Pixel 9 Pro Fold Teardown! The Most Exciting Foldable Yet!

When it comes to repair, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is not like other foldable smartphones. It’s not even like the Pixel 9 Pro XL we just tore down.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is the most exciting foldable device that we’ve seen on the iFixit teardown table. Let's take a look at why that is.

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Chapters

00:00 Warming up for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold teardown
00:30 Google Pixel spare parts
00:56 CT scans of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold
01:15 Tearing down the Pixel 9 Pro Fold ft. repair guides!
01:40 No heat screen removal is the future
02:19 Let’s remove the mainboard
02:50 Google sucks at battery pull tabs
03:20 A closer look at those batteries
03:30 Removing the inner foldable screen (in pieces)
04:07 It’s a more repairable foldable than most

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[Ebalosus]

Glad to see a replaceable USB-Port, since that has always been a downside for me on what I find an otherwise very repairable line of phones.

[TheG]

A step in the right direction, commendable!

[ronlevin]

still I will love to see battery that can be removed before the mother board and please use better removal tabs (even those made by Apple are better, witch is strange for me)

[filmhaltig]

Having the outer display be so easily removable without heat worries me a bit what‘s going to happen when it gets hot in the summer sun for a while

[Domfootstitch]

did you guys ditch the repairability scoring? I liked that

[samtherat]

$900 to replace the fragile screen yourself, and it’s still hard to remove I’ll continue to wait.

[swarnendu]

Is that outer glass and the back cover made of glass coz the way they both bend outwards when you try to pull them out looks like they are plastic.

[darrencen]

Next idea for a new video : build a Pixel phone out of replacement parts

[rafaelrobles]

Question, does the pixel 9 pro fold have a vapor chamber similar to the pixel 9 pros?

[hamzaaqiqi]

You didnt give it a score. Isnt that a thing anymore?

[CULatte]

Was going upgrade my little bro from a Pixel 6 to a 9 for his bday. Might splurge a bit and surprise him with the Fold after seeing this, even just for the fun of messing around inside when inevitably he hands it back to me when I upgrade him in the future.
Having a lot of fun inside the hardware and software of the Note 10 I got when I upgraded him to the Pixel 6 a few years ago.

[defnotatroll]

ifixit indirectly advertising a load of apple products in their videos is just hilarious. sleeping with the devil

[warriorplutotrent]

Yes the inner screen isnt serviceable for you😂😂😂looks like you didnt have patience to remove it correctly.

[Nlav]

Hey iFixit, do your parts ship to India?

[ShahanJagus]

Apple. I'm looking at you. Fix your phones internals.
Especially fix your Mac internals. I don't care if it's pretty it needs to be functional and repairable. Not like staring at Aliens.

Anyways, great video. Good to know Google is doing things right for the small minority who will buy this phone. More power to ya.