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Samsung And Google Are Raising Prices On Their Budget Phones

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A Galaxy A17 5G costs $70 more than it did at launch and a Pixel 10a costs $100 more.

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Both Samsung and Google are increasing the starting price of their budget phones, likely due to the RAM crisis that seemingly no tech company is able to escape. The Pixel 10a now costs $100 more, according to 9to5Google, while Android Authority writes that Samsung has bumped up prices across its entire Galaxy A lineup, the second price hike the company has made this week.

As part of the price increases, the Galaxy A17 5G jumped from $200 to $270 (the phone received an earlier price hike in August), the Galaxy A27 5G jumped from $350 to $380, the Galaxy A37 5G jumped from $450 to $490 and the Galaxy A57 5G jumped from $550 to $600. All told, Samsung's A series phones cost...

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