This deal caught my eye last night. Google is knocking $200 off its flagship Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL, which means the smaller model now starts at $799, or the same price as the regular Pixel 9. That’s a no-brainer right there. Or, you can head to Best Buy where it starts at $749 ($250 off), an all-time low. You pick.
The Pixel 9 Pro starts with the same-size 6.3-inch screen as the Pixel 9 but has a sharper and brighter screen, a nicer polished metal frame, and more RAM, which helps allow things to feel smooth and may even futureproof you a little bit with memory-hungry Gemini AI. It also has an added 48-megapixel telephoto lens with 5x zoom and up to 30x digital zoom, compared to the 8x digital zoom on the Pixel 9. That’s a bit of a spec drop on you but the gist is this: it’s a nicer and better phone for the same price, and it’s the one you should buy.
“But wait!” you say. “What about the new Pixel 9A Google just announced?” Yeah, that’s appealing, but it isn’t for sale yet because Google says it’s fixing a hardware issue that recently cropped up. We haven’t had a chance to review it yet, but my quick take is the extra $300 is worth it for the better screen, camera, and extra RAM.
