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.
I feel like a bit of a unicorn for using a Nokia 5.4. Never met another person that uses any of Nokia’s recent smartphones. 😭
Nokia still makes smartphones!?!?!?!?!?
(Well at least now you know what the problem is. Why aren’t they advertising this?)
Yep, they sure do! They target the budget market and therefore are competing mainly with Moto in that area, and even still make feature phones too.
I do wish I saw more marketing for them. The only reason why I even bought my original Nokia 3.1 and then my 5.4 is because I deliberately go out of my way to keep an eye on their products.
Not really, the company is called HMD Global, Nokia has an investment in it and there are probably a lot of former Nokia employees working there, but it’s not a subsidiary.
Ah okay, thanks for explaining it. Guess I should just stick with Pixel devices, then. (I miss the old OnePlus; they used to be such a good alternative to Pixels.)
I remember my 6.1 bought in 2018 at a Best Buy, it was a really cool phone, solid and all, I like Nokia phones.
I don’t consider HMD Global phones, because they don’t allow unlocking the bootloader.
Is it bloatware free like pixel and Motorola or it has some nokia cloud/store preinstalled?
Bloatware free. =)
I had the X20 and then the XR20. Not bad phones but it never received timely updates and it really needed help in the camera department. The camera on both devices was just so bad. Like 2012 bad.
The camera on my 5.4 isn’t horrible but it’s not great either. But I knew that before buying it; I’m not picky about the camera.