There’s never been a better time to buy a Pixel 9 than right now. Between all the freebies, credits, and bonuses floating around, you can cobble together one hell of a deal. And if you play your cards right, you can effectively get a new phone for cheaper than free.
I bought a Pixel 9 Pro on launch day, but my wife decided she’d wait for a good deal before upgrading. That purchase came with a free year of Google One AI Premium, which itself comes with 10% back in credits for all Google Store purchases.
Then last week, Google started an enhanced trade-in deal, bringing the value of my wife’s old Pixel 8 Pro up to $700. We debated jumping on it then, but I’m happy we dragged our feet, because another deal was spotted yesterday (full details at the link to the right): If you have enough Google Play Points from app and game purchases, you can get an extra 30% off any Pixel 9 device right now.
With the Google Play Points coupon applied, the Pixel 9 Pro’s price cratered to $700. Subtract $700 for the enhanced trade-in, and we were down to a grand total of $57 in taxes (to be fair, the full $757 had to be paid up front, but the trade-in value will be deducted from the charges when Google gets the old phone).
Once that purchase is finalized, we get another $70 from the Google One cashback rewards, and we’ll apply that towards a case we were going to buy anyway.
Grand total? Depending on how you look at it, that’s either $57 for the taxes or negative $13 counting the store credit. Of course, not everyone will have all the ingredients to basically make Google pay them for upgrading, but there really hasn’t been a better time to buy a Pixel 9 than this moment.
