Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 2 October 2026
Google Hikes Price of Budget Pixel 10a Phone to $599 on Memory Costs
Alphabet Inc.’s Google raised the price of its seven-month-old Pixel 10a smartphone by $100 to $599, another example of how rising memory costs are making even older devices more expensive.
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Both outlets frame the story as budget phones getting more expensive, but Bloomberg Technology is much more specific, focusing on Google’s Pixel 10a and saying the price rose by $100 to $599 because of memory costs. Engadget gives only a broad, terse summary that Samsung and Google are raising prices on their budget phones, with no further detail.
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