AT&T is out of the fold, the only one of the top US carriers that has no intention of carrying Google’s new Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is Google’s second-gen foldable phone, and early reports indicate that it is a major improvement over the first-gen model. The original Pixel Fold was widely considered to be a very good first attempt at a foldable, but fell behind popular models made by more established players in the foldable market, like Samsung.
With the second-gen model improving many of the complaints about the first one, users will no doubt be looking forward to upgrading to the new model, or switching to it from a non-foldable. Unfortunately for AT&T users, the company has told CNET that it does not plan to carry the model.
At this point, it is not clear why AT&T has no plans to carry the phone, especially since it will carry the rest of the Pixel 9 lineup. What’s more, the carrier also carried the original Fold.
As of the time of writing, CNET says it has reached out to AT&T to confirm that an unlocked Pixel 9 Pro Fold will work on the carrier’s network, but there has been no confirmation yet.