different variants obtainable, and if you’d like extra storage, there is not another. I do not perceive why Google does this 12 months after 12 months — absolutely, it is not too arduous to have all colours and storage variants of a telephone obtainable.
Anyway, in the event you’re fascinated by a brand new Pixel, it’s best to simply get the Pixel 8 sequence; the usual Pixel 8 is at the moment discounted to ₹58,999 ($703), and that could be a good worth contemplating what’s on supply. Whereas I believe the Pixel 9 is first rate in its personal proper, it is not value a further ₹21,000.
Pixels by no means bought properly in India up to now, and I do not see that altering with the Pixel 9 technology. The Pixel 9 Professional Fold is unlikely to seek out any takers; foldables are nonetheless a distinct segment, and whereas Chinese language producers are making inroads on this class, I am unable to see anybody shelling out greater than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 to select up what Google is providing.
