Google's struggling Pixel sales invite comparison with Microsoft's smartphone failures

Alphabet — Google's parent company — had its Q1 earnings call yesterday amid its slowest growth in 3 years. A 17% year-on-year revenue increase has some investors concerned and Google CEO Sundar Pichai had to answer some tough questions about the company's hardware prospects. One analyst even went as far as to compare the Pixel phones with Microsoft's unsuccessful smartphone lineup.

According to Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat, "recent pressures in the premium smartphone market" were to blame for lower than expected Pixel sales.

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