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.

  • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    There’s the default Google/android apps which is fine because those are the basics.

    And this is the problem, and it’s absurd that google haven’t been stopped from doing this by any anti-competition regulators. Samsung don’t want google apps on their phones, they have to have them. Samsung make their own, and they’re often better than googles and are far more integrated into the OS.

                • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  12·
                  1 year ago

                  …nope

                  You’re conflating having them with “have to have” them.

                  • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    No I’m not. They have to have them because google forces them on all phones that have google play services.

                    You seem confused. Do you even understand what’s being discussed here?

                    Samsung do not sell a single phone that doesn’t have all the google bloat apps on it. You can’t remove them. You disagreed, then agreed, then disagreed within 3 posts.