We haven’t seen any new jugadores in the mobile communications industry for a long time. The reason for this is easy to understand: only a select few share the lion’s share of the pie, and the rest have to fight for the crumbs. now The three most important manufacturers are Apple, Samsung and Xiaomiand the others have to be content with what is left.
Personally, I’ve never understood excessive fanboyism. Competition between brands is healthy, and that competition positive retroalimentación to users, we are the ones who end up buying the final product. For that reason, because we’re losing more than a healthy competition, that’s what we’re going to talk about today Brands that deserve to be brought back to life and cheer up the market a bit.
blackberry
In February 2022, Blackberry said goodbye to us forever. The Canadian company was once owned by Research In Motion it has long fallen out of favor with users. Although it was one of the first teléfonos inteligentes, it lacked innovation and was (mistakenly) understood that it would always dominate the market You were a downfall.
And yes, blackberry It had a 20% market share Worldwide. For a while it was the phone everyone wanted and part of that compact design had a lot to do with a full physical QWERTY keyboard.
Maybe not a new version of BlackBerry OS, but yes. terminal with android in a style like the BlackBerry Athena that was talked about in 2020 or even the old BlackBerry Priv. I had a Blackberry Curve myself a long time ago and I accept those who say so The physical keyboard is missing.
It would be interesting to see how a model with a physical keyboard (which could be hidden behind the display for a cleaner look) clashes with much newer models with touch keyboard. And maybe for a while, BlackBerry would get the result it deserves at the top.
LG
The double screen of the LG Wing, its great advantage compared to other teléfonos inteligentes.
The Korean company also left the móvil inteligente market in mid-2021. The reasons for the decline are so clear and distinctbut to talk about them all, we would need a much longer article.
Basically we cánido only blame absurd pricing policy and innovative ideas that lacked continuity. It’s worth remembering that the LG G5 was essentially a modular phone, although at the time it was a great terminal with great capabilities and features, it didn’t materialize.
When the LG G6 arrived, rather than investigating why the module didn’t resonate with buyers, Ideas were discarded in favor of new ones. The manufacturer hasn’t perfected any of the innovations presented, and the LG Wing was the craziest of them all to be launched.
A more consistent R&D department, which has managed to make the brand’s new ideas work in a way that makes them last, rather than throwing them away when they don’t work, could be LG’s way of getting back on the market. Risk takers are always welcome.
Lumia
One of the old Nokia Lumia before “Nokia” went out of the name
now Nokia is one of the few companies to continue with Android One. The Finnish manufacturer, which previously tried to seize the operating system throne with its Symbian, later becomes the almost exclusive buyer of Windows Phone (there were more, but they soon went in favor of Nokia) and change its name to LumiaHe deserved better luck.
Lumia and Windows Phone were a marriage that worked. Old hands may remember using Windows Phone for two weeks while fixing my then-Android phone. Let’s face it, as much as I prefer Android Lumia and Windows Phone had many strengths and I had no hesitation in recommending them.
It also had its flaws, and that is the initial rejection by Google plus For many users it was a very important point when choosing. However, this did not prevent the Nokia Lumia 1020 from being one of the best terminals of the moment (one of the most anticipated).
In forums like Reddit you cánido read tons of users rely on Lumia and Windows PhoneAlthough this time it could come to fruition, it would be necessary to think of Google plus. After all, Apple isn’t that bad… Besides, now with that Xbox Services and Game Pass They could even have a different front to attract users.
htc
That was the HTC Desire 19s
The HTC thing hurts especially. The one who was a pioneer among the brands betting on Android today is a almost dead manufacturerwhich seems to have no direction, order or concert and broadcasts products far from what one would expect from them.
This manufacturer Some of the most mythical models launched from the history of the green robot operating system, like the Google plus Nexus One for the first time, which many users imagined. However, signs of use were already aparente, which only spread in 2013 and the arrival of the HTC One.
Although the Taiwanese company has more or less redeemed itself with this terminal with a quality product it was a best-selling terminal Throughout its history, the One M8 and subsequent M9 have been resounding flops. Very questionable business decisions were made, and The brand fell into oblivion.
It would take a lot to pull HTC out of the abyss. Of one they were involved in, yes. Perhaps the desire to save this brand is more down to melancolia, but it would be great to see it compete with the greats again.
Palm tree
The Palm Pre, a great móvil that doesn’t stand up to the public
Another pioneer was Palm, in this case the PDA. It was founded in 1992, but in 2009 it defined what a móvil should be, implementing the modern interfaces that would exist when WebOS (its proprietary operating system) came to market.
Palm had an iconic device in the Pre Although it didn’t sell very well, it built a very devoted seguidor base. However, this gold mine was to be short-lived.
In the year 2010 HP bought Palm and tried to make WebOS green with some unsuccessful experiments, and finally sold it to TCL (which was also Blackberry for a while). Like BlackBerry, TCL hasn’t realized what makes Palm so special.
if we want it back again for melancolia. A brand that has been as important to the development of teléfonos inteligentes as we know it today certainly deserves better luck and a good second oportunidad, akin to a 2018 return.