I think people's frustrations are warranted and mainly about missed opportunities.
1) They worked with HTC, so how did they decide to rule out front firing dual speakers? Instead, they decided to follow the iPhone's large and blank bezels. Poor decision. They should have engineered it to at least fill that space up with dual speakers. HTC themselves pioneered the boom speakers; talk about a missed opportunity.
2) And waterproofing. My preferences aside, this was a huge missed opportunity in terms of marketing. Samsung and Apple -- the two biggest players -- have waterproof phones. Do you know how marketable such a feature is especially now that the two smartphone giants have it? I have no doubt sales, in the long run, would be better if they had waterproofing. Not only is it a very marketable feature, it's a very useful and reliable feature, too. Another missed opportunity and poor strategic decision, if you ask me.
Even if they had nailed just these two points, I'd wager you'd have many people here singing a very different tune about the device and price.
EDIT: I feel I should add, I've preordered one for my father. I'll get hands on first before he takes it over and can make a decision for myself, too, if I want one. It may end up serving as my device until the S8.
1) They worked with HTC, so how did they decide to rule out front firing dual speakers? Instead, they decided to follow the iPhone's large and blank bezels. Poor decision. They should have engineered it to at least fill that space up with dual speakers. HTC themselves pioneered the boom speakers; talk about a missed opportunity.
2) And waterproofing. My preferences aside, this was a huge missed opportunity in terms of marketing. Samsung and Apple -- the two biggest players -- have waterproof phones. Do you know how marketable such a feature is especially now that the two smartphone giants have it? I have no doubt sales, in the long run, would be better if they had waterproofing. Not only is it a very marketable feature, it's a very useful and reliable feature, too. Another missed opportunity and poor strategic decision, if you ask me.
Even if they had nailed just these two points, I'd wager you'd have many people here singing a very different tune about the device and price.
EDIT: I feel I should add, I've preordered one for my father. I'll get hands on first before he takes it over and can make a decision for myself, too, if I want one. It may end up serving as my device until the S8.
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