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title: "Google's Pixel Phones Are Reportedly Set to Get More Expensive"
description: "Leaks ahead of Google's next Pixel launch suggest the whole lineup could carry higher prices, with reports blaming a sharp rise in the cost of memory and storage chips. Google has confirmed an August event but not any prices, so the figures circulating remain unofficial."
category: "Technology"
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author: "Hannah Brooks"
published: 2026-07-09T07:48:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-09T07:48:00.000Z
canonical: https://newsparlor.com/article/google-s-pixel-phones-are-reportedly-set-to-get-more-expensive
tags: ["google", "pixel", "smartphones", "prices", "technology"]
---
# Google's Pixel Phones Are Reportedly Set to Get More Expensive

Leaks ahead of Google's next Pixel launch suggest the whole lineup could carry higher prices, with reports blaming a sharp rise in the cost of memory and storage chips. Google has confirmed an August event but not any prices, so the figures circulating remain unofficial.

Google's next generation of Pixel phones could be more expensive across the board, according to a run of leaks ahead of the company's launch event, with the reported reason being a steep climb in the cost of the memory chips inside modern smartphones. The figures come from supply-chain reports and leaks, not from Google, which has not announced pricing.

## What the leaks claim

Coverage aggregating the leaks says the standard model and the pricier Pro versions are all expected to cost more than their predecessors, with some reports citing increases of roughly the equivalent of a hundred dollars at the entry level, [9to5Google reported](https://9to5google.com/2026/07/07/pixel-11-price-128gb-release-date-leak/). One widely reported change is that Google may drop its cheapest 128GB storage option and start the range at 256GB, [Android Authority reported](https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-11-storage-colors-price-leak-3684868/). That would give buyers more storage as standard, but also lift the starting price. All of these specifics should be treated as unconfirmed until Google says otherwise.

## Why prices may be rising

The explanation offered across the reports is the cost of components, especially memory. Prices for the RAM and flash storage that phones rely on have risen sharply this year, industry reporting says, making memory one of the biggest single costs in a high-end handset. Because every phone in a lineup uses those chips, a jump in their price tends to push up the whole range rather than a single model. Analysts also point to trade tariffs on imported electronics as a possible added pressure on US prices, though no specific tariff has been tied publicly to Google's plans.

## What is actually confirmed

Google has confirmed that it will hold a launch event in August, where it is widely expected to unveil the new Pixels, but it has not released prices or specifications. Phone makers sometimes adjust pricing close to launch, and leaked figures do not always match the final numbers. For now, the safe reading is directional: several independent reports point the same way, toward higher prices, but the exact amounts are not official.

## The bigger picture

If the increases hold, they would fit a wider pattern across the industry, where rising component costs and trade frictions have squeezed device makers and, increasingly, their customers. Google has tended to position the Pixel as a relatively affordable flagship against Apple and Samsung, so how it prices this generation will signal how much of the extra cost it is willing to absorb, and how much it passes on. Buyers will get the real answer at the August event, not before.

## Sources

- [Pixel 11 price and release-date leak, with no 128GB model](https://9to5google.com/2026/07/07/pixel-11-price-128gb-release-date-leak/)
- [Google Pixel 11 prices leak, complete with a base-storage shake-up](https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-11-storage-colors-price-leak-3684868/)