Im confused if u want to buy a cheap phone or expensive phone.
I use the pixel 6a and can tell you some cons of using pixel in india.
So the main problem is that india is not an important market for google and so they dont take things seriously. for eg I gave my phone for repair and they took 20 days to fix it as its a third party service center.
next they dont sell anything officially so their is no guarantee of when stuff goes out of stock
For eg they dont sell the usb c to 3.5 mm adapter and other just dont well with pixel. I myself imported it from US
second their charger cost 2k in india which is crazy
the battery on my pixel 6a sucks and its build is also not good
ofc pixel 8 would be much better than 6a but the their is always a risk when you buy unpopular gadgets as the phone might be great but other things might hinder your experience
but that being said pixels a great series of phones with great UI and hardware
when I bought pixel I was low on budget and i really wanted to use a pixel once so I boguht I
not a bad phone but yes there are some cons