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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,

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 4y ago
> 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 4y ago
  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-google-fiber-out-of-louisville/ https://www.tellusventure.com/microtrenching-fail-drives-goo...
nextos 4y ago
Their marketshare is not so tiny anymore. It grew 380% to 3% in North America: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-market-share-3167012 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 4y ago
  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 4y ago
    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 4y ago
      Hardware needs scale to be profitable and successful. 3% of the NA market is not scale.
      - eertami 4y ago
        And USA is only 4% of the world population... ;)

n0tth3dro1ds 4y ago

> 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 4y ago
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-google-fiber-out-of-louisville/ https://www.tellusventure.com/microtrenching-fail-drives-goo...

nextos 4y ago

Their marketshare is not so tiny anymore. It grew 380% to 3% in North America: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-market-share-3167012 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 4y ago
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 4y ago
  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 4y ago
    Hardware needs scale to be profitable and successful. 3% of the NA market is not scale.
    - eertami 4y ago
      And USA is only 4% of the world population... ;)