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5 mobile brands that we would like to see come back to life one day


5 mobile brands that we would like to see come back to life one day

We haven’t seen new players in the mobile industry for a long time. It’s easy to understand why: only a select few share the lion’s share of the pie, while the rest are left to fight for the crumbs. Currently the three main manufacturers are Apple, Samsung and Xiaomiand the others have to be content with what remains.

Personally I have never understood fanboyisms in excess. Competition between brands is healthy, and that competition positively reverts to users, that we are the ones who have to end up buying the final product. For this very reason, because we miss something more than healthy competition, we are going to talk today about brands that deserve to come back to life and cheer up the market a bit.

blackberry

5 mobile brands that we would like to see come back to life one day

BlackBerry is a mythical brand in the history of smartphones

In February 2022 Blackberry said goodbye to us forever. The Canadian company once owned by Research In Motion it had long since fallen out of favor with users. Despite being one of the first smartphones, its lack of innovation and its (erroneous) way of understanding that they were always going to control the market they were his downfall.

And yes, BlackBerry It had a market share of 20% Worldwide. For a while it was the phone that everyone wanted to have, and part of that compact design with a full physical QWERTY keyboard had a lot to do with it.

Maybe not with a new version of BlackBerry OS, but yes. a terminal with Android to the style of what were those BlackBerry Athena that were talked about in 2020, or even about the old BlackBerry Priv. I myself had a BlackBerry Curve a long time ago, and I join the voices that say that 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 panel to maintain a cleaner look) fights with much newer models with touch keyboard. And maybe, for once, BlackBerry would get the return it deserves to the forefront.

LG

LG Wing with two screens

The double screen of the LG Wing, its great asset compared to other smartphones.

The Korean firm too left the smartphone market in mid-2021. The reasons for his downfall are as evident as diversebut to talk about all of them we would need a much longer article.

Basically, we can blame one absurd pricing policy and innovative ideas that did not have continuity. It’s worth remembering that the LG G5 was basically a modular phone that, despite being a great terminal at the time With great capabilities and benefits, it did not come to fruition.

By the time the LG G6 arrived, instead of investigating why modularity didn’t catch on with buyers, ideas were discarded in favor of new ones. The manufacturer never matured any of the innovations presented, being the LG Wing the craziest of all those that were released.

A more consistent R&D department, that managed to make the new ideas of the brand work so that they last instead of discarding them if they do not work, perhaps it would be LG’s way of re-entering the market. Risk makers are always welcome.

Lumia

5 mobile brands that we would like to see come back to life one day

One of the old Nokia Lumia, before losing “Nokia” from the name

Right now Nokia is one of the few firms that continue with Android One. The Finnish manufacturer, which previously tried to storm the throne of operating systems with its Symbian to, later, end up being the almost exclusive recipient of Windows Phone (there were more, but they soon disappeared in favor of Nokia) and change its name to LumiaHe deserved better luck.

Lumia and Windows Phone were a marriage that worked. The most veteran of you may remember when I spent two weeks using Windows Phone while the Android phone I had at the time was being repaired. Let’s be honest, as much as I like Android better Lumia and Windows Phone had a lot of strengths and I did not hesitate to praise them.

It also had its faults, and it is that the frontal rejection of Google For many users it was a very important point when choosing them. However, that did not prevent the Nokia Lumia 1020 from being one of the best terminals of the moment (also one of the most longed for).

In forums like Reddit you can read a multitude of users betting on a return of Lumia and Windows PhoneAlthough perhaps for it to come to fruition this time it would be necessary to consider having Google. After all, Apple hasn’t done so badly… Besides, now with the Xbox and Game Pass services they could even have another front with which to attract users.

htc

HTC Desire 19s, design

This was the HTC Desire 19s

The HTC thing hurts especially. The one that was the pioneer among the brands when betting on Android today is a manufacturer practically dead, that does not seem to have direction, order, or concert and that it is launching products that are far from what you would expect from them.

This manufacturer launched some of the most mythical models from the history of the operating system of the green robot, like that first-time Google Nexus One that many users dreamed of. Even so, then signs of wear were already visible that did not dissipate until 2013 and the arrival of the HTC One.

Although with that terminal the Taiwanese firm more or less redeemed itself, with a high-quality product that it became its best-selling terminal In its entire history, the One M8 and M9 that followed it were spectacular flops. Very questionable business decisions were made, and the brand sank into obscurity.

It would take a lot to pull HTC out of the abyss. From one in which they got themselves involved, yes. Perhaps the desire to rescue this brand is due more to nostalgia than anything else, but it would be great to see them competing with the biggest ones again.

Palm

5 mobile brands that we would like to see come back to life one day

The Palm Pre, a great smartphone that did not catch on with the public

Palm was another pioneer, in this case of the PDA. It was founded in 1992, but in 2009 it defined what a smartphone should be and put into play what modern interfaces would be like when WebOS (its proprietary operating system) landed on the market.

Palm had a cult device in the Pre which, while it did not sell in huge numbers, did build a very devoted fan base. However, this bonanza was to last for a short time.

In 2010 HP bought Palm and tried to make WebOS green with some experiments that didn’t end up going well, and then ended up selling it to TCL (which for a while also owned BlackBerry). As with BlackBerry, TCL failed to recognize what made Palm special.

if we want him back is due, again, to nostalgia. A brand that was so important for the development of the smartphones we know today certainly deserves better luck and a decent second chance, not like the one from his return in 2018.

Mr.Mario
Mr.Mario
I am a tech enthusiast, cinema lover, and news follower. and i loved to be stay updated with the latest tech trends and developments. With a passion for cyber security, I continuously seeks new knowledge and enjoys learning new things.

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