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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.

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[–] ScrivenerX@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use a pixel and I have a hard time justifying a different phone.

Maybe things have changed but the last Samsung I had was an S7 and I didn't like it. It suffered from bloat and didn't last all that long. Battery issues and the screen started to lose sensitivity.

I've used iphones and they aren't bad, but I really dislike apple's app store and effort to control everything on my phone. Also everytime a new phone came out my old phone became next to unusable for a month.

I got a pixel 3 and loved it, now I have a pixel 6 and don't see changing my phone any time soon or going to a non-pixel phone. They last a long time, they work well with everything and the camera is excellent.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've used https://shop.fairphone.com/ for a while now, a bit less slick and more expensive, but I'm very satisfied. I already degoogled completely, can't have a Google phone now :D

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does Fairphone offer for the car infortainment interface, or are you stuck without one?

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I don't own a car, no idea.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a hard time justifying a different phone

A pixel doesn't have SD card slot or 3.5 mm jack. My Xperia 1V has both. There. Justified.

[–] smeeps@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean most consumers don't care about those πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

most consumers have shit taste πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Or those features just aren't that useful in modern phones...