Google Pixel 4 series of flagship smartphones from the company was not a success but that has not stopped the company from growing its presence in the smartphone market. The Google Pixel series smartphones have reported its best performance yet in terms of sales in the year 2019.
According to the numbers released by IDC, Google managed to ship 7.2 million units of Pixel smartphones last year, i.e. in 2019. This represents a 52 percent year-on-year growth for Google in the market.
However, since the sale of Pixel 4 is low, it’s safe to assume that the sale of Pixel 3a could be the reason for the higher shipments of the series last year. In an earnings call this year, the company had said that Pixel 3a is selling well.
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The company has reportedly seen strong performance for its smartphones in Western Europe, Japan, and the United States. The good performance in the U.S. was probably because of the company expanding its carrier partnerships.
The IDC report claims that with shipments of 7.2 million, Google has surpassed OnePlus but the company hasn’t yet managed to be in the Top 10 brands. It does not reveal how much is the gap between the shipments from Google and OnePlus.
To put the numbers in perspective, the 7.2 million units are nowhere near what the leading smartphone brands are achieving. OPPO for instance, which is the world’s fifth-largest smartphone company, is shipping 147 million units a year.
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