Google confirms the Pixel 9 Professional Fold with a teaser video

Google has confirmed in a teaser video that its upcoming line of smartphones features a new foldable mannequin. The corporate referred to as the Pixel 9 Professional Fold a “foldable cellphone constructed for the Gemini period” in its promo tweet, and IT even centered on its gen AI chatbot within the video. Just like the non-foldable Pixel 9 Professional, this mannequin additionally has a outstanding digicam bump. Its lenses are organized vertically close to one aspect of the cellphone, so the digicam bump is usually there and does not take up the entire width of the folded system.

Whereas Google has but to formally unveil the mannequin, a earlier leak, courtesy of Android Authority, has already revealed lots of particulars in regards to the upcoming Pixel 9 fashions. Taiwan’s Nationwide Communications Fee (NCC) uploaded galleries of every cellphone — Pixel 9, 9 Professional, 9 Professional XL and 9 Professional Fold — to its archives. A few of these pictures function an unfolded 9 Professional Fold, exhibiting how Google moved its selfie digicam to the within display screen for a wider subject of view. Additionally they present that the mannequin has a decreased fold crease on the show, which measures 250mm or simply underneath 10 inches.

The NCC’s leak revealed that the upcoming units want greater chargers, as nicely. Their charging charges are typically sooner than earlier fashions primarily based on the company’s checks, although the Pixel 9 Professional Fold was the slowest of all of them. We’ll be capable to affirm these particulars when Google launches its new smartphones on the subsequent Made by Google occasion that is occurring on August 13.