Counterpoint Research's analysis shows that at its peak in 2017, there were more than 700 smartphone brands contributing to the 1.5 billion units sold annually. In 2023,...

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    • shashi154263@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

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

      • Pissnpink@feddit.ukEnglish
        101·
        1 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.

      • nathris@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 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.

  • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    264·
    1 year ago

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

  • MyFairJulia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

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

      • JokklMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 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.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        1 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.

      • MyFairJulia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 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.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    1·
    1 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.