QUOTE(Cranky guy @ Dec 18 2015, 04:39 PM)
You talk about HTC and Sony, but bring up Apple and Samsung for comparison? HTC is technically the same as any Chinese brand, they barely make anything for their devices, even the shitty cameras are from Toshiba. Sony make the displays and camera modules for their phones, but that's it.
While Chinese companies don't manufacture their own parts, they do openly reveal where they get all their parts from, and most of the time the sources are just as good these self manufacturered parts.
Meizu for example clearly state that the displays they use are sourced from Sharp, and are high quality IGZO panels, and anyone with a functioning pair of eyes can clearly see that, even in their budget models like the M2 Note. Others like Xiaomi source their panels from companies like JDI who specialize in display panels. Even things like camera modules are lifted directly from big name manufacturers like Sony and Samsung, so the quality is definitely there
On top of that, some Chinese companies are also making improvements in these areas, like Huawei and they're line of Kirin processors.
Using a reason such as the one you have to devaluate a phone is idiotic and unreasonable. A device cannot be judged based on where the parts were obtained, but by how it performs. And if the device performs well then I see no reason to deprecate its value.
Sony - Camera, Screen, Waterproof ports.
HTC - Remember the old Ultrapixel?

They asked ST Ericsson and Omnivision to manufacture it.
I have no issue with Kirin, but if the phone is not best bang for bucks, then that is clearly not a good choice.
Manufacturers tend to reserve the best part for themselves. Can you see any china phones that has screen perform on par with Note 5? Any of them has the best Sony module at the time they being launched (IMX300)?
This post has been edited by kingkingyyk: Dec 18 2015, 05:46 PM