How is HTC losing money with their flagship phone when it sells for $600, yet Google is not losing money on the N4?
That was an insult? Sorry, you have thin skin. The volume has been getting accolades. I in fact, love it. I have no problems with it.My point is not pedantic. And your insult is completely unnecessary.
The volume rocker on the One is simply too flush with the side. The same can be said of the power/wake button. It will bother some. It won't bother others.
Buttons are important on a smartphone. Not only are the One's buttons too flush with the side, the power/wake button placement is a mistake in the upper left. A phone that large should have their power button on the right side of the device. The One Max made this change.
Small profits/big profits are a whatever, but an actual turn to making losses after what was supposed to be a company-saving rebranding/refocus is a big concern.The HTC One was/is a great phone and I do not know why some of you are obsessed with corporations' quarterly profits (or the lack thereof). It has not been a concern of mine.
That was an insult? Sorry, you have thin skin. The volume has been getting accolades. I in fact, love it. I have no problems with it.
I still stand behind my statement, it's a pedantic post. You do a lot of them.
It's not an insult.
Calling anyone's point pedantic is an insult. Yes. And further strange when we are discussing the buttons on a smartphone, which are indeed important.
I'm not talking about the volume output of the speakers. I'm focusing on the rocker itself. Bizarre that you would even bring up one thing when I'm talking about another.
I 'do a lot of them'. Would you like to elaborate? Are you implying that all or the majority of my posts on this forum bring up pedantic details on a smartphone? That's pretty ridiculous.
Such a shame, HTC is the one company that rivals Apple in my eyes. I will continue to support them with a new purchase next year, but I wonder how long until they suffer the same fate as blackberry.
What's funny is I'm talking about the rocker. edit, omitted the word "rocker" wa. well ware you were talking about the roc. r.
I've never heard of anyone complaining about the rocker. And yes, it is noted on reviews quite often of being quite good.
To clarify, long worded and pedantic. It's not a personal attack, it's merely pointing out a trend.
Short memories. Making a truck load of low end, budget handsets is what got HTC into trouble in the first place.
You might understand my confusion when you simply refer to a volume rocker as 'volume'. Says a lot about you.
I've read reviews and/or online comments complaining that the rocker is too flush.
My respones are long worded? Is English your second language? You have some serious guts to say such a thing to me. I fucking hate this forum sometimes.
Look at my first post in this thread. It clearly refers to the volume rocker. I was fully aware you were talking about the volume rocker the whole time. In the second reply I omitted one word.
Talk about panties in a wad.
'Panties in a wad.' Go fuck yourself you child.
Thanks for proving my point.'Panties in a wad.' Go fuck yourself you child.
My point is not pedantic. And your insult is completely unnecessary.
The volume rocker on the One is simply too flush with the side. The same can be said of the power/wake button. It will bother some. It won't bother others.
Buttons are important on a smartphone. Not only are the One's buttons too flush with the side, the power/wake button placement is a mistake in the upper left. A phone that large should have their power button on the right side of the device. The One Max made this change.
Short memories. Making a truck load of low end, budget handsets is what got HTC into trouble in the first place.
quietly brilliant.Their problem was a lack of market targeting -- if they aimed their low-end budget handsets to the more undeveloped countries, their bottom line would have been much better off. Part of the problem is also HTC's brand recognization -- outside phone enthusiasts, I doubt people would instantly recognize HTC as a brand.
Nonsense. SONY has repeatedly said they are, for now, focusing on their strengths (wrt smartphones) and that is in Japan, Europe and Asia. They can afford to considering the breadth of other products and services they have to offer. America will come when their positions in their strongholds become more stable. Also, SONY makes plenty of low-end to mid-range phones that have been popular (again, in Asia, Europe and Japan). IIRC, SONY's smartphone business is growing faster than Samsung, although the scales are different. I have no idea where HTC went wrong but they were making a lot of low-end to mid-range phones but there was no product branding that truly unified all of them. That may be because of their history as an ODM. Hopefully, someone over there rights that ship and they become more successful in the future.
Their problem was a lack of market targeting -- if they aimed their low-end budget handsets to the more undeveloped countries, their bottom line would have been much better off. Part of the problem is also HTC's brand recognization -- outside phone enthusiasts, I doubt people would instantly recognize HTC as a brand.
I thought Sonys smartphone business was still declining outside of Japan. It would be nice if they did start doing better though, we need a few more strong Android vendors although the new Chinese vendors seem to be lining up to take that position.
They're actually doing very well in Europe and Asia, Especially your home country. In America they are nonexistent.
Any numbers? The only ones I can dig up are estimates from the Verge:
Q1 2012: 7.4m
Q2 2012: 8.8m
Q3 2012: 8.7m
Q4 2012: 8.1m
Q1 2013: 9.6m (17.5% y/o/y)
Q2 2013: 10m (13.6% y/o/y)
I don't even know percentage wise if that's in line with general industry growth much less Samsung. And it's not a good thing they can't even match % growth when starting with such small numbers comparatively.