HTC & Facebook in Like horror

[partridge]

HTC to launch Facebook-branded phones at Mobile World Congress | News | TechRadar UK

Dear God NO!!!!! Why would the coolest, smartest handset maker in the world sign up to this? aarrghghhh

 

[countstex]

Didn't HTC make themselves on making branded phones for other companies?

 

[SUroot]

Didn't HTC make themselves on making branded phones for other companies?

Absolutely.

 

[LECTER]

Why would the coolest, smartest handset maker in the world sign up to this?

There's this thing called "money".

It "may" have something to do with it...

 

[Yathushan]

Yeah but is selling your soul worth it??

 

[StevenChap]

Considering HTC make mostly Android phones, and Facebook has never really bothered with the Facebook for Android app, I am neither looking forward to this or expecting it to be a success :/

 

[widehead]

Dear God NO!!!!! Why would the coolest, smartest handset maker in the world sign up to this? aarrghghhh

Sorry to break up the party but Nokia make the best handsets, then Apple, then HTC.

Of course, you're probably unable to separate hardware from software so I kind of understand where you're coming from.

 

[SUroot]

Considering HTC make mostly Android phones, and Facebook has never really bothered with the Facebook for Android app, I am neither looking forward to this or expecting it to be a success :/

Well It was always mostly WinMo, but now I'd say they make nearly as many Android phones, if not an equal amount but Since HTC is an MS partner for Win MO, I would say its stretched to say they make mostly android phones.

 

[LECTER]

Sorry to break up the party but Nokia make the best handsets, then Apple, then HTC.

Says who?

 

[SUroot]

Says who?

Widehead. He is stating opinion as fact

 

[Jammy]

Sorry to break up the party but Nokia make the best handsets, then Apple, then HTC.

 

[LECTER]

Widehead. He is stating opinion as fact

 

[widehead]

Ok.

Best hardware out there at the moment? N8 hands-down, no competition.

How about Apple? I guess that you could think that gorilla glass, sleek design (thinnest smartphone) and the highest resolution displays are better than creaking plastic battery covers that rarely sit flush after being prised off, camera lens covers that need removing/replacing, faded SLCD displays.....

Remember kiddies - just because you bought something doesn't make it the best thing available. Sorry.

 

[Phenomenological]

Widehead, do everyone a favour and shut up for once.

As to the topic, I'm not convinced they've got the market quite right. Are the people who go for top end devices (Which the article stated they are intended to be, if I recall) really such heavy facebook users that they need a phone with THAT much integration of it? Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like they are missing the mark slightly.

 

[LECTER]

Widehead, do everyone a favour and shut up for once.

I wish he would too!

I say we all donate so he can finally buy his damn iphone and leave!

 

[Jammy]

Best hardware out there at the moment? N8 hands-down, no competition.

Haven't personally tried the N8, so I can't comment on the hardware. The software looks horrible though.

How about Apple? I guess that you could think that gorilla glass

Glass on both sides of the phone? Both of my parents have the iPhone 4, and both of the backs of them are scratched shitless. I have seen countless people break the glass on the iPhone - it's highly vunerable because there is no bezel protecting the glass. There are very few ways you can possibly drop that phone that will not make some impact on the glass.

sleek design (thinnest smartphone)

Certainly, it's very nice to look at/hold.

the highest resolution displays

The resolution is superb, yes. And I ****ing hate the PenTile layout. My Desire screen is way oversaturated() and the iPhone screen is way undersaturated(). The black levels on my AMOLED are very nice though...

creaking plastic battery covers that rarely sit flush after being prised off

Are you doing it right? The Desire battery cover is the best I've ever seen on any phone. It doesn't creak and takes 2 seconds to take off and 4 seconds to put back on. Much quicker than having to buy an obscure screwdriver that will void your warrantee...

camera lens covers that need removing/replacing

Agreed.

faded SLCD displays.....

Haven't heard of this...

This page is the third result... Either, it's a non issue, or an issue pertaining to all LCDs. The iPhone also has an LCD.

Remember kiddies - just because you bought something doesn't make it the best thing available. Sorry.

I didn't say it was the best thing available - in my opinion, it is a superb phone, naturally with some issues(camera lens cover, oversaturated screen).


I also note that you did not mention any issues that the iPhone has; the glass issue I mentioned earlier; the way I hold the phone, my pinky bridges the antenna and the signal drops 28dBm, frequently dropping from 3G to GPRS; the fact that I can not install my own applications without a jailbreak. I wouldn't mind jailbreaking, if it weren't for this.

 

[Evil Genius]

Widehead, do everyone a favour and shut up for once.

indeed.

you'd think that having such a "widehead" would stop him from sticking it so far up his own arse.

apparently not.

 

[Jammy]

Glass on both sides of the phone? Both of my parents have the iPhone 4, and both of the backs of them are scratched shitless. I have seen countless people break the glass on the iPhone - it's highly vunerable because there is no bezel protecting the glass. There are very few ways you can possibly drop that phone that will not make some impact on the glass.

Found statistics to back this up:

 

[Evil Genius]

sorry but that's not "evidence".

the graph only tells me that iPhone 4 users are more accident prone than iPhone 3 users (no cheap jokes please).

it doesn't say anything about the build quality.....and it says even less about HTC launching Facebook branded phones.

 

[Jammy]

sorry but that's not "evidence".

the graph only tells me that iPhone 4 users are more accident prone than iPhone 3 users (no cheap jokes please).

What would you consider evidence of my statement?

it doesn't say anything about the build quality.....

It says more iPhone 4s break than iPhone 3GSs.

and it says even less about HTC launching Facebook branded phones.

And it wasn't supposed to.

 

[Jammy]

Check the full study.

Synopsis: SquareTrade analyzed iPhone accidents for over 20,000 iPhone 4s covered by SquareTrade Care Plans and found a 82% increase in reported broken screens compared to the iPhone 3gs.
Highlights of the study include:

- iPhone 4 owners reported 82% more damaged screens in the first 4 months compared to iPhone 3gs owners.
- Overall, the reported accident rate for iPhone 4s was 68% higher than for the iPhone 3gs.
- An estimated 15.5% of iPhone 4 owners will have an accident within a year of buying their phone.

Also note that it doesn't say anything about the glass on the back of the phone breaking.

 

[Evil Genius]

What would you consider evidence of my statement?

show me a design flaw, a weak spot, a breakage pattern, anything.

all you have is a study guessing at ACCIDENTS.

and accidents, as they say, happen.

maybe the iPhone 4 owner sat on their phone, maybe they were so immersed in it's ease of use that they weren't looking where they were going and walked into a lamppost or maybe their dog ate it.

accidents say nothing, i repeat nothing, about the build quality.

and a final quote from the study:

"...it