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Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Pixels are suddenly doing very well in the global premium smartphone market.
- Google broke into the top 5 in the first half of this year, thanks to a highly successful Pixel 9 series.
- Apple still leads the pack by a mile, with Samsung claiming second place.
Google is definitely doing something right because Pixels are back in the top 5 global premium smartphone rankings (devices that cost above $600), with a highly impressive 105% growth year over year.
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