Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

Motorola and the team behind GrapheneOS are finally filling in some blanks about their partnership. The phones are now expected to arrive in 2027, and they won’t come preloaded with GrapheneOS out of the box. Instead, Motorola will make premium devices that the project will fully support, with help from Motorola itself.

That matters because GrapheneOS has been picky for a reason. Until now, only Pixel phones have met its hardware standards for the strongest security and privacy setup. The software is built on Android, but it adds tougher memory protection, tighter control over network access, more flexible app sandboxing, and a duress code that can wipe the phone.

The catch is the price. The GrapheneOS team says these Motorola phones will sit at the premium flagship end, and it expects them to cost even more than Pixels. That is not exactly a bargain signal when the current Pixel lineup starts at $900 for the base Pixel 11.

And the top end of Google’s own range is already climbing. The Pixel 11 Pro XL now lists at $1,300, after a $100 increase from last year. So Motorola is stepping into a very expensive neighborhood and promising to go even higher.