On: Jolla Phone (October 2026)

[microtonal]

The Pixel A lineup has always been affordable. Heck, the 4a was even $349 at introduction. The currently start a little higher, but are often around 350 Euro halfway the cycle.

[ThatMedicIsASpy → microtonal]

gOS stops supporting a device when its EOL.

A cheaper 6a would be EOL next year.

They also came later vs 6/6Pro

[DANmode → ThatMedicIsASpy]

Stops officially supporting - often still gets patches.

6a is a 2022 phone, 7a is $150 on Swappa.

Where are we going with this?

[ThatMedicIsASpy → DANmode]

No idea you guys make up prices and devices when I made my choices years ago?

All I can give you is my reasoning for picking it. Not giving google my money is always a plus in my book.

[DANmode → ThatMedicIsASpy]

I had no way to know it was years ago,

and I don’t consider buying used and flashing “giving Google my money”.

Although it definitely enables the market for Pixels, they definitely don’t make much (if any) money selling Pixels, due to they’re being cheap-yet-flagship devices.

It might even hurt Google for you to buy them and not capture all your data with their OS!

[g-b-r → DANmode]

How are new pixels cheap?

[DANmode → g-b-r]

Compare to comparable iPhone or Galaxy Phone hardware.

[g-b-r → DANmode]

Compared to iPhones yeah, they're a bit cheaper.

Compared to Samsungs, they seem to have comparable prices for less performing hardware, to me.

But what about all the other phones?

Are all Chinese manufacturers selling at a loss?

[DANmode → g-b-r]

No, their costs are way lower.

[g-b-r → DANmode]

How?

Pixels are manufactured in China, Vietnam and India.

Maybe their flash gates are made by hand, given how much more they ask for decent storage amounts...

[DANmode → g-b-r]

But not sold there,

so not sold at the same rate.

Price goes down when you do a run of 10 million boards

vs 1 million.

(and or the facility making them is yours!)

[g-b-r → DANmode]

Chinese phones are a lot cheaper everywhere, and some brand is likely to sell less than Google.

Not to mention that the Pixels were a lot more convenient years ago, when they sold a lot less.

I think you're clutching at straws here, Pixels were cheapish in the first versions, but are not anymore ;)