Counterpoint Research's analysis shows that at its peak in 2017, there were more than 700 smartphone brands contributing to the 1.5 billion units sold annually. In 2023,...
  • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 years ago

    Smartphones have reached a maturity level where upgrades aren’t really exciting. Sure there are the usual hardware power upgrades (and even those don’t really open up new applications), but in terms of features they’re not coming out with anything really novel. Last thing I could think of is bringing back folding which I do find appealing, but not for the cost or the reliability issues.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1117·
      2 years ago

      Well, yes, that’s how it works. What’s the problem? We should have 500 factories cranking out pollution and waste vs. the cream of the crop rising up?

      • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        2 years ago

        I’m mocking the fact that the articles are often written in such a way that I should feel sorry for the companies that die, like how we killed the Diamond industry and the fashion industry and gasp the napkin industry

  • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
    193·
    2 years ago

    apple & china robbed us of so much, if you’re a gadget guy.

    i had sony phones, laptops, palm pilots, panasonic bit and bobs.

    i get that technology has advanced infinitely in the last 20 years, but we are on a very narrow path at the moment.

  • applejacks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3016·
    2 years ago

    We are heading towards a future of Apple, Samsung, and Google, with even the latter two struggling to stay afloat.

    And to be fair, Google deserves a lot of the blame for this happening.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      2 years ago

      I’d doubt Samsung will be struggling to stay afloat. They’re so diversified they could pick one of their departments to throw money at and just run at a loss in perpetuity, if they felt like it. Apple makes phones, computers, and phone and computers accessories.

      Samsung makes phones and computers. And appliances. And chips. And container ships.

    • 💡dim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      Huawei and Honor can both survive purely on domestic sales before you even worry about ROW.

      No idea why you think there are only three brands, or why you think the US is the only market that matters (it’s fairly obvious you are US based)

  • Rentlar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I liked some of them. I still wonder how many were Amazon’s random relabeled crap like AIUEO.