Google Pixel 11 Pro vs Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold

Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro Fold carry almost the same battery: 4,850mAh in the Pro, 4,806mAh in the fold. Google still rates the Pro for 30+ hours and the fold for 24+. Six hours of rated battery life is one of several things the hinge costs.

Spec	Google Pixel 11 Pro	Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold
US launch price	From $1,099	From $1,899
Screens	6.3-inch, 1280 × 2856 (495 ppi)	6.5-inch cover, 1080 × 2342 (399 ppi); 8-inch inner, 2076 × 2152 (372 ppi)
HDR brightness	Up to 2400 nits	Up to 2000 nits, both screens
Peak brightness	Up to 3600 nits	Up to 3600 nits, both screens
Size	152.7 × 71.9 × 8.4 mm	155.2 × 76.0 × 10.1 mm closed; 155.2 × 150.4 × 5.0 mm open
Weight	204 g	239 g
RAM	12GB with 256GB; 16GB with 512GB or 1TB	16GB with 256GB, 512GB or 1TB
Rear cameras	50MP wide, 48MP ultrawide, 48MP 5x telephoto	48MP wide, 10.5MP ultrawide, 10.8MP 5x telephoto
Longest zoom	Pro Zoom up to 120x	Super Zoom up to 30x
Front camera	42MP	10MP on the cover, 10MP inside
Video	Up to 8K at 24/30fps (Video Boost)	Up to 4K at 60fps
Battery	4850 mAh typical; 30+ hours	4806 mAh typical; 24+ hours
Wired charging	About 55% in 30 minutes (30W or higher)	About 50% in 30 minutes (30W or higher)
US SIM	Dual eSIM	Nano-SIM plus eSIM
Colors	Canyon, Olive, Fog, matte Obsidian	Olive, Obsidian

What the extra eight hundred dollars buys

The fold’s cover screen is slightly bigger than the Pro’s, at 6.5 inches and 1080 × 2342 (399 ppi), under glass ceramic, with contrast over 2,000,000:1. Open it and you get an 8-inch inner screen, 2076 × 2152 at 372 ppi on ultra-thin glass, with 1,500,000:1 contrast. Both fold screens refresh from 1Hz to 120Hz, though Google notes that not every app uses the full range, and both are rated for 2,000 nits in HDR and 3,600 nits peak.

Pixel 11 Pro’s single screen is a 6.3-inch (161mm) Super Actua LTPO OLED, 20:9, at 1280 × 2856 and 495 pixels per inch, with the same 1Hz to 120Hz range and over 2,000,000:1 contrast. It’s the brighter of the two in HDR, at up to 2,400 nits, with the same 3,600-nit peak, and Google says the anti-scratch coating on its Gorilla Glass Victus 2 is more than twice as resistant as the previous Pro’s.

The fold’s other extras are practical. Every fold has 16GB of RAM, from the 256GB model up to the 512GB and 1TB ones with Zoned UFS storage, while the base Pixel 11 Pro makes do with 12GB and only its 512GB and 1TB models step up to 16GB. If you’d buy 512GB anyway, that advantage disappears.

The fold also keeps a nano-SIM slot alongside its eSIM, in the US and abroad, which matters if you travel with a physical SIM card. The US Pro is eSIM-only, with two active at once and eight or more saved. Outside the US, the fold adds BeiDou, QZSS and NavIC to GPS, GLONASS and Galileo.

What you give up: size, weight and battery life

Shut, the fold is 155.2 × 76.0 × 10.1mm and 239 grams, against 152.7 × 71.9 × 8.4mm and 204 grams for the Pro: thirty-five grams heavier and nearly two millimeters thicker. Opened, it’s 155.2 × 150.4mm and 5.0mm thick, not counting the camera bump.

On capacity the batteries are a wash, with minimums of 4,707mAh for the Pro and 4,658mAh for the fold, so only Google’s ratings separate them. Charging is close as well: with a 30W USB-C PPS charger or higher, the Pro reaches about 55% in 30 minutes and the fold about 50%, and Google adds that it measured the fold’s wired figures on its own 45-watt charger. Both charge wirelessly at up to 25 watts with Pixelsnap (Qi2.2).

Budget for a charger either way; the boxes hold the phone and a 1-meter USB-C cable, and the fold adds a SIM tool. Both have stereo speakers and three microphones, and Google also lists Spatial Audio for the fold.

The Pro has the bigger cameras

The Pro’s 5x telephoto pairs 48 megapixels with a 1/1.95-inch sensor and an f/2.8 lens; the fold’s makes do with 10.8 megapixels, a 1/3.2-inch sensor and f/3.1. The Pro’s optical-quality steps run 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 5x and 10x, and its Pro Zoom reaches 120x; the fold’s Super Zoom stops at 30x.

The other lenses follow the same pattern. The Pro’s main camera is 50 megapixels on a 1/1.3-inch sensor (f/1.68), and its ultrawide is 48 megapixels (f/1.7, 123 degrees) with macro autofocus. The fold’s main camera is 48 megapixels on a 1/1.56-inch sensor (f/1.70), and its ultrawide drops to 10.5 megapixels (f/2.2, 127 degrees).

The Pro records 8K at 24 or 30fps through Video Boost, 4K up to 60fps and slow motion up to 240fps; the fold records 4K and 1080p up to 60fps. For selfies, the Pro has a 42-megapixel autofocus camera (f/2.2, 103 degrees), and the fold uses a 10-megapixel camera on each screen. Both have HiLight, Google’s face-down status lights around the flash.

The same Pixel underneath

Fold or not, the core is the same: a Tensor G6 chip, Titan M3 for security, Android 17 out of the box, and Google’s seven-year promise of OS, security and Pixel Drop updates. Each is rated IP68 and has Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, NFC, ultra-wideband, Thread, USB-C 3.2, fingerprint and face unlock, and Satellite SOS. The Pro’s US model numbers are G7SWN and GBC0H, the fold’s global millimeter-wave model is GZDQ6, and Google says the Pro is made with at least 31% recycled material by product weight.

What you’ll pay

The two arrived together: Google announced them on 12 August 2026 and US stores had them by 20 August, at $1,099 for the Pro and $1,899 for the fold. Bigger storage costs more; Amazon had the unlocked 1TB fold in Obsidian at $2,249.00 on 22 September 2026. Google Store tiles showing the Pro “from $619” assume a trade-in; that isn’t its price. If you’d like the Pro’s cameras with a bigger screen and no hinge, Pixel 11 Pro XL is the 6.8-inch model, from $1,299. Prices and offers change, so check the Google Store when you’re ready to buy.