Deal: There’s up to €130 off Pixel 9 phones, with additional discounts for Prime Student members

Amazon is calling it an early Black Friday sale and among the various offers included, we’ve focused on Google phones. There’s €130 off the Pixel 9 series, with an additional discount for Prime Student members. The older Pixel 8 series has received deep price cuts (and there’s even an additional discount for Prime Student customers).

Starting with the base Google Pixel 9, you get the new Tensor G4 chipset, which is faster and more efficient than the G3. The dual camera primarily combines a large 1/1.31” 50MP sensor with a 48MP 123° ultra-wide. The 6.3” OLED display is not an LTPO panel, but it runs at 120Hz. As far as the battery is concerned, it has a capacity of 4,700mAh and supports both wired (27W) and wireless charging (15W).

The Google Pixel 9 Pro is a €200 upgrade and brings a faster display (1280p+ vs 1080p+ resolution), which is an LTPO panel. Apart from Wide and Ultra Wide, it also has a 48MP 113mm periscope which offers impressive zoom for a phone of this size. And the selfie camera is even better, with a 42MP sensor and ultra-wide 17mm lens (10.5MP 20mm on the vanilla Pixel). Wireless charging is slightly faster (21W), but the battery is otherwise the same.

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL is a larger version of the 9 Pro. Both phones have similar cameras and both have 16GB of RAM (compared to 12GB on the vanilla). The XL features a 6.8” 1344p+ LTPO OLED display and a larger 5,060mAh battery with fast charging (37W wired, 23W wireless).

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold measures 10.5mm thick when closed – 0.1mm thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, which you can’t even buy here – although it is heavier (256g vs 236g). Inside is an 8” display, which is about the same size as the Z Special (and larger than the regular Z Fold6), with a 6.3” 20:9 display on the outside (6.5” 21:9 on the Z Special). The Fold uses different cameras from the rest of the 9-series with a 48MP main (1/2.0″), 10.8MP 112mm periscope and 10.5MP 127° ultra-wide. The battery is 4,650mAh with 21W wired and just 7.5W wireless charging .

The older Pixel 8 Pro is 43% off right now, but you’ll have to stick with the Tensor G3. Other than that, the phone appears to be pretty much the same as the Pixel 9 Pro XL, but we’ll refer you to our vs. article for details.

The Google Pixel 8 was replaced by the Pixel 9, not the 9 Pro. That is to say, unlike the 8 Pro, there’s no telephoto lens. Our Pixel 8 vs 9 article has a detailed comparison to help you decide whether the price savings are worth it (and they’re big savings, with the Pixel 8 being 40% or so cheaper than the 9).

Like the rest of the Pixel 8 and 9 models, the Pixel 8a will get 7 years of software support. It has the same Tensor G3 chip as the two 8-series models and is cheaper than the Pixel 8 – though, that’s still only a €65 difference. We don’t think it’s worth it, but check out our Pixel 8 vs 8a article for more details.

The Google Pixel Watch 3 is much better than the previous generation. And it comes in larger sizes too, available in both 41mm and 45mm. We’ve linked both Bluetooth and LTE variants below (independent connectivity is a €100 upgrade).

We’ll be ending some non-Pixel offers soon. The Poco F6 Pro costs less than €440 and was too good not to mention – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 revolves around the Tensor G4. And you get a high-quality 6.67” 120Hz 1440p+ display with 12-bit colors (HDR10+, Dolby Vision) and 4,000 nits peak brightness. The 5,000mAh battery is very quick to fill with 120W wired-only charging. 50+8+2MP camera setup is nothing special.

The vanilla Poco F6 is still cheaper for the base 8/256GB model and you can get the equivalent Pro with 12/512GB for just €40 more. This model also brings a lot of performance with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset. The 6.67” display drops to 1220p+ resolution and 2,400 nits peak brightness, but maintains 12-bit color rendering. The 5,000mAh battery supports 90W wired charging.

The CMF Phone 1 performs quite well for an entry-level device, thanks to the Dimensity 7300 chipset. The 6.67” 1080p+ 120Hz OLED display (2,000 nits peak brightness) is also a cut above the riff-raff in this price category. The 5,000mAh battery has fairly fast 33W charging, while the 50MP camera is good but lonely (no ultra-wide). The back is removable (but the battery is not), allowing for some customization.