A quick search of this subforum revealed that there is only 1 thread created with "HTC" in the subject since 2018, and that was in the summer of 2019.
Wind ourselves back 10 years, and HTC had the 3rd biggest market share of any mobile phone manufacturer in the world, and the biggest in the US! So what on earth has happened to them? I know I can find a few articles around this on google, but thought it would be nice to reminisce a little here.
In 2010, I got my first "proper" smartphone, the Desire HD (I don't really count my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, that had a web browser etc but was clunky as hell). Smooth software, android apps, well built and a giant 4.3" screen (this sounds ridiculous now, but I remember my mate ridiculing me for bring an "iPad" to a gig!). For me this was a real game-changer of a device that allowed me to recognise the benefits of a handheld device for internet activities compared to just using a computer.
I know that personally, I graduated onto Samsung Galaxy phones after that point (S3, Note4) which were better and understandably gaining market share with good products at 'OK' prices, but I always wondered how HTC lost their way following the massive success of the Desire/Desire HD era. I've been vaguely aware of them putting out some phones over the years that have had niche appeal but I'd struggle to correctly name many of them. There was the HTC One I remember that seemed to review well, but never really gained that much traction for some reason.
Oh and I'd almost forgotten, at one point around 2013(?) I had an HTC work phone running Windows mobile. Maybe they got a bit distracted away from Android by that?
Wind ourselves back 10 years, and HTC had the 3rd biggest market share of any mobile phone manufacturer in the world, and the biggest in the US! So what on earth has happened to them? I know I can find a few articles around this on google, but thought it would be nice to reminisce a little here.
In 2010, I got my first "proper" smartphone, the Desire HD (I don't really count my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, that had a web browser etc but was clunky as hell). Smooth software, android apps, well built and a giant 4.3" screen (this sounds ridiculous now, but I remember my mate ridiculing me for bring an "iPad" to a gig!). For me this was a real game-changer of a device that allowed me to recognise the benefits of a handheld device for internet activities compared to just using a computer.
I know that personally, I graduated onto Samsung Galaxy phones after that point (S3, Note4) which were better and understandably gaining market share with good products at 'OK' prices, but I always wondered how HTC lost their way following the massive success of the Desire/Desire HD era. I've been vaguely aware of them putting out some phones over the years that have had niche appeal but I'd struggle to correctly name many of them. There was the HTC One I remember that seemed to review well, but never really gained that much traction for some reason.
Oh and I'd almost forgotten, at one point around 2013(?) I had an HTC work phone running Windows mobile. Maybe they got a bit distracted away from Android by that?