This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/google-admits-pixel-3-sales-have-fallen-year-over-year/) reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)
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&gt; It turns out sales of the Google Pixel flagship are down year over year, meaning the Pixel 3 is selling worse than the Pixel 2.

&gt; The smaller version was $799-$150 more than the Pixel 2 from the year earlier-and the larger Pixel 3 XL was $50 more than the Pixel 2 XL, or $899. For this extra money, Google downgraded from a metal back to glass, it stuck with a meager 4GB of RAM-the lowest of any Android flagship-and it even made some software blunders like locking users into its half-baked gesture navigation system.

&gt; To top it all off, the designs were pretty ugly, ranging from the dated Pixel 3 bezels to the outrageously large display notch on the Pixel 3 XL. As for the Pixel 3&amp;#039;s competition, Google has to deal with mainstream juggernauts like Apple&amp;#039;s iPhone XS and Samsung&amp;#039;s Galaxy S10-phones from two companies with a stronger focus on hardware, more carrier deals, and bigger advertising budgets.


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