> The thing is, you can buy a Pixel 8a or 9 for a fraction of the price.
Those are still going to be supported. In some countries such as Brazil, those are more expensive than a Signature due to not being officially sold there and high import taxes.
That's not 3 times the price. It's also a flagship device and that's the model with 16GB storage and 512GB memory. Pixel 11 Pro with RAM/storage upgraded is a better comparison and the Motorola Signature (2026) has vastly better CPU and GPU performance with a cheaper price. Regardless, it's clearly not 3x the price of the regular Pixels and is priced similarly to the Pixel 10 Pro series which was cheaper than the Pixel 11 Pro series.
It really depends on where you are. Here (NL) the Signature 2026 is 750 Euro from reputable sellers. But yeah, the Signature is not available everywhere, similar to how the Pixel is not available everywhere.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Google-Pixel-11-Unlocked-Smartphone...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Signature-XT2603-2-SIM-Fre...
That's the 16GB variant of the Signature. There's also a cheaper 12GB variant, which is particularly competitively priced in India:
https://www.motorola.in/smartphones-motorola-signature/p?sku...