BeautifulMemory
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HTC shares crash, "brand, factories and buildings were worthless"
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Never had one. I'm curious!!
My OnePlus One has been amazing.
You got lucky then, also better hope nothing breaks.
Windows Phone is circling the drain, and what exists for it in terms of audience is completely dominated by the Lumia line.
HTC has made a bunch of bad decisions. As much as I hate the (now rapidly eroding) contract system, not having the One M7 immediately available on Verizon in 2013 was a colossal blunder. It was not even an option for the people on Verizon upgrading from a Galaxy S2. They paid Robert Downey Jr a boatload of money for terrible commercials, while Samsung got the actual Marvel marketing. The cameras on their phones have been lousy for a while (why go with Toshiba for a 20MP sensor that gets outpermformed by older midrange phones?) and the battery life is always worse than the resolution/mAh quotient can account for. They do not manufacture SoCs, so when Samsung was dodging the early Snapdragon 810 tire fire, HTC was not.
You cannot really do what they have been doing and get away with it unless you have a marketing budget far beyond their capacity. Apple, Samsung, and LG have been safer bets for people who walk into carrier stores without doing much research. The enthusiast crowd wants better hardware than they have been delivering at particular price points, so Chinese OEMs (which now includes Motorola) have them cornered there. They should have put themselves in better position to capitalize on the impending demise of large scale phone susidies.
HTC has made a bunch of bad decisions. As much as I hate the (now rapidly eroding) contract system, not having the One M7 immediately available on Verizon in 2013 was a colossal blunder. It was not even an option for the people on Verizon upgrading from a Galaxy S2. They paid Robert Downey Jr a boatload of money for terrible commercials, while Samsung got the actual Marvel marketing. The cameras on their phones have been lousy for a while (why go with Toshiba for a 20MP sensor that gets outpermformed by older midrange phones?) and the battery life is always worse than the resolution/mAh quotient can account for. They do not manufacture SoCs, so when Samsung was dodging the early Snapdragon 810 tire fire, HTC was not.
You cannot really do what they have been doing and get away with it unless you have a marketing budget far beyond their capacity. Apple, Samsung, and LG have been safer bets for people who walk into carrier stores without doing much research. The enthusiast crowd wants better hardware than they have been delivering at particular price points, so Chinese OEMs (which now includes Motorola) have them cornered there. They should have put themselves in better position to capitalize on the impending demise of large scale phone susidies.
juliushandle
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8X is still a gorgeous phone. too bad the never followed up with an all aluminum 8X with the same style.
Retrocore9
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Did anyone have an HTC HD 2?
That was an amazing phone. You could run any android or windows OS on it. Plus the removable battery.
I finally moved to the M7 because it's just gorgeous. Still my daily use phone. I agree that it runs hot for gaming due to the aluminum body but a plastic case helps.
I really want them to pull out of this slump. You could argue that apple had comparable build quality (or better) to HTC but you can't say that for Samsung with its plastic casing. HTC deserves to be in this market.
That was an amazing phone. You could run any android or windows OS on it. Plus the removable battery.
I finally moved to the M7 because it's just gorgeous. Still my daily use phone. I agree that it runs hot for gaming due to the aluminum body but a plastic case helps.
I really want them to pull out of this slump. You could argue that apple had comparable build quality (or better) to HTC but you can't say that for Samsung with its plastic casing. HTC deserves to be in this market.
First two smartphones I had were HTC. First the Desire and then the One XL. Both were great phones, awesome build quality, just really nice. But they had absolute shit battery.
I don't know how HTC couldn't get their shit together. They made beautiful phones, but couldn't give them a battery worth a damn and just didn't market them well enough.
I don't know how HTC couldn't get their shit together. They made beautiful phones, but couldn't give them a battery worth a damn and just didn't market them well enough.
Still using the EVO 4G LTE. Its been a pretty good phone for the last few years. Was looking to upgrade to the M9, but they stuck with the M8 design that I wasn't a fan of. Dat bezel.
Samsung piqued my interest with the S6, but things came up and I haven't gotten around to upgrading. Now I may as well wait until the next batch of flagships next year.
Samsung piqued my interest with the S6, but things came up and I haven't gotten around to upgrading. Now I may as well wait until the next batch of flagships next year.
ThankYouDaletech
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My HTC one M8 is pretty OK except for how I can't use it when I'm all sweaty because it makes the speaker fade out. Good times. Also the Battery and Camera are garbage.
Actually it's a bad phone.
Actually it's a bad phone.
metalslimer
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I love my M8 but my god is the camera shit. Now I'm stuck on it for another year.
blame space
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do they even make flagship phones?
neogaffer1
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looking for a new flagship android phone?
Curiosity killed the bat
neogaffer1
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Jazzy Network
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I hope you got a waterproof phone.
Cheesehead9099
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Sad. I loved my One m7 and my Galaxy s6 has been nothing but garbage since I got it. Apps crash, touchwiz is still shit, ok google barely works, and the battery life is terrible. I miss the HTC of 2011.
