Ahead of its rumored unveiling at next week's Made By Google event (August 13), details about the Pixel 9 Fold's cameras have leaked, and they don't look bad at all.
The leaks come via the FV-5 camera setup (spotted by 91mobiles) and seemingly reveal the specs of the upcoming foldable’s main front and rear cameras. The rear camera can capture 12MP images (supposedly achieved by using a 48MP sensor and pixel binning (combining pixel data in image processing) that creates better-looking shots) with a wide f/1.7 aperture and optical image stabilization (to remove shake from photos and videos).
If this is the case, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold's main camera would be identical to the one we saw on the original Pixel Fold, so it will rely on its other cameras for an upgrade, assuming its camera setup gets updated.
Meanwhile, the main front camera is apparently a 10MP shooter with an f/2.2 aperture. The report doesn't reveal whether this is the cover display's selfie camera or the foldable display's selfie camera. Either way, it's an upgrade, as the original featured 9.5MP and 8MP sensors respectively, though it falls behind the 10.5MP front camera found on the Google Pixel 8.
As with all leaks, this information should be taken with a grain of salt: until Google makes an official announcement, we don't know for sure what the specs of this foldable will be, but so far things aren't looking too bad for the upcoming phone.
In addition to these cameras, leaks claim that the new foldable will have larger displays – it will now have a 6.3-inch outer display and an 8-inch foldable one. Additionally, we expect it to have similar specs to those rumored for the regular Pixel 9 Pro. So look for a Tensor G4 chipset and 16GB of RAM.
Alongside the Pixel 9 line of smartphones, we're expecting a new Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds 2 Pro to arrive, though we'll have to wait and see what's announced on August 13.
