QUOTE(super_evil_alien @ Jan 15 2013, 09:13 PM)
I'm using my SGS 2 for almost 14 months now but I never listen,listen,listen,listen,listen to any songs through it's speaker.Always use headphone.
So I don't really mind how the loud speaker performs.As long as I can hear the ringtone I'm fine with it.
HTC got lazy after their 1st generation Android phone.Their desire line is just copy paste of their other products.Their One line is good but by then Samsung already gain too much influence over Android users.
S2 is still a great product.I'm running a modified version of Samsung stock Android 4.1.2 version & it perform as well as you can expect.
I do understand why Google gave LG the Nexus manufacturing chance.Optimus G contain some great hardware.But Google should considered or monitor LG's manufacturing capabilities & their QC.
It's not easy to fight with Samsung in term of manufacturing capabilities.Do you guys know that almost all the parts for Nexus 10 produced by Samsung themselves? Not many company can do that.
ASUS is a very interesting OEM.A dark horse if you ask me.They make excellent Android tablet with almost stock Android and always deliver timely software update.They also make interesting product like Padphone which actually make sense since tablets & phone shares similar hardware which make it suitable to make phone + tablet hybrid.Hopefully Google will update Android with more feature to support Padfone like project.
But with S3 they got kinda lazy.Using the same plastic design while trying to do too much with the software.They need streamline their software if they want SGS IV to be successful.Brand name won't help for a long time.It's a painful lesson learned by Nokia.
I reckon HTC made a great One series (I owned the Desire and Sensation, not the ONE), but they have always been a small time manufacturer. Small player with small market share.
Samsung on the other hand, has factories for everything, from memory to TV to phones.....etc etc.. And their phone market share is NOT small, 2nd to Nokia (previously), and now currently #1 in phones moved
"In Q1 2012, after 14 years in the market, Samsung surpassed Nokia in units sold. Samsung also taking pole position in smartphones with 44.5 million smartphones sold or 30.6% market share, while 35.1 million iPhones sold or 24.1% market share" Quote taken from Wiki
A little hard to compare HTC (little boy) to Samsung (giant)....
If you asked me, Samsung is the NEW SONY, taking over all of Sony's market segment..... developing better products at a better price.... exactly what SONY was doing 20 years ago....
But a day will come, when Samsung are less competitive and some CHINA brand will be the next Samsung, the next Sony....
Asus is a player in the PC, laptop, graphics card, motherboard segment. They had 2 very interesting product, the Transformer and the Padphone, two of which has great potential.... but I reckon Android wasnt mature enough to handle what they wanted to do. Obviously the Nexus 7 is a great product, because google just rebranded it to a Nexus with minimal design change to the original Asus branded tablet......
The smartphone market is becoming very crowded with so many players. It is pretty hard to differentiate nowadays. And of course, we have a new HORSE into the race the Nokia/Windows combo.
I reckon Nokia/Windows are a little late to the race... but being 2 big players with heavily invested interest (do or die for Nokia, and if Nokia die, so will Windows Mobile)..... and very DEEP pocket.... I don't think MS will NOT allow Nokia to die.... they will keep pumping money in......
Nokia could go bankrupt if their Windows phone doesnt gain any traction....
Jan 15 2013, 01:54 PM, updated 13y ago
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been long time using symbian phone..
but why everywhere no stock! 
Beauty must be shown right? Not hidden under those cover and such...
cool! 
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