Google Pixel shipments projected at up to 4 million units in 2016

Google is now a hardware company: the company that started as a search engine introduced the Google Pixel and Pixel XL, its own two phones, a couple of days ago, and positioned them as flagship devices that are set to compete __with handsets like the Apple iPhone.

However, one thing that has held Google back all throughout the years __with the Nexus series is limited retail presence that have stumbled its sales ambitions. And quite frankly, the Google Nexus program never seemed to produce a phone for the masses, a phone that is sold widely, but rather than that, it served as a reference for other Android manufacturers to look and adopt good practices.

Is Google ready for a full-on switch in tactics and going on the offense in hardware? The Google Pixel phone will be sold at brick and mortar retailers in the United States and it launches in six countries, so this brings the question how much units of the Pixel will be sold.