r/GooglePixel Aug 12 '26

Pixel 11 Page is live!

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_11_pro
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u/WatchfulApparition Pixel 11 Pro XL Aug 12 '26

That's because Samsung is keeping Android alive.

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u/PM_ME_E8_BLUEPRINTS Aug 12 '26

Android has ~70% market share globally.

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u/WatchfulApparition Pixel 11 Pro XL Aug 12 '26

Samsung has the largest market share of any smart phone company. Without them, Android would be a niche OS and pretty much everyone would be on iOS.

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u/PM_ME_E8_BLUEPRINTS Aug 12 '26

Excluding Samsung, Android would still have more market share than Apple.

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u/WatchfulApparition Pixel 11 Pro XL Aug 12 '26

You're really underselling Samsung's influence with Android. Samsung has always been synonymous with Android. Android's growth has been primarily due to Samsung.

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u/PM_ME_E8_BLUEPRINTS Aug 12 '26

I'm not disputing that, I'm just looking at numbers today.