All areas of life are becoming more and more expensive, and even if smartphones are luxury goods, especially in the high-end sector, buyers have to be prepared for ever higher prices this year. Most recently, Apple impressively demonstrated how drastic a price increase can look.
Now the (compared to the competition) otherwise cheaper smartphones from Google with a price of over 1000 dollars are to come on the market. You can find out what the exact pricing should look like according to a leak in our article.
Google Pixel 7 Pro is said to break the 1000 euro mark
Do you want that Information from the UK Believe it, Google will start a drastic price increase and offer its customers the Pro model beyond 1000 dollars. The source refers to alleged prices from the dealer Lambda-Tek.
The Pixel 6 Pro still scraped this four-digit price last year with the 256 GB version. Now, however, even the smallest version of 128 GB is to be offered for significantly more money. According to the source, the retail prices of Google’s Pixel 7 series are as follows:
Google Pixel 7:
- 128 GB – around 734 dollars
- 256 GB – around 855 dollars
Google Pixel 7 Pro:
- Google Pixel 7 Pro 128 GB – around 1035 dollars
- Google Pixel 7 Pro 256 GB – around 1156 dollars
Apparently, Google will not introduce a higher storage capacity again this year. We also believe that, similar to its predecessors, the storage cannot be expanded with an SD card.
Of course, the prices for the two smartphones are far from set in stone and will not be announced until October 6th. Nevertheless, we consider an increase in prices to be quite possible in view of the currently tense global situation. In addition to the new mobile phones, we can also look forward to seeing the search engine giant’s first smartwatch at the Google event.
Other providers on the rise
The smartphones from Google have so far been considered a real insider tip and shine with their solid price-performance ratio compared to the competition. With the price increase, the rush for the new series could be smaller than last year.
Other manufacturers such as Samsung with their S22, the Nothing Phone 1 or Motorola with their Edge 30 Fusion also offer a very good overall package and are being offered more and more cheaply online. Motorola in particular is fighting back on the smartphone market and offers mid-range devices at attractive prices.
Technology is becoming more expensive in general and not only smartphones are affected by this. The new RTX 4000 graphics cards from Nvidia are also experiencing a drastic increase:
RTX 4000 presented: Everything about specs, release, prices and performance
Are you already eagerly awaiting the Google event on October 6th? Which smartphone did you have your eye on and are you willing to accept a higher price? Write it to us in the comments!