Thanks - i'd done a brief google and seemed to get the same general idea about being more a side/small upgrade but price wise doesn't seem too bad for the 9 vs 8.Pixel 9 is more or less twice the price so it's a big step up in cost for not a huge upgrade. From what I understand, everything is just a little bit better as you'd expect from a year-on-year release. Maybe wait and see what the 9a offers?
I can grab a 128GB sim free from Voxi for about £510, cheapest 8 elsewhere is about £420 so the price difference isn't too stark.
When's the 9a due?