Η HTC seems to be faltering day by day, especially in the field of smartphones with the company's market share having sunk for some time, and it seems that it is preparing to leave the smartphone market for good.
ΣAccording to Android Library Statistics, HTC in February removed the applications it developed from the Google Play Store. Some of these applications were Sense Launcher, HTC Calendar, HTC Mail and HTC Contacts. Now, the only HTC apps available for download from the Google Play Store are the HTC Vive headset.
It is worth noting that all the apps that HTC downloaded from the Google App Store are pre-installed on all of the company's smartphones anyway.
So what could this move mean? There are many interpretations, some of which are somewhat optimistic and some not so much. One of the most positive scenarios is that the Taiwanese smartphone maker wants to delve deeper into the Android One ecosystem, so using Google applications is more convenient than maintaining its own applications. However, the script has gaps and remains quite utopian.
On the opposite bank, we have the scenario of HTC leaving the world of smartphones once and for all. A scenario that has very good foundations. The main design team of the company was sold to Google and now the few smartphones it releases only cause damage.
Although a pioneer of the Android ecosystem, HTC does not seem to be able to survive in any way. Without the necessary potential, HTC can not even sell its smartphone division, which even if it did, many companies would not be interested. However, according to recent reports, Sony may be interested in acquiring the HTC brand, as HMD did with Nokia.
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