Google basically confirms that the Pixel 11 is getting a price hike

This was confirmed by Google’s Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakeel Barakat, in an interview with 9to5 Google The next Pixel phone will cost more than the Pixel 10. Given the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, Prices are rumored to rise Not a complete surprise. Companies from apple to Nintendo, Microsoft to yearall of which raised their prices in response to the rising cost of memory.

Barakat said that Google “protected consumers from supply fluctuations for as long as possible,” but “the economy has changed radically and we are not immune to that.” He went on to tell 9to5 that the Pixel lineup will see “adjustments” in pricing and will therefore “roll out dynamically to match display realities.”

The base model is expected to cost the Pixel 11 $899But it will come with a storage space of 256 GB instead of 128 GB. It is also rumored that Pixel 11 Pro It can go from 16GB of RAM to 12GB. However, we won’t have to wait long to find out for sure. Google is set to announce the next generation of Pixel devices August 12.