What has happened to HTC?
In the eyes of many users, HTC, therefore, has lost its reputation. It later started producing top models under various new names, but they never reached the popularity of Desire. In the meantime, Google bought a part of HTC’s phone business and started producing Pixels.
What happened to HTC mobile in India?
HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker that had considerable eyeballs for many years, is finally pulling out of India, the fastest growing mobile market in the world. HTC has ended all distribution tie-ups in the country and halted local manufacturing. It was waiting to happen.
What happened to HTC?
What started HTC’s long, slow decline was a mixture of mediocre business decisions and absent marketing efforts. With tons of cash in hand by 2011, and competition looming from Samsung and Motorola on the Android market, HTC needed to re-invest in mobile, and do whatever it could to stymie the growth of its competitors.
What is the purpose of HTC Sense?
HTC Sense filled in the gaps for Android users by providing a much sleeker experience from the home screen for viewing the time, weather, and other information at a glance. But despite all HTC accomplished, by 2011, the ground had already begun to shift.
Did Samsung name their phones the same as HTC?
Samsung and Motorola weren’t perfect, but they never blatantly named two devices the same as HTC did. Worse than its odd and repetitive One branding, HTC also released two dozen phones in 2011 and a dozen in 2012 with absolutely ridiculous names: Desire, Incredible, Sensation, Evo, ChaCha, Salsa, Vivid, Velocity, Amaze, and Rhyme were a few.
What happened to HTC S3 Graphics?
First it bought S3 Graphics, a PC graphics manufacturer, to help secure patents against Apple, for $300 million. It was certainly a huge investment, but ultimately failed to create any new hardware for HTC to use in its phones or to license to other smartphone makers.