All four of Google’s Pixel 9 phones get lined up and shot (by regulators)

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Can you actually name them “leaks” if, yearly, Google’s Pixel phones finish up being sloshed everywhere in the internet for months earlier than their official launch? What quantity of pictures, {hardware} specs, and different particulars constitutes a leak, somewhat than a quick-draining colander?

Google’s Pixel 9 sequence of phones are anticipated to be launched at an occasion on August 13. Because these phones must be licensed by varied regulators, together with the Taiwanese National Communications Commission, or NCC, there are actually pictures—so many pictures—of all four phones Google is predicted to announce subsequent month. The Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Google’s second try at a folding telephone, have been sized, measured, rated for battery life and charging pace, and even disassembled for a glance inside.

As has been recommended by Pixel 9 renders, renders of all three non-folding phones, and footage of prototypes, the NCC footage affirm that Google’s “Pro” telephone on this sequence is similar dimension as the usual mannequin 9 however with three rear cameras and upgraded, presumably AI-friendly specs. The NCC filings do not affirm all inside specs, such because the eye-popping 16GB of RAM seen in an earlier Pixel 9 Pro prototype. Google has beforehand famous that conserving sure generative fashions to be “RAM-resident” requires extra RAM.

The Pixel 9 and 9 Pro get a 4,558 mAh battery, in keeping with NCC filings, whereas the 9 Pro XL packs in 4,942 mAh. That represents a really slight bump from the Pixel 8 for the Pixel 9, and about even between the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL (which, reminder, are actually the “huge” phones, even when some individuals would possibly think about the 6.1-inch screens on the bottom fashions not fairly “small”). Charging speeds are roughly the identical between the Pixel 8 and 9, as Android Authority notes, although the “huge” Pixel telephone jumps from roughly 27 W within the 8 sequence to virtually 33 W on the Pixel 9 Pro XL itemizing.

A Fold that’s flatter, taller

What’s rather more modified is the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. It’s not as squat and sq. as the unique Pixel fold from 2023, being considerably taller and nearer to its direct rivals now. Its cameras are actually organized in a sq. grid somewhat than the standard, thick Pixel horizontal bar. The selfie digital camera on the massive inside display screen is now within the nook. The bezels slimmed down, the crease appears diminished (at the very least in these prototype pictures, and, notably, the brand new Fold can lay utterly flat, one thing the prior mannequin couldn’t do.

The new Fold’s battery is cited as 4,560 mAh, in comparison with the prior mannequin’s 4,727mAh. As famous in our evaluation of the Pixel Fold, Google managed to slot in the largest battery within the class, however the class has an inherent situation with battery life. Actually utilizing that huge OLED display screen for the issues that make it enjoyable to make use of, like watching movies or taking part in video games, drains battery sooner than an analogous expertise with a pill, which might have twice the battery cells packed in.

All four Pixel phones have Thread radio help listed, and all however the base mannequin Pixel 9 have ultra-wideband (UWB) help famous. There’s additionally a brand new, Google-white-and-smooth 45 W charger submitted with these phones.

Android Authority has one of the best format of pictures of the Pixel 9 sequence made seen by the NCC. The gadgets seem to be a lock to be debuted on the Made by Google occasion on August 13.