Peter Chou launches HTC HD2, insults iPhone and calls Microsoft HTC's Strongest Partner
0. phoneArena posted on 07 Nov 2009, 11:50
The sizzling, sizzling hot HTC HD2 is introduced by HTC CEO Peter Chou who also comments on the iPhone and Microsoft...
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15. bucky posted on 07 Nov 2009, 16:57 0 0
and another thing, all that phone is doing is copying almost exactly what the iphone interface looks like. Anybody here notice how after a number of failed attempts @ "killing" the iphone from all different companies that they are just moving closer and closer to an iphone interface? There is little wonder as to what phone these guys were trying to compete with...that video at the end shows pinch and zoom (granted that its a good benefit for any phone) and the album cover horizontal view look familiar to anyone? My money is mostly on the nokia n900...atleast it looks different.
22. Jonny87 posted on 08 Nov 2009, 07:30 0 0
To make myself clear, I know its better than the iphone, I give the iphone props for being the first phone with kick ass internet and all that user friendly stuff because without it there wouldn’t have been a competition as good as it is now. But if your serious on thinking its still the leader in high tech, then your just being ignorant. Come on seriously just look at the software that powers these devises. Like the Nokia N900, has Adobe flash player 9.4. You can’t get closer to real internet than with this devise. And don’t be ignorant by saying “oh well the iphone was 4 sec faster than the other phone on internet” seriously just check them out.
23. *HOVA* posted on 08 Nov 2009, 10:46 0 0
I find it funny how you know a phone, that hasn't even been released, is better then another phone... Secondly, I can easily see this phone coming to ATT. They tout themselves as the leading provider in smartphones so why would they pass it up? They have a history with Apple, but it's not a binding contract saying they can't get any other smartphone. I wish people could use some facts to back their opinions, that'd be nice. Let's not get all crazy about a phone that's not even out. You've never even held one yet know it's better then the iPhone. Of course, judging by your comments, you've probably never even used an iPhone either. I agree, the phone looks amazing, and on paper it seems like a real winner, but until it's actually put through its paces and used a bit, noone knows. Haters = Losers
27. Jonny87 posted on 08 Nov 2009, 14:34 0 0
Your such a retard, all the facts you need are on this site. All you have to do is check the software info and see for yourself that its better. Plus there are other sites where you can check them out side by side but if you truly know about phones you wouldn’t be asking such stupid remarks. Seriously just check it out.
28. *HOVA* posted on 08 Nov 2009, 14:43 0 0
I can read numbers and info but that doesn't tell me how it will perform, how quick it is, how smooth it's setup. If you knew anything about phones you wouldn't be making yourself look like such an idiot.
10. darthray posted on 07 Nov 2009, 15:32 0 0
please let this device come to verizon! waiting for something like this with a full touch screen instead of a slide out uncomfortable qwerty keyboard.
14. iberrystorm posted on 07 Nov 2009, 16:50 0 0
droid eris could work. has htc sense ui, full touch, verizon network, htc.
11. htc_prep posted on 07 Nov 2009, 16:19 0 0
htc needs to just move in and stage a coup against microsofts winmo division. its like the engeneers at microsoft are doing half (expletive) work because they know that htc engeneers are going to make it 10 times better. htc is doing their job and the job of winmo engeneers while still making their own phone hardware, and making phones on the android platform. if it wasnt for htc's overlay i would still hate winmo's OS. i do feel that there is a place for this phone in at&ts line up. since they do have other winmo fones ie pureness, tilt 2 etc... at the end of the day even though they baby their beloved poster iphone - child, all fads are bound to come to an end, and they are in the business of making money as far as it goes. i dont care for the apple at all, and although i know that there are better phones out there, im tired of every new P.O.S. P.D.A. being the iphone killer. by comparing every phone to the i phone its only furthering the furver of the device. mkae no mistake im getting this phone because in my personal opinion it is better then the iphone... but depending on the network it goes to it could be crippled.
26. E.N. posted on 08 Nov 2009, 14:00 0 0
I think that if you look at phone specifications alone, the iPhone is far behind. But to me the difference is that the iPhone does really well with all the things that it does. For example, the 3GS has only a 3.2 megapixel camera while the Droid has a 5+ camera, but many reviewers say that despite the resolution difference, the iphone's camera is far superior and much more useful. The same thing goes with the app store. Technology to create an app store probably existed years before the iPhone. But Apple was the first and to this day still the best (in my opinion) even though some other phones may have twice the speed or two processors and stuff like that. Those numbers help make the phone more robust, but at the same time I dont think it's that important. But HD2 is still a good phone. I just hope HTC doesn't think that throwing in a larger screen will automatically make it the best.
39. htc_prep posted on 11 Nov 2009, 22:19 0 0
not everyone likes the same phone, what works for me might not work for you.
13. iberrystorm posted on 07 Nov 2009, 16:48 0 0
i hope this would never go to at&t! at&t and there iphone think they rule, but the hd2 with winmo could squash em like a bug. iphone was so yesterday, htc is the future. htc made both windows mobile and android both great platforms by making there own ui on both. htc sense, touchflo 3d, and more to come. hopefully, google would be a great partner as well. microsoft better put up its A game now because the free better than ever android is here. i also remembered that at&t didnt accept a phone from htc, because they said it looked to old fasion. that would of sucked, i mean every htc phone is good. htc landcaster or something like that. if only they could make a snapdrgon android phone with sense and a 5 row keybaord. stupid lg for trying to copy them. for phone, htc > apple.
16. DonLouie posted on 07 Nov 2009, 19:44 0 0
I'll take bets on this going to T Mobile or Sprint, vzw is getting the Passion
31. darthray posted on 09 Nov 2009, 03:36 0 0
I have verizon, I know were getting the passion. This just looks 10x better. Iam aware that its already for t-mobile in the uk. I just hope the passion is a full touch screen with no slide out qwerty keyboard. =(
17. Fair&Balanced posted on 07 Nov 2009, 22:07 0 0
Um, yeah, stand it next to the iPhone. The one you are trying to convince people you are as good as. Backward marketing much???? Don't forget that wonderful unforgettable G1 or was it G2 of yours, too! Boy, THAT was an iPhone killer. Hundreds of them laughed themselves to death with TMobile pushing that out.
36. Galen20K posted on 10 Nov 2009, 00:19 0 0
Wow, Ignorance at its BEST right there fair. I bet you're a BLAST at parties lolz
25. markdgordon2002 posted on 08 Nov 2009, 11:07 0 0
Go sugarpopz. A reference to MARKET APPEAL was brilliant and its about time someone cracks that egg. I would support a company any day that takes something that works/and is loved by the masses and tweaks the bloody hell out of it to make it better for the consumer. Just wish we would see more of this, or has the new Test Marketing strategy of just getting the phones out there and fixing/tweaking them later become some companies achilles heel???? Test marketing - Test marketing is a way to expose your product or service idea to the real world. This method of research can be more difficult to analyze because the results, or sales, can be influenced by any one of the five Ps of marketing: product, packaging, price, promotion or placement. Try to isolate one of the factors in order to get meaningful results.
32. snakemann posted on 09 Nov 2009, 08:16 0 0
I am loving this phone from the preview...but I wonder if it this phone is good enough for me to leave my bb...
35. Galen20K posted on 10 Nov 2009, 00:15 0 0
The HD2 is coming first in America to T-Mobile USA.
