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They are not even sold in a lot of the EU and they barely market the phones. Kinda hard for there to be consumer demand if you cannot even buy it.
by jeltz 3y ago
They are not even sold in a lot of the EU and they barely market the phones. Kinda hard for there to be consumer demand if you cannot even buy it.
- brookst 3y agoThis isn’t true at all. Many products have very high demand in markets they’re not available.
- londons_explore 3y agoPixel phones have lots of geoblocked features. For example, they lose most of their 5G/VoLTE/VoWifi abilities if you use a sim from a phone network in an unsupported country, even though other models of phone don't have that issue. A bunch of other features are geoblocked in the EU, or geoblocked to the US and Canada only.
- brookst 3y agoSure, but my point is that 1) Pixel has low market share in markets it is available, and 2) there does not appear to be any clamoring for availability from the masses in other markets. Pixel is a great product for tech enthusiasts. It may even be a good product for the mass market. But bemoaning the lack of sufficient distribution is totally missing the point.