Ian Fogg

Pixel is a bold move, google is aiming to go straight head to head with Apple and Samsung. And, in fact, companies it partners with too.

They're not giving exposure to any of their partners that have [to date] been involved in the design and manufacture of Nexus phones. the prices are essentially the same as the starting prices for an iPhone. And similar to the top-end Samsung phones.

Apple is the most successful [phone] company and Apple believes that only by integrating hardware and software together can you create great products. This [announcement] is a statement by Google that they believe Apple is right.

Unless LG succeeds with the G5, VR camera and smart accessories, on LG's old trajectory IHS forecasted LG's smartphone shipments would decline 3 percent in 2016.