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

    • @shashi154263
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      221 year ago

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

    • Kalkaline
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      111 year ago

      I would have never guessed it was that high. I would have said maybe 50-100 brands.

  • @ik5pvx
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    251 year ago

    I miss HTC

      • @[email protected]
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        91 year 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.

        • eric
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          01 year ago

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    • eric
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      11 year ago

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      • @[email protected]
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        11 year 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.

        • eric
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          11 year ago

          Thank you. I stand corrected.

  • @madcaesar
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    221 year ago

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

  • @MyFairJulia
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    201 year 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.

    • @flossdaily
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      1 year ago

      The LG V20 was the last great flagship phone that had a removable battery. I miss those.

      • @JokklMaster
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        31 year ago

        Mine was a piece of junk. It would crash whenever I tried to open snapchat. Super slow in general. Completely stopped working after like a year and had to be replaced.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        All the v line phones were at least still pretty easy to replace the battery on with minimal effort, even if they weren’t quick access. The problem became finding new oem batteries.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I have the LG wing and it’s great. I am going to really miss it when I have to do the inevitable change…

      • @MyFairJulia
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        21 year 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year 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.