Have you ever used Google support? I have and they are awesome!
Support doesn't mean anything if they don't support their phones for a long time like Apple does. 2 years of support for an $900 phone is not enough.
What price should it be? It's top notch hardware. You looking for Nexus 4/5 pricing... pretty sure that's over, and Google is looking to actually make a profit on their hardware.
Big bezels, no ois, no sd card slot, non removable battery, low capacity battery,no stereo speakers, and a few other missing features is not top notch hardware. Should have been $400 for Pixel and $480 for xl.
They are actually targeting the higher segment. For the lower and mid segment google has the android one program.
Would love to see Android One phone with 4.7 inch 720p,2gb,16gb,sd430,3000mah battery, 2 years of os updates for less than $150. Would most definitely buy such a phone.