Will likely be switching to Apple cause of this.
Will likely be switching to Apple cause of this.
Brutalitops
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Man, my first ever smartphone was an HTC Incredible S. After about a year, phone internet reception slowed to a crawl and eventually I couldn't use my data at all.
Aside from that, it was a very nice phone though.
Aside from that, it was a very nice phone though.
The Abominable Snowman
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There's a medium between the two. I hate when people think that having a 2% profit margin (OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, other low cost high spec manufacturers) and a 30% profit margin (Apple, Samsung) are the only two choices. Motorola strikes a brilliant balance between the two with lower priced "flagships" and have done excellent.
Nikodemos
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To be honest, it's where I want/wish Microsoft will eventually end up with their offerings. They don't have the halo appeal of Apple/Samsung, but definitely need to stay away from the poverty line of the myriad Chinese manufacturers.
rokkerkory
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Welp that sucks!!!
ghostofsparta
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No way lmao
Good. They slaughter Android release after release with their shit Sense software. They not only hurt themselves, but Android as well. Someone who buys an HTC and hates it will then think all Androids suck and move to iOS.
Hopefully this roller coaster keeps heading down
neogaffer1
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they don't hurt android nearly as much as samsung does with its shitty touchwiz. which is part of the reason why as soon as apple introduced a bigger iphone a shitton of people went back to ios.
my phone is still an m7 and it's great, but I joined snapchat and found out this pink hue on my phone that got more strong the darker the image and video I took, found out that it is a hardware glitch and can't be fixed.... and the video quality... felt like I was taking a video in a nokia 6600 no kidding.
I remember when I got my htc desire hd I think, everyone was amazed by the camera quality and asked what is this beautiful phone? even got a friend and two family members to buy it, sure it had some flaws but still... I hope they can recover from this
I remember when I got my htc desire hd I think, everyone was amazed by the camera quality and asked what is this beautiful phone? even got a friend and two family members to buy it, sure it had some flaws but still... I hope they can recover from this
Have they? Motorola still aren't profitable.
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/lenovo-ceo-motorola-will-be-profitable-within-6-quarters.html
Lenovo CEO: Motorola Will Be Profitable Within 6 Quarters (Feb 2014)
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/03/lenovo-says-motorola-will-be-profitable-with-18-months/
Lenovo Says Motorola Will Be Profitable Within 18 Months (Feb 2015)
Grimm Fandango
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My One M8 still works great. Sad to hear this. Hope the designers get new jobs as HTC phones look fantastic.
Same here. They know how to build a good device, but not how to make it last.
And in my opinion brilliant hardware with quick, reliable support.
The phone was a beast and I miss it now I have the G4, and as for support the one issue I did have was resolved via email within a few hours.
Did Samsung ever told anyone that their phone won't recieve OS update because their next version of shitty UI requires more memory? Because that's what HTC told everyone with original Desire. Good for cyanogenmod and other roms, fuck HTC.
younglink7
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So surprised there are people that are so unhappy with the M7. I've had mine since launch and loved it to death. I guess if you play games on it perhaps? I know that will kill the battery. But as far as casual usage, I still love the look and feel much more than Samsung's TouchWiz and the like.
Jazzy Network
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Most of these people have had it for like 2 years+. How many phones these days even last that long or longer?
HoodWinked
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bleh im not talking about htc but i really hate all these underpowered android devices hitting the market every chinese corporation shitting them out devaluing all devices. basically hurts all the decent flagship phones as they also are influenced by this downward spiral.
Nikodemos
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My LG Optimus One (P500) soldiered on from mid-2011 to mid-late 2014. It still held a decent charge three years later (though the buttons started getting a bit wonky in functionality).
And I'm not gentle with my phones (though I tend not to drop them; I think I dropped the P500 a total of three times, and every time on wood/carpeting).
Captain Chaos
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Do it Nintendo
I dunno - my sister and my brother liked mine so much, they both got one too and have had absolutely no issues either.
birthday-suit
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Loved the way their phones look.
But i had to takr my htc one back to the repair center every other week.
But i had to takr my htc one back to the repair center every other week.
Croatoan
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Dont worry Ferrari is on fire.
NeOak
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Nokia Lumia 920.
Never knew HTC was short for 'High Tech Computer". Neat.
How easily you go down the wrong path and branding is the sucker punch. Kinda feels like there isn't much money in smartphones unless your Apple. Samsung look similar to HTC, branding isn't that clear and it seems a new batch of phones are out quickly plus extra bloat. It's the sheer dominant advertising that is barely keeping Samsung up there and even then looks like it doesn't work so well now.
How easily you go down the wrong path and branding is the sucker punch. Kinda feels like there isn't much money in smartphones unless your Apple. Samsung look similar to HTC, branding isn't that clear and it seems a new batch of phones are out quickly plus extra bloat. It's the sheer dominant advertising that is barely keeping Samsung up there and even then looks like it doesn't work so well now.
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