{"id":13644,"date":"2026-08-18T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13644"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:06:43","slug":"with-no-china-burden-like-on-apple-google-to-stop-making-pixel-devices-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13644","title":{"rendered":"With no &#8216;China burden&#8217; like on Apple, Google to stop making Pixel devices in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133316497,imgsize-42075,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg\" alt=\"With no 'China burden' like on Apple, Google to stop making Pixel devices in the country\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gadgetsnow.indiatimes.com\/brands\/Google\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> is moving its production of Pixel smartphones, watches and wireless earbuds outside of China starting next year, reports Nikkei Asia. The development comes amidst ongoing Washington-Beijing tensions.<!-- --> The US tech giant has been aggressively expanding capacity in Vietnam and India to lower its dependency on China. \u201cThe successful development and production of high-end Pixel phones in Vietnam this year \u2026 gave Google the confidence to proceed with the 2027 timeline for moving all Pixel production out of China,\u201d the report says citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cCompared with Apple, Google has no burden [to leave China] as it does not sell Pixel phones in the Chinese market,\u201d said one of the sources as quoted in the report. <!-- -->\u201cThe progress in Vietnam is smooth, as Samsung has built a smartphone supply chain ecosystem there that Google could also access,\u201d the source added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018Strategy for the Pixel phone this year is attack\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The report states that Google has told its suppliers to increase its Pixel smartphone shipments by 8% to 10% this year from last year&#8217;s total of around 12 million units. This comes despite the skyrocketing cost of memory chips, as Google has high hopes that its smartphones will serve as an important portal for consumers to use its Gemini AI applications, the report says.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>&#8220;The strategy for the Pixel phone this year is: Attack. We are told Pixel phones need to keep their shipment growth momentum at all costs,&#8221; the source told Nikkei Asia.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The tech giant has has been combining memory chip orders for its cloud-computing business with smartphone chip orders in negotiations with memory makers such as Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix, according to a source. The move is aimed at giving Google greater bargaining power when buying memory chips.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>&#8220;Google&#8217;s Pixel phone base is rather small, which gives it significant room to grow, and considering its massive cloud-computing business, even surging memory chips costs would not be too much of a burden,&#8221; an executive with a Google and Xiaomi component supplier told the publication. &#8220;It could grab some share from Apple in the U.S., Japan and Europe when Apple raises prices for iPhones.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/with-no-china-burden-like-on-apple-google-to-stop-making-pixel-devices-in-the-country\/articleshow\/133316445.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is moving its production of Pixel smartphones, watches and wireless earbuds outside of China starting next year, reports Nikkei Asia. The development comes amidst ongoing Washington-Beijing tensions. The US tech giant has been aggressively expanding capacity in Vietnam and India to lower its dependency on China. \u201cThe successful development and production of high-end Pixel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/google-launched-its-pixel-11-series-earlier-this-month.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Google is moving its production of Pixel smartphones, watches and wireless earbuds outside of China starting next year, reports Nikkei Asia. 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