Google sets modest smartphone goals as COVID-19 bites

Internet giant plans just 1m flagship Pixel 5 phones for 2020

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Google has been betting on smartphones to bring more users into its software ecosystem.  © Reuters

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Google plans to produce less than 1 million Pixel 5 smartphones this year, sources told Nikkei Asia, signaling a far more conservative outlook for the internet giant's flagship device than last year.

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