ProBeat: Google can be proud of poor Pixel shipments, Essential should give up

OPINION: IDC shared two interesting smartphone numbers this week: Google Pixel and Essential Phone shipments for 2017. The research firm typically shares shipments for the top five smartphone makers, but interest around these two companies was apparently high enough to warrant a breakout by research director Francisco Jeronimo more than 10 days after IDC’s most recent report.
For reference, Samsung shipped 317.3 million smartphones in 2017, followed by Apple with 215.8 million, Huawei with