Google's Pixel smartphones are continuing to grow in the US, as shipments in the US grew in Q2 2023 while everyone else dropped.

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    61•1 year ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]English
      24•1 year ago

      I have a hard time justifying a different phone

      A pixel doesn’t have SD card slot or 3.5 mm jack. My Xperia 1V has both. There. Justified.

      • @[email protected]English
        12•1 year ago

        While I understand the appeal, those are 2 features that I don’t need. Having the option would be nice though.

        • @[email protected]English
          9•1 year ago

          I think more people should have this kind of view, and less of an all or nothing approach.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 year ago

        I’m looking to switch from Samsung to a non-Google phone, It’s too bad no networks seem to carry the Xperia in Canada. Really don’t want to shell out $2000 up front for a phone.

      • @dingusEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        You know I used to be with you on the SD card slot thing because phones used to have barely any internal storage. But now we’re seeing phones with hundreds of GB of onboard storage and having an SD card expansion on top of that feels wholly unnecessary.

        I’m with you on the 3.5mm jack tho.

      • SokathHisEyesOpenEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        What does Fairphone offer for the car infortainment interface, or are you stuck without one?

          • CrisEnglish
            21•1 year ago

            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

              • CrisEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                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

        • @[email protected]English
          9•1 year ago

          I mean, Fairphone runs Android. So the same Android Auto that a Google Pixel would have

          • SokathHisEyesOpenEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            That is by Google though. Right? They said their phone is de-googled. So maybe the question isn’t what does Fairphone have, but what does a de-googled Android phone use?

    • @EldritchEnglish
      8•1 year ago

      The maddening thing is how much effort Samsung wastes duplicating basic gapps. Their contacts manager, calendar, etc has no real advantages over the Google ones. Just focus on the hardware and overall experience? Stop wasting time reinventing the wheel. Same with their app store. I’ve had an S20 for the last 4 years. Used Samsung since the S2 which I still have. And am looking at a pixel to replace it since my security updates are running out.

    • Very_Bad_Janet
      4•1 year ago

      Can you explain what you mean by bloat with the s7? I have that and like my phone, just wondering why others don’t.

      • danielbln
        4•1 year ago

        I don’t know what OP is talking about, by the time the S7 came around the bloat was already heavily reduced, I’m on an S10E still and think it’s one of the best phones ever, apart from the lackluster battery maybe. But current day Samsung Android I don’t consider bloated.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      They’re right at the top in the battery department, there’s still a little bloat but you can disable things. Maybe 5 garbage games and FB

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      Still using an S7E to this day as the battery seems basically indestructable…

      The one single weak spot? I actually had to replace the glue.