[DANmode]

I had no way to know it was years ago,

and I don’t consider buying used and flashing “giving Google my money”.

Although it definitely enables the market for Pixels, they definitely don’t make much (if any) money selling Pixels, due to they’re being cheap-yet-flagship devices.

It might even hurt Google for you to buy them and not capture all your data with their OS!

[g-b-r]

How are new pixels cheap?

[DANmode]

Compare to comparable iPhone or Galaxy Phone hardware.

[g-b-r]

Compared to iPhones yeah, they're a bit cheaper.

Compared to Samsungs, they seem to have comparable prices for less performing hardware, to me.

But what about all the other phones?

Are all Chinese manufacturers selling at a loss?

[DANmode]

No, their costs are way lower.

[g-b-r]

How?

Pixels are manufactured in China, Vietnam and India.

Maybe their flash gates are made by hand, given how much more they ask for decent storage amounts...

[DANmode]

But not sold there,

so not sold at the same rate.

Price goes down when you do a run of 10 million boards

vs 1 million.

(and or the facility making them is yours!)