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Facebook's iPhone Competitor Rumored to Be HTC First, Here's What It Looks Like
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How pathetic apple has become. Even a Facebook phone has larger display and higher resolution than an iPhone 5.
Just another Android phone. Definitely not going to outshine Samsung.
At least Facebook wasn't stupid enough to make their own OS.
At least Facebook wasn't stupid enough to make their own OS.
It is? How so? I still laugh when I see people using their S3 and watching the UI stutter and drop frames.
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Maybe the same reason Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have.
Facebook making a phone is a waste of time. Stick to making a better mobile experience i.e. apps and scaling mobile browsing. This is just another Android slab and consumers will treat it as such.
Good thing theres choice. You can even buy a 6.1" phone now. Apple doesn't have to cater to anyone and everyone. Never have and probably never will.
Good thing theres choice. You can even buy a 6.1" phone now. Apple doesn't have to cater to anyone and everyone. Never have and probably never will.
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5MP is not strong enough to capture the appropriate clarity of food photos to be placed on Facebook. This will degrade the platform's quality. Shame!
You say potato...
Releasing a new phone is almost as interesting as releasing a new desktop computer - the market is mature, innovation isn't something that accompanies mature markets. Perhaps if the phone only supports VOIP, it'd at least be something different.
Because iPhone set the initial bar for quality and experience which every other phone aims to reach. The market isn't as simple as that anymore, but that bar is still very clearly visible and prominent.
Ah, is that what makes things great? So when the iPhone 4 and retina macbook pro came out, I guess every other phone and laptop was pathetic in your eyes.
So Apple won't be pathetic anymore when Apple released an iDevice with a larger screen?
Hmmmm, I seem to have misplaced my iPad mini around here somewhere...
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The jury is still out. Very little is known. If this is simply a customized Android phone, then it offers everything that Android offers, plus even tighter Facebook integration. It's merely marketing, nothing more. They're not claiming to have invented anything new.
great
Just what we need...."deeper" Facebook integration. Aren't you into me deep enough, Facebook?
I believe midrange here refers to the hardware specs, not screen size. 1GB of RAM and Snapdragon S4 is no longer high-end for an Android device.
Their OS was basically free, thanks to Google thinking it would a good idea to give a free phone OS to all their competitors. And hardware is done by HTC.
All they had to do is make an agreement with HTC to brand it and stick a launcher on it.
Low risk, high reward. If it takes off, they've basically baked their social network into an Android phone and gain an advantage over their online ad competitors. If it doesn't, they can always go back to monetizing off optional apps.
Lol. It's the 12-16 year olds who think facebook is "lame" and are turning to alternatives like instagram, vine, snapchat, etc.
I agree that it'll be a flop but don't think the 12-16 year olds will help in any way.
HTC has been using that layout since before apple even made a phone. All the old windows mobile phones had the trackball/trackpad in the center on the bottom. Heck even the htc incredible 1 had a touchpad down there.
Seriously, why? Every relevant smartphone out there has a dedicated facebook app.
I can only guess they are gonna data mine even more info from your phone habits than they can from using their website or a mobile app...
I can only guess they are gonna data mine even more info from your phone habits than they can from using their website or a mobile app...
I think the only way this will work is if it's priced really cheap. Then it might be attractive as a first smart-phone option for kids/young teenagers.
