Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017::undefined

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      9 months ago

      Probably small brands. There are lots of them. They mostly import from China with just their company name printed on them.

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        9 months ago

        Just went to their website and it’s looks very very cheesy. It does not look like a major company or even a serious one tbh. Sad because the One M8 was probably the best phone I’d ever owned.

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        9 months ago

        Google didn’t buy HTC. They bought the parts of the company responsible for making the first Pixel phone.

        HTC is still a separate entity. They just don’t release 25 phones/year now, and all of their stuff is mid-range garbage.

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    9 months ago

    Because they all follow Apple / Samsung shittery, while being shitter versions of said shittines.

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    9 months ago

    I wish LG was still on the market. I would have loved to buy the LG Velvet plus the second screen case. However no carrier offered the phone with a contract.

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        9 months ago

        I had the LG G3, which was the first phone with a 2K display. It was also my first android phone that had a lot of power.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    I dislike that such an enclosed and anti consumer company like apple has completely taken over the cell phone market in the US, and I also hate that it’s left me with almost no viable high end android devices besides Samsung. Can’t even have a damned micro sd card slot anymore and curves glass edges on phones are stupid and pointless. I’ve heard they’re at least getting rid of that, finally.