HTC - The face of Windows Phone 8

[cckgz4]

I think the only reason why Microsoft is doing that is because all three carriers will have the flagship 8x

 

[cedarlog]

HTC just copied the nokia in terms of apperance, it is really a big funny, i do hope Nokia can beat up HTC, and set HTC into court.

i don't want to see windows phone makers fight each other in court Microsoft will Never allow it
in my eyes the design philosophy of Nokia taken from windows phone 8 design philosophy
HTC is trying to bring windows phone 8 philosophy to the hardware level
yes Nokia done that first and HTC followed

if this philosophy will bring more users then let it be all i care about more users
i want to see Nokia best selling windows phone 8 maker but i also want to see HTC as second best selling windows phone 8 maker

 

[cgk]

Google had HTC and Samsung as the face of Android. I don't see why Nokia and HTC can't coexist =).

They don't really co-exist in any meaningful sense, Samsung is absolutely destroying HTC (even though it is arguable that the One X was better in many ways that the GS3) in the android sphere - so I would think that HTC are hoping that WP8 takes off and they can destroy Nokia and being the biggest player in that area.


Anyway - that microsoft is playing one off against the other is perfectly normal for Microsoft because that is how the company operates internally (right down to the individual employee level) and it represents a aspect of their organisational culture.


Anyway as The Verge points out they both have the same problem -

Two years on, no matter how colorful, Windows Phone has yet to prove that it can turn any of these companies a profit.

 

[Mitlov]

everywhere i look everyone keeps saying HTC copied Nokia. If someone could tell me how HTC came up with the 8x and 8s in 2 weeks i would like to know. Please remember that the WP's Nokia gave us were remakes of the N9 so not a new design at all.

The 920's aesthetic came from the 900, which came from the N9. The brightly-colored polycarbonate slab has been Nokia's signature look for a long time. It's not like the 920 was the first to have that look. That's the point...this sort of brightly-colored unibody slab has been a Nokia signature aesthetic for a while. It's not like we first saw it two weeks ago.

As for the 8S, the contrasting-color chin was not taken from any Nokia design, but instead from Sony's signature aesthetic for the past year or so:

I'm not saying the phones aren't good-quality hardware. But the aesthetic is derivative. It's following, not leading. Take my motorcycle, a 2002 Suzuki SV650. Brilliant piece of machinery. Best $6000 machine on the market at the time I bought it. But I don't kid myself...the aesthetic is shamelessly "inspired" by the Ducati Monster.

 

[Heron_Kusanagi]

I will say that HTC's design language were inspired by Nokia's back when the N9 was first introduced.

Still, whatever HTC does, the real deal comes from having the phone consumers wants most. Whether be it the Nokia L920 or the HTC 8X, voting with the wallet is key. Nothing else matters. That's why investors love Apple despite an underwhelming iPhone 5. They can sell it because it is Apple. That's how insane it gets for now.

 

[Mitlov]

i don't want to see windows phone makers fight each other in court Microsoft will Never allow it

Agreed. This debate should be carried out in discussions, nothing more. A lawsuit would be terrible for WP as a whole.

in my eyes the design philosophy of Nokia taken from windows phone 8 design philosophy
HTC is trying to bring windows phone 8 philosophy to the hardware level
yes Nokia done that first and HTC followed

Nokia's design philosophy predated their involvement with Windows Phone, so it couldn't have been based off the Metro look. HTC's explanation isn't entirely implausible:

HTC's Graham Wheeler: "The designers actually took inspiration from the Start Screen and actually a live tile, they thought about a live tile and how that would look if that was actually a physical something you hold."

But I have a lot of trouble believing that they didn't look at the Lumia 900 and say "hey, that's cool and different, let's do something like that."

 

[jimski]

Here we go again. So Nokia did not release; price, carrier availability, and release date info because:
a) The 920 and 820 are merely vaporware and they simply don't know if and when they will be available.
b) They love to see potential customers rant and rage (an develop conspiracy theories, see a) above) over the unavailability of key information.
c) Their carrier partners have asked (demanded) that they not disclose this info as the carrier(s) want to be the first to announce it at their own press conference.

Ok now, which is the correct answer? And which answer does Nokia have little or no control over? Remember, less than a year ago, Nokia had 0 relationships with US carriers. Can't say the same for HTC or Samsung.

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[Winterfang]

They don't really co-exist in any meaningful sense, Samsung is absolutely destroying HTC (even though it is arguable that the One X was better in many ways that the GS3) in the android sphere - so I would think that HTC are hoping that WP8 takes off and they can destroy Nokia and being the biggest player in that area.


Anyway - that microsoft is playing one off against the other is perfectly normal for Microsoft because that is how the company operates internally (right down to the individual employee level) and it represents a aspect of their organisational culture.


Anyway as The Verge points out they both have the same problem -

Well to be honest, the Samsung Galaxy 3 is a revolution just like the first Iphone 4 was.

Samsung got that phone right in almost everything. But what I mean is that, there's a market for both. Like how Google buying Motorola didn't really changed anything.

That being said, Jesus Samsung.

 

[brmiller1976]

All the "HTC copied Nokia" stuff is ridiculous.

The reality is that Nokia needs to copy HTC, in that they need solid launch timelines, carriers, and pricing ranges announced on their handsets NOW.