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.

  • worfamerryman@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know anyone who uses google messages and I’m not going to convince the 20 people on my group chat to switch to it since we only catch up a few times per year.

    Random acquaintances that I contact a few times per year will also not bother to figure it out as it will just idle 9 months of the year.

    It’s just a real roadblock that locked people into the platform.

    • stown@sedd.itEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I use Google Messages to chat with my family who mostly use iMessage. I can see all the reactions and stuff so there aren’t really any compatibility issues. You don’t need an iphone or iMessage to communicate with people on iMessage.

      • worfamerryman@beehaw.orgEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        But if I use google messages, it will be sent as an sms. So suddenly I have to pay for every international text and call made.

        I’m from the states, but I do not live there at the moment.

        It’s much easier for me to keep iOS instead of trying to convert 100 people to use some other messaging app.

        Where I live, no one uses iMessage and I have all the major chat apps installed. So it’s not a problem for me, but even my parents struggled to understand what WhatsApp was and they are decently tech savvy.