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This is more of a reply to your child comment about Pixel sales, but because this is a day old and unlikely to get any attention or replies as is. I’m posting this here:

I’ll prob geek out and look this up later. I’d be interested in the difference of products in their categories between the major tech companies:

Google: Pixel, Nest, Google Home, Chrome stick

Microsoft: Xbox, Surface tablets/laptops, upcoming Surface phone

Amazon: Ring doorbell, Ring’s other stuff, Alexa Echo/Dot, all the other Alexa devices, Fire tablets, Fire stick

Facebook: Portal, Oculus

Just to throw Apple in here outside their core: HomePod, ?

I’m sure I’m missing some things. Perhaps a company or two as well. Anyone know of anything else or something I wrote down wrong?

There’s also differences between market share and profitability/losses. Apple makes money with [almost] all hardware. While I think Alexa devices don’t make a profit though seem pretty dominant.



My point isn’t so much that the Pixel itself has a low sales volume, but more that Google is almost completely reliant on advertising for profits despite their “other bets” for over two decades.

Compare that to Apple’s product mix.

https://sixcolors.com/images/content/2020/financials-2020-1-...

If you go more fine grained on wearables, it’s estimated that Apple Watch and headphones taken individually or both larger than the iPod ever was.




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