inspectorJul 29, 2023

While Android as a whole continues to shrink in the US, Google Pixel keeps growing

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While Android as a whole continues to shrink in the US, Google Pixel keeps growing - gadgetro.id

Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market. Counterpoint Research reports that, in Q2 2023, US smartphone shipments dropped by 24% year-over-year. That includes both iPhones and Android phones, and virtually every brand saw a drop in shipments. Samsung saw US shipments drop by 37% while Motorola saw a 17% drop. TCL saw the biggest decline at just shy of 70% year-over-year, and even Apple saw a 6% drop.

Show threadScrivenerXJul 29, 2023

I use a pixel and I have a hard time justifying a different phone.

Maybe things have changed but the last Samsung I had was an S7 and I didn’t like it. It suffered from bloat and didn’t last all that long. Battery issues and the screen started to lose sensitivity.

I’ve used iphones and they aren’t bad, but I really dislike apple’s app store and effort to control everything on my phone. Also everytime a new phone came out my old phone became next to unusable for a month.

I got a pixel 3 and loved it, now I have a pixel 6 and don’t see changing my phone any time soon or going to a non-pixel phone. They last a long time, they work well with everything and the camera is excellent.

Show threadAzzuJul 29, 2023
I’ve used shop.fairphone.com for a while now, a bit less slick and more expensive, but I already degoogled completely, can’t have a Google phone now :D
Show threadSokathHisEyesOpenJul 29, 2023
What does Fairphone offer for the car infortainment interface, or are you stuck without one?
Show threadAzzuJul 29, 2023
I don’t own a car, no idea.
Show threadCrisJul 29, 2023

Lmao, god I’m so jealous of Europe sometimes. I have to assume you don’t live in the US.

There are some places here you can get away with not having one, but its basically a non-option for the vast majority of the US

Show threadAzzu
True, sorry about that :(
Jul 29, 2023 at 5:09amWeb
Show threadCrisJul 30, 2023
All good lol. There are things I appreciate about my country, but definitely also things I don’t 😅 city planing and viability of bikes & walking are 100% the latter