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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.

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[–] damtux@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hello, it actually exists and they started developing it with crowdfunding (now it seems like they are self-sustaining with sales)..... Do you know Puri.sm?

They started some years ago creating a new Linux phone, the Librem 5, and they are developing firmware support and a mobile GNOME interface around it that also other project, like PinePhone, is using.

[–] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I’ve watched some videos on a few different phones and different operating systems, but they all seem very early in development and more of hobby devices rather than anything someone can use as their daily driver. At the current rate it seems like it will be decades before it’s ready for prime time.

[–] damtux@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

yes, it's true that they're still not ready as daily driver for not-geek people

[–] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting… not long after I replied to this, I saw this post on Lemmy about Purism maybe not being so pure. I don’t have time to watch it all now, but figured I’d pass it along. Either way it’s it seems like the best Linux experience is using Ubuntu touch on an old Pixel 3a, still being tied to Google at least with the hardware, and it’s an old phone.

https://lemmy.world/post/2378785

[–] damtux@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thank you for the link...it's speaking a bit fast for me as English is not my main language but I got the point. I would be curious to ask directly to Purism people what they think about this.

Also I would consider /e/os with Murena Fairphone 4 as a good compromise and a safe choice.

[–] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, yeah, New Yorkers aren’t the easiest to follow. I got a chance to watch the full video. The main points, which you may have gotten, were that Purism didn’t honor refunds, and the security/privacy which they claim is very surface level and doesn’t stand up to any scrutiny.

[–] damtux@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I watched it with subtitles and understood the 2 points explained....thank you anyway for the recap!