Google Pixel Was Clear US Smartphone Winner in Q4, Blogs Strategy Analytics

Google Pixel in Q4 was the fastest-growing “major” smartphone brand in the U.S., outpacing its top-10 rivals, including the iPhone, Samsung and Lenovo’s Motorola, blogged Strategy Analytics Tuesday. Overall U.S. smartphone unit shipments declined 23 percent in the quarter from “a lack of wow designs,” but Pixel shipments “bucked the downtrend” and increased 43 percent, it said. The Pixel 3 “is starting to resonate” with American consumers “searching for something new,” such as eSIM connectivity or artificial intelligence, said SA: Questions abound how Google might exploit this year’s impending Pixel 4 introduction to tap into momentum.