I've been using the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold for over two weeks now – and in that time it's just totally normalised using a folding phone for me. Not that the other best folding phones on the market haven't made a positive impression upon me, just that somehow – and, quite honestly, I'm shocked – Google has fully about-turned and delivered a folding product that truly outperforms its competitors.
Why so shocked? Well, the first-generation Google Pixel Fold was, for me, more like a 'Pixel Flop'. It didn't fold flat, the form-factor didn't feel right, it was too heavy, and the battery life wasn't great either. All of that has been addressed in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, though, which isn't so much a second-generation of the original but a completely new phone – one that fits into Google's Pixel 9 family of best phones more neatly.
