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If you thought the only things experiencing runaway inflation these days were a decent cup of artisanal coffee and a head of lettuce, Google is here to prove you deliciously wrong.
The Price Tag Creep Strikes Again
Google has officially decided that “affordable” is a fluid concept, pushing the price of the freshly minted Pixel 10a up by a cool Rs. 6,000 in India, while handing out similar bittersweet price tags across global markets. Yes, the phone that was supposed to be your wallet-friendly passport into the Pixel 10 ecosystem has apparently decided it wants to sit at the cool kids’ table.
It is the classic tech industry dance. You introduce a device as the savior of thrift-conscious shoppers everywhere, and the second the ink dries on the glowing reviews, the price sneaks upward like a cat burglar wearing orthopedic sneakers.
Paying More for Less Panic
Now, let’s be fair. Smartphones today are literal miracles of modern engineering, packing more computational muscle into your pocket than NASA used to land on the moon. But watching mid-range phones inch ever closer to flagship pricing feels a lot like buying economy class tickets and realizing they’ve started charging you extra just to look out the window.
At least you are still getting Google’s signature software wizardry and cameras that somehow make your poorly lit brunch photos look like they were shot by Annie Leibovitz. It is enough to make you almost forgive the extra cash leaving your bank account. Almost.
The Silver Lining
If there’s any consolation here, it is that inflation isn’t entirely exclusive to our pocket-sized glass slabs. But next time a manufacturer tells you they’ve built a phone for the budget-conscious consumer, maybe check if they’ve redefined “budget” to mean the GDP of a small island nation.
Source reference: ndtv
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