Originally Posted by
abazigal 2) The only thing HTC has going for them is build quality, but they lose out because Samsung phones are perceived as having more value overall (with features like sf-cards and removable batteries).
So ultimately, I think HTC's problem is that they are charging too high a price for their phones in a highly-commoditized market, and so can't ship enough units to turn a profit as a result. Another competitor coming in will simply make competition stiffer and further squeeze profits. Maybe it won't kill HTC, but it definitely will make life that much harder for them, IMO.
Nope it have nothing to do with it, the mainstream public don't even care about that stuff. They can make as good of a phone as they want and sell as cheap as a Nexus it wont change. They don't have the money to advertise and distribution system compared to Apple and Samsung. They don't have the resource like Samsung to polute the market with endless of junk devices. They also have to sign up for royalties and don't have the power the defend themselves and getting their devices taken off the market.
Imo HTC One is better value than Samsung S4. I'm not crazy enough to spend $600 on flimsy plastic devices with gimmicks features (no offense to people who have S4, I think One is a better phone). The price for a brand new unlocked 32gb HTC One vs S4 16gb is about the same, sometimes cheaper, I'm more willing to get the HTC One for that price. SDcard and removable battery are nice, but it's less relevant now with new phones with bigger storage, better battery life and cloud services. Removable battery and microSD is for the tech savvy crowd, try quizzing the average citizen if they know or care, half of them buys iPhone which have neither. They buy the phone shown during the super bowl tv commercial. This is coming from someone who owned atleast a dozen Samsung Android phones.
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