There was a time when Google challenged the status quo and defied it, ushering in a short renaissance in the mobile space that eventually made us rethink what it is that makes up a flagship smartphone. The days of the low-cost Google Nexus 4 and 5 are long behind us, and rather than that trend continuing, we’ve seen nothing but the opposite with manufacturers pushing out more and more expensive smartphones.
This applies to Google as well, whose line of Pixel phones has always been sold at premium prices.
