Comments on: As Apple and Samsung accelerate, HTC’s sales fade away http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: trob6969 http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806959 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806959 I’ve never owned an htc phone before now so i can’t speak on their other devices, however i do own an htc rezound now and i see it as the perfect smartphone. Despite it constantly running sense 3.5, a live wallpaper, AND adobe flash, its STILL not just fast but VERY fast in performing all its functions! Although the rezound is supposed to be one of the first to get android 4.0, i am so pleased with my phone that i can honestly say that i wouldn’t care if i never got the ics upgrade.

]]> By: jbrandonf http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806909 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:32:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806909 I’ll say it again, they need to clean up their software. They’ve been good about updating phones but their dual-core phones are no where near as smooth as Samsung’s. Too many stupid, useless animations bog everything down and make you using the phone less efficient.

They need to make their software as light as possible and only plug in the holes that android missed. Sense is boring and ugly compared to ICS. They have nothing that makes me love their phones. At the very least I can appreciate the littlest details about my 4S and Lumia 800 but my Titan has nothing remarkable about it. Let’s see if HTC can pull it together.

]]> By: Glen http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806736 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806736 trob6969, I can’t agree with you more. As a marketer I see Samsung and Apple doing great things in terms of advertising and spotlighting key features and designs. HTC has made great phones with a great UI supported by great features. They have also made huge strides in the industry to bring the latest technology to the consumer. However, I see their commercials every once in a while and they aren’t great. If anything, the latest commercials just leave me baffled over if it is a HTC or Beats commercial having no idea what features their latest phones contain.

]]> By: trob6969 http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806145 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:04:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806145 Htc fell behind because of ONE reason, crappy marketing! Consider this: the htc rezound was the FIRST phone to have a 720p HD display but not only did they never advertise it, but they didn’t even put ‘HD’ in its name! The rezound is the ONLY phone on the market that has a higher pixel density than the iphone 4s! Its 342ppi crushes iphone’s 326ppi and does it with a 4.3″ screen! How could htc NOT advertise that it’s phone is the one that MASHED apple’s coveted retina display?! The rezound was also the FIRST phone to have a 1.5 ghz dual-core processor WITH an adreno 220 graphics processor! Did htc advertise that it’s phone had the most powerful processor? NO! Not only does the rezound’s front cam record HD video, but it’s rear cam records slow-motion video! And again, no they didn’t advertise that! Its plain-as-day why htc fell behind samsung, motorola, and apple: they have the weakest marketing in the industry!

]]> By: Raymond Padilla http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806083 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:13:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806083 You mean spending $300-million on Beats Audio didn’t accelerate sales?!?

]]> By: Moebius http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806049 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:42:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806049 They need to hire proper industrial designers…

]]> By: mwlfrd http://gigaom.com/2012/02/06/as-apple-and-samsung-accelerate-htcs-sales-fade-away/#comment-806002 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=481074#comment-806002 I can see why HTC would be struggling to keep up with Apple and Samsung; Samsung has been rising to the top of the best Android phones with their Galaxy line and they are going to be tough to top with all of their new features and physical designs.

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