[scarface74]

Why would Google “care” about a phone that sells only an inconsequential 2 million a quarter? If they make 4 billion a year in revenue on selling Pixel phones, that is around a quarter of how much Google reportedly pays Apple to be the default search engine on iOS devices.

In other words, Apple makes more from Google in mobile than Google makes from selling Pixels.

[n0tth3dro1ds]

> Why would Google “care”

Because their logo is on the device. If it’s so inconsequential as to not care about quality, then perhaps they shouldn’t bother.

They’re up against Apple. Criticize all you want, but Apple cares about customer experience and quality. Pixel is supposed to be representing their competing operating system. It should be a quality product, even if volume is low. They should accept it as a loss leader if they have to.

[scarface74]

If you haven’t noticed, Google has the attention span of a crack addled flea.

This is the same company that was all in on bringing high speed internet to cities and left city streets in ruin in the process.

https://www.tellusventure.com/microtrenching-fail-drives-goo...

[nextos]

Their marketshare is not so tiny anymore. It grew 380% to 3% in North America: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-market-share-3...

If the same trend is maintained, it will soon become the fourth biggest manufacturer, right after Apple, Samsung and Lenovo.

Not huge, but not serving a small niche either.

[scarface74]

Sounds like every startup pitch.

“We started out at .01% of the market and we doubled in size to .02% of the market in a year doubling in size! We saw faster growth than the leader”

[nextos]

I agree the headline is exaggerated, but 3% of the NA market is quite significant.

It's no longer a fringe device such as Jolla in the EU market.

[scarface74]

Hardware needs scale to be profitable and successful. 3% of the NA market is not scale.

[eertami]

And USA is only 4% of the world population... ;)