The Google Pixel 9 Professional has a number of key upgrades over the previous Pixel 8 that earn it its “professional” moniker and likewise justify the value premium over the Pixel 9. Amongst them is an upgraded LTPO show panel – or it ought to have been, anyway. It seems that it’s a must to learn the positive print.
The Pixel 9 Professional and even the Pixel 9 Professional XL might not have LTPO shows in India, Malaysia and Singapore. In these areas they’ve Actua Shows as a substitute of the Tremendous Actua Shows which can be used on models bought in the remainder of the world. Word that Actua and Tremendous Actua tech is about show brightness quite than refresh fee, however it nonetheless reveals that completely different panels are used. That’s unusual for the reason that Pixel 8 Professional (the big telephone that’s the predecessor of the 9 Professional XL) already had an LTPO panel.
This might not be 100% correct because the specs do record “1280 x 2856 LTPO OLED at 495 PPI” and “1344 x 2992 LTPO OLED at 486 PPI” for the Pixel 9 Professional and 9 Professional XL, respectively. The net shops even say “Tremendous Actua Shows”. Nonetheless, Google has to clear issues up and provides a sure sure or no.
Anyway, there’s extra – Pixel 9 telephones bought in India don’t assist Wi-Fi 7, however telephones bought anyplace else (together with Malaysia and Singapore) do. This contains the 2 Professional fashions and the vanilla Pixel 9.
What in regards to the Google Pixel 9 Professional Fold? That has an LTPO interior show and an everyday Actua cowl show all over the place. However the Wi-Fi state of affairs is murky. The Indian mannequin is listed as supporting “Wi-Fi 7 (802.11ax)”. Wi-Fi 7 is 802.11be, ax is Wi-Fi 6, in order that’s a typo. This error is current in each the specs listed by the net retailer and on the Google assist web page. However is the “7” the typo or is it the “ax”? Contemplating that its siblings don’t have Wi-Fi 7, we predict the Fold doesn’t both.
We must always be aware that India’s wi-fi company nonetheless hasn’t okayed using the 6GHz band. That mentioned, Wi-Fi 7 has enhancements that additionally perform within the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, so there’s no cause to drop assist, whether or not or not the telephones ever get to make use of the 6GHz band.
One other factor we observed is that Google VPN, which is free for Pixel 9 customers, isn’t obtainable within the following international locations: Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia and Slovenia.
There are a number of different variations, however they’re the same old regional variations. For instance, completely different areas use completely different 5G bands (sub-6GHz and mmWave), Pixels in Japan assist FeliCa and so forth. The opposite variations are tougher to clarify, nonetheless.
