Google's newest flagships are cheaper than they've ever been. Amazon and Best Buy are both selling the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL at record-low prices this week, according to a Thursday report from TechRadar, with discounts landing roughly two months ahead of the traditional Black Friday rush.
The base Pixel 11 was listed at $699, down from $899, when TechRadar reported the deal on October 30. The Pixel 11 Pro was going for $799 instead of its usual $1,099, and the Pixel 11 Pro XL was priced at $949, cut from $1,299. That's a $200 discount on the standard model and a $350 discount on the two Pro phones, matched at both retailers.
It's a steep markdown for a phone family that's barely two months old. The Pixel 11 series launched in late August, and until this week the only price relief had come from $100 promotions and the usual carrier trade-in credits. TechRadar's retail editor wrote that the earlier $1,099 and $1,299 Pro pricing had been one of the outlet's chief complaints about the lineup, which makes this cut a meaningful shift in how the phones stack up against rivals at the top of the market.
All three phones share the same Tensor G6 chip and 12GB of RAM, so the performance ceiling doesn't change as you move up the range. What does change is the camera hardware. The standard Pixel 11 carries a 48MP main sensor, while the Pro and Pro XL step up to a 50MP main camera alongside 48MP ultrawide and 48MP telephoto lenses, with AI-assisted zoom reaching as far as 120x. The Pro models also get HiLight, a new LED array built around the flash that can glow in different colors, a feature TechRadar flagged as one of the lineup's more distinctive additions.
Whether $699 is actually a good price for a phone that costs $899 at full retail depends on what you're comparing it to. It undercuts Apple's and Samsung's equivalent flagships by a wide margin, and TechRadar's own assessment was blunt about it: the outlet said it would be surprised if the phones got any cheaper in November, given how early in their life cycle this discount has arrived.
Prices on deals like these move fast and aren't guaranteed to hold. Amazon and Best Buy had matching listings as of October 30, but neither retailer has said how long the discount will run, and Google hasn't commented on the pricing itself. Shoppers waiting for Black Friday proper, in late November, may find this is as good as it gets, or they may find retailers go lower once the holiday sales calendar actually begins. For now, the record is set, and it's Amazon and Best Buy, not Google, that are setting it.
DDFiled by The Deals Desk
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