Should I upgrade my Pixel 9?
The Google Pixel 9 went on sale on 22 August 2024. The Google Store UK price is £799 (read 20 August 2026). It has a 6.3-inch display, a weight of 198 g, the Google Tensor G4 chip, a 50 MP main camera and 128 GB of storage to start. Security updates are committed until 1 August 2031. Every figure in the Google Pixel 9 specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
2.1 years oldPatched until 2031-08-01Read
Is it still supported?
Yes. Google has committed to security updates for the Pixel 9 until 2031-08-01. A phone that is still patched is not a phone you have to replace.endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the Pixel 10 changes
The newest Google phone in this line is the Pixel 10 at £699, released 28 August 2025. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Pixel 10 vs Pixel 9.
On the named third-party sources, the Pixel 10 wins on Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) (5,397 against 3,797, both from Geekbench Browser). 4 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: peak brightness (3,000 nits against 2,700 nits) for the Pixel 10, typical brightness (2,000 nits against 1,800 nits) for the Pixel 10, HDR peak brightness (2,000 nits against 1,800 nits) for the Pixel 10 and fast charging (45 W against 30 W) for the Pixel 9. The differences in weight, battery capacity and battery per charge are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same display size, refresh rate, storage (base), RAM, battery lifespan and wireless charging. The other 32 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core): 3,797 → 5,397
- Peak brightness: 2,700 nits → 3,000 nits borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Typical brightness: 1,800 nits → 2,000 nits borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- HDR peak brightness: 1,800 nits → 2,000 nits borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Fast charging: 45 W → 30 W borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Pixel 10 and priced within a quarter of its £699, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Pixel 9 — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Pixel 10.
What yours is worth
Our reading of the figures
The Pixel 9 is committed to security updates until 1 August 2031, so nothing forces a move yet.
The Pixel 10 clears our noticeable threshold on one row: Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core). 4 more gaps are borderline, which most people would not notice. Nothing goes backwards.
At £699 new, less the £242 CeX was paying for a grade A Pixel 9 on 2026-09-11, the move costs about £457.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.