IDC: Google outsells OnePlus with 7.2 million Pixel smartphones in 2019

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  The Pixel 3 XL. [credit: Ron Amadeo ]

Francisco Jeronimo of IDC published some surprising sales stats for Google's Pixel line, saying 2019 was the hardware division's best year so far, and with sales up 52 percent from 2018, Google managed to outsell OnePlus in 2019.

Google's Pixel line was most recently in the news for the fallout from a disappointing Pixel 4 launch, so some positive sales news is unexpected. A report from The Information claims Google Hardware leader Rick Osterloh internally criticized the Pixel 4 before launch, and both the Pixel line's general manager and the Pixel Camera lead have left the team in the past year. As a response to the report, Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave an interview to The Verge saying "hardware is hard" and that he takes a long-term view of the Pixel team's hardware efforts.

These sales numbers are mostly not about the Pixel 4, though. In terms of devices, 2019 device sales for Google mostly means the Pixel 3 and 3a. While the Pixel 4 launched in 2019, that was only in October. The Pixel 3 was for sale the entire year, having launched just a few months before 2019, and the cheaper Pixel 3a was available from May 2019 onward.

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