Samsung And Google Are Raising Prices On Their Budget Phones

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

Sam Rutherford for Engadget

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…