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Google's inconsistent Pixel experience makes its phones impossible to recommend
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It’s certainly more than a bit annoying that THIS is the product that Google keeps alive, while constantly killing other, much more useful products.
I’ve literally never met anyone with a Google Pixel. It’s just not on anyone’s radar when buying a new phone. I’m sure some like it, but it’s not exactly setting the world on fire.
I think this is rather location dependent. Here in Aus a lot of people I know use them. Just some more anecdotal evidence.
Australia does have some quirks, as many Australians like to point out :D
According to marketshare figures, last year Google had 3 percent marketshare in Australia. IPhone was 43.8 percent, followed by Samsung with 31.8, followed by Oppo (4.5) Lenovo (3.6), HDM (3) and finally: there’s Google with 3 percent.
https://appleworld.today/apples-iphone-now-has-46-5-of-the-australian-smartphone-market/amp/
In the US, iPhone and Samsung have bigger shares and Google is at about 4 percent (was 2 in 2022)
So at least from the statistics, Google isn’t doing particularly well in Australia either. But you certainly might run with a particular group of people who prefer them over other brands. People do like to conform to a group.
LOL like me and half my friends all have Pixels. We're all FOSS nerds. I'll also never consider another carrier other than Google Fi. I've yet to land in a foreign country and not have instant, unlimited cell service. Carrier bonding is also a blessing in the mountains.
I use Google Fi as well but I've questioned the purpose of carrier bonding/switching since T-Mobile and Sprint merged. As far as I know US cellular is the only other network that Fi uses. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Historically Sprint was a different type of network [CDMA] but I think with 5G it's all coagulated together. However, US Cellular is the network I fall back on when I am in the mountains so it's the one I'm thankful to be able to pop on whenever tmobile drops away.
Well yeah, if your group self-identifies as FOSS nerds, that’s about what I’d expect :D I bet a lot of them are also into Linux, right?
I love my Linux/FOSS brethren, but most people just buy an iPhone or some Samsung and are perfectly happy just using those as is.
Your experience is not universal. I think most people I know have a Pixel, even the non-nerds!
It really can depend on where you are. For example, in the US Google had a 4 percent marketshare in 2023. It actually doubled compared to 2022: that was 2 percent.
Buf if you happen to run with a group pf people who go against the grain and buy Pixels, it might very well feel like a dominant brand.
In our company for example, everyone has iPhones. So to me, they appear to have 100 percent marketshare, when reality is closer to 50-60 percent in most markets.