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.

  • sloonarkEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    I honestly think the Pixel 5 is the best phone I have ever used. I have the P7 and I kind of wish I had stuck with the P5.

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

        I love all the input in this thread. I’m currently a Pixel 2 user, so it’s interesting seeing different perspectives

        • @DTFpandaEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Don’t be fooled. The 7pro is an incredible phone. I have nothing but positive things to say about it 1+ year later. And I also had a pixel 2.

      • @rDrDrEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        You might like something from the a series, although the fingerprint reader on the 6a is still awful and the cameras are not amazing. The size and weight feel right though, closest ive come to a Nexus 5.

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

      Pixel 5 user here and I have to say I am going to make it last as long as I can! Battery still keeps its charge all day even as a fairly big user too!

      • cloaker
        4•1 year ago

        I bought the s22 because Google abandoned this size phone

        • @[email protected]
          3•1 year ago

          My problem with Android phones other than the Pixel line is all the bloatware they have installed that you can’t get rid of. I’ve been a user of the more “pure” Google phones since the start, from the Nexus to the Pixel.

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

      For me it was the 2XL.

      That camera was just 5 years ahead of everything else, fruit included.

      Got a 5 after that, but the selfie cam was crap. And to some extent, it still is on current models. I wish Google did something about it, I can’t be the only one noticing.