- Google’s Pixel chief has claimed that “very few” Pixel owners are coming from Samsung Galaxy phones.
- The executive asserts that some Pixel owners are coming from brands that left the market as well as Apple.
Google Pixel phones don’t crack the top five when it comes to global market share, but they certainly have some vocal fans. Where are these Pixel owners coming from, though? Well, a Google executive says they’re not actually coming from Samsung.
Google senior vice-president Rick Osterloh told Stratechery in an interview (spotted via 9to5Google) that “very few” Pixel owners come from Samsung devices. That’s a particularly interesting claim as Samsung is the top smartphone brand globally, so it would be a reasonable assumption that many Pixel owners previously had Galaxy phones.