What you have to 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 price that rather more than their predecessors.
- Google additionally launched the Pixel 9 Professional Fold within the nation, and that can set you again ₹1,72,999 ($2,061).
Google unveiled the Pixel 9 technology sooner than normal this yr, and the model additionally showcased the awkwardly-named Pixel 9 Professional Fold. There are plenty 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 appear to be 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.
Should you’ve used a Professional mannequin within the Pixel collection up to now, the Pixel 9 Professional XL is what you may have to 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 collection domestically, and it could do the identical with the Pixel 9.
Because of this, there is not a noticeable enhance in pricing from final yr. The Pixel 9 is offered in a 12GB/256GB mannequin and is accessible for ₹79,999 ($953), and that is truly 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 worth of the Pixel 8 Professional final yr, that telephone was solely offered 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 accessible at ₹1,72,999 ($2,061), making it the most expensive 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 commonplace. Nonetheless, there are not any different variants out there, and in order for you extra storage, there is not an alternate. I do not perceive why Google does this yr after yr — certainly, it is not too laborious to have all colours and storage variants of a telephone out there.
Anyway, if you happen to’re taken with a brand new Pixel, it is best to simply get the Pixel 8 collection; the usual Pixel 8 is presently discounted to ₹58,999 ($703), and that could be a good worth contemplating what’s on supply. Whereas I believe the Pixel 9 is respectable in its personal proper, it is not value an extra ₹21,000.
Pixels by no means offered 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.
