Another me-too from Google. It doesn't matter how much money they put on it, it won't work until they do something innovative. Apple had to do it to get where they are.
Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp
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Re: Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp
#22Another me-too from Google. It doesn't matter how much money they put on it, it won't work until they do something innovative. Apple had to do it to get where they are.
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They should learn from Ballmer wasting MSFT resources housing him. Epic "me too!" failure.
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#23after being an iPhone user for 6 years and recently switching to android (first a pixel, then one plus) I can say with confidence Google's hardware approach sucks. Android can do a lot more than iOS but it does most of the simple things in a user unfriendly way
Their software also sucks compared to the “just-works” ios and its integration.
Re: Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why was it designed that way? Can you elaborate?
I remember reading somewhere that they did not integrate to not alienate other phone manufacturers, they were trying to avoid making the manufacturers feel like second class citizens.
That strategy worked out really well for them.
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#25Google doesn’t understand least-friction products like apple and HTC isn’t going to get them there.
Their customer first and formost are ad-buyers and what they sell is your data. Apple’s customers are users, and it shows.
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#26I don't understand, how is this different from Google acquiring and then selling off Motorola Mobility?
This time will maybe probably actually be different despite Google's short strategic attention span. Seems to me that the main difference between then and now is that Google is probably less concerned about alienating the other Android device OEMs now that Android is more entrenched. To speculate a little more wildly it's possible Google's motive is also to push the current Android manufacturers to "up their game" in…
also, Samsung has Tizen as a hedge / card against Android; so this may also be Google building up its leverage.
As you suggest, perhaps this iteration of hardware will be like Microsoft Surface. Well built, slightly more pricey hardware that set the bar for the industry..?
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#27Stupid nerds, that's who Google can sell to. Everyone else will buy anything else.
Re: Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp
#28after being an iPhone user for 6 years and recently switching to android (first a pixel, then one plus) I can say with confidence Google's hardware approach sucks. Android can do a lot more than iOS but it does most of the simple things in a user unfriendly way
>Google's hardware approach sucks What is wrong with the Pixel hardware? (Have never owned one and have only heard good things)
Two of my coworkers hated theirs so much they went iPhone this cycle. One cited something about random clicking noises and hardware problems.
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#29Gotta say as an iPhone user throughout (I own a nexus5 v1 ), I'm pretty impressed with HTCs design. However it's not clear that google will integrate them well.
I see this as more of a sign that Google doesn't care about scaring the hardware manufacturers anymore.
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#30after being an iPhone user for 6 years and recently switching to android (first a pixel, then one plus) I can say with confidence Google's hardware approach sucks. Android can do a lot more than iOS but it does most of the simple things in a user unfriendly way
>Google's hardware approach sucks What is wrong with the Pixel hardware? (Have never owned one and have only heard good things)
Some people value headphone jacks, micro-SD expansion, dual-SIM support or other features that dont exist in the latest Pixels. These are all features that modern iPhones don't have either, so its a little hypocritical to call out Google if that is whats meant by the "sucks" part.