As smartphone prices continue their long climb upward, Google is preparing to ask more of its customers while quietly offering less of one thing in exchange for more of another. Leaked specifications ahead of the August 12 Made by Google event suggest the Pixel 11 lineup will carry price increases of up to $100 per model, even as the Pro and Pro XL variants shed 4GB of RAM — a tension the company hopes to soften with expanded base storage and its new Tensor G6 chip. It is a familiar negotiation between manufacturer and consumer, played out once again on the terrain of specs and price tags, whe