Despite once moving mountains of units, HTC now struggles to make even its top -
end phones stand out against the likes of Samsung and Apple, and it's hard to imagine the company ever returning to its former glory.
Not exact matches
That Charismatic movement
ended as a total farce, in the
end a «prophet» would
stand on stage and guess the
phone numbers of members of the audience... I don't say random members of the audience, because of course they could not do that.
This is a movie that doesn't
end with a
stand - up - and - cheer victory lap but with weary people answering
phones, writing follow - ups, and going to back to work.
The Samsung Galaxy W was launched at the
end of August, along with the new naming convention for the Galaxy
phones where the «W»
stands for Wonder.
When markets roiled at the
end of the summer they send out reassuring emails and had their staff
standing by the
phones.
The Xperia Z5 Compact
stands alone: Sony is the only Android manufacturer making a small high -
end phone right now.
RED, the high -
end camera manufacturer, makes a
phone now.Called Hydrogen One, its
stand - out feature is a «holographic display», which is described as a 5.7 - inch screen that apparently uses nanotechnology to toggle «between traditional 2D content, holographic... Read more
Many of last year's high -
end Android
phones have
stood the test of time.
As it
stands right now, rather than position the
phone as a productivity - focused smartphone, the South Korean manufacturer aims to go head - to - head with Apple in the somewhat plateaued high -
end smartphone camera contest.
What does
stand out is the fact that there's still no ambient light sensor, or that the
phone isn't powerful enough to run high -
end games.
In a world where the top -
end Galaxy S8, LG G6, and HTC U11 (not to mention a whole field of less - expensive
phones like the OnePlus 5) exist, where does the Essential
Phone stand out?
Now before we get to the scores, it's important to note that the ZenFone 3 Zoom is indeed a mid-range
phone (on the higher -
end of the mid-range spectrum) and the majority of the devices in the
standings on AnTuTu are high -
end phones with the Snapdragon 835, or the Exynos 8890, so the scores are going to be much better.
Not only does it feel like a high -
end device in your hand, but it manages something even some more expensive
phones can't — it
stands out.
Just a quick primer on Alcatel: the company is known for making lower -
end phones but has tried in recent years to make them
stand out a bit more, so that people might actually seek them out.
Poor battery life might make some buyers think twice, and the specs don't
stand up to higher -
end Galaxy S
phones.
But while the 6X
stood out from other budget
phones by offering a dual - camera system usually found on high -
end smartphones, the 7X is hoping to make an impression by going bigger, with a 5.93 - inch «Fullview» display to evoke the reduced - bezel designs of flagships like the Galaxy S8 or iPhone X.
They say that BlackBerry
stands absolutely no chance of competing with Android, iOS and even Windows
Phone, and some think that the company could go bankrupt any minute now just because its devices are bringing nothing new to a crowded industry that's already saturated with cheap and high -
end smartphones running any of the aforementioned platforms.
Some manufacturers look to squeeze in a higher -
end component or two to make their
phone stand out, while others focus on a more premium design.
Aside from that all that, it's also a solid high -
end phone across the board, with the cameras
standing out as a major highlight.
For the first time in a long time, an LG handset
stands a fighting chance to be your next high -
end Android
phone.
That's true of many high -
end phones these days, but Apple's latest iPhones
stand out from the pack with unsurpassed performance.
I was also quite dazzled by how nice all the politicians on the opposite side of the floor were during her speech — lots of «here, heres» and applause and a
standing ovation at the
end... some of the opposing pollies were even filming her speech on their mobile
phones.