Google Pixel 9 Pro
$999
Released 2024-09
Best Smartphones · head-to-head
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Motorola Edge (2025) is cheaper at $549.99. Every spec and price links to its source.
$999
Released 2024-09
Motorola
$549.99Cheaper
Released 2025-06
The Motorola Edge (2025) wins 3 of the 4 specs we compare head to head; the other wins 1. The Motorola Edge (2025) is the cheaper at $549.99. The Motorola Edge (2025) both leads on specs and costs less — the straightforward pick.
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The numbers that decide it, drawn to scale — longer bar wins, the accent bar is the stronger figure.
✓ marks the stronger figure where "more" — or "less", for price and weight — is unambiguously better.
| Spec | | |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $999 MSRP, 128GB | $549.99 US launch price, 8GB/256GB |
| Brand | Motorola | |
| Released | 2024-09 | 2025-06 |
| Display (in) | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Display type | LTPO OLED | pOLED |
| Refresh (Hz) | 120 | 120 |
| Chipset | Google Tensor G4 | MediaTek Dimensity 7400 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 8 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 256 |
| Main camera (MP) | 50 | 50 |
| Battery (mAh) | 4700 | 5200 |
| Charge (W) | 27 | 68 |
| Weight (g) | 199 | 181 |
| OS | Android 14 | Android 15 |
| IP rating | IP68 | IP68 |
| Fiveg | Yes | Yes |
Sources — Google Pixel 9 Pro: gsmarena.com (verified 2026-06-15). Motorola Edge (2025): gsmarena.com (verified 2026-06-15).
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (9 of 13). Matching specs are omitted.
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
Two whitelisted testers lab-benchmarked the exact 6.3-inch Pixel 9 Pro (not the Pro XL). Both praise a very bright LTPO OLED, long battery life and strong cameras, but flag the mid-tier Tensor G4 that trails rival flagships and throttles under sustained load, plus slow ~27W charging. No PCMag/Verge hands-on met the bar. (2 sourced reviews, 2 lab-tested.)
Praised: Very bright LTPO OLED display (1298 nits manual / 2016 cd/m2 full-white measured); Long battery life for a compact phone (13:11 Active Use / ~17h web surfing); Strong triple-camera image quality.
Flagged: Tensor G4 performance trails current high-end SoCs in benchmarks; Throttles heavily and runs warm (42.8 C, 67.6% stress stability) under load; Slow ~27W charging and no bundled power adapter.
No sourced tester review yet.