Google lifts the Pixel 10a price to $599 as memory costs climb

Google raised the Pixel 10a from $499 to $599 seven months after launch, with no change to the phone, blaming memory costs that its own vice president said had risen from $2.80 per gigabyte to $12. Apple and Samsung have both repriced existing phones in the past month, and Google has not said whether European prices follow.

Google has raised the price of the Pixel 10a by $100 to $599, seven months after putting it on sale. The phone has…