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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 158 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

I am genuinely surprised... I didn't know HTC even still existed

[–] 23lonestar@thelemmy.club 80 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

They do, just don't release phones in the States anymore. It's a shame because I really liked their phones.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 73 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

"In May 2019, then-United States President Donald Trump announced that HUAWEI and several other Chinese companies were now on the “Entity List.” Companies on this list cannot do business with any organization that operates in the United States."

Oh good golly it's going to be a wonderful day today!

Edit: as ahornsirup pointed out, this isn't really relevant. I got crossed up searching HTC with Huawei somewhere along the line.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Just like so many other things, I'm sure that bit will be buried.

[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well, HTC is Taiwanese so there really isn't much of a story there.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 9 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Facepalm

Wow, my google-fu failed me pretty spectacularly. I was searching the HTC ban for patent infringement from Apple and at some point crossed with Huawei.

Though having said that, hey Apple, does that camera protrusion look familiar? Ask your lawyers!

I really liked their phones.

Have I got good new for you! AND, it'll be gold ᶜᵒˡᵒʳᵉᵈ!

[–] Vince@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Definitely a shame, I swear the second they announce an htc g3, im buying

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Haven't seen them here in Europe in over a decade I think.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

All the recent Nokia's were theirs, so probably more recent than you think. But yeh, nothing since then I think?

Or am I getting my 3 letter company names mixed up?

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yes. Post-microsoft Nokias are/were made by Human Mobile Devices.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm not getting the new NSA phone, that's certain.

[–] TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

The Dream and Magic were the beginning of an era!

[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I thought they were called Google Pixels now since Google bought them for $1.1B in 2017.

[–] 23lonestar@thelemmy.club 30 points 7 hours ago

Looks like HTC worked with Google on the first Pixel then sold them about half of the R&D talent and non-exclusive rights on the technology. So yes and no.

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't know the phones were real

[–] Watermark710@piefed.social 24 points 7 hours ago

They're only real if you're a journalist. The random sheep who pre-ordered them are never gonna get theirs. Mark my words.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

They don't really, they pay ODM to design the phones. Trumps probably paid ODM to reuse the design.

[–] PCurd@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago

An ODM is a type of company - although it’s very possible they paid the same ODM to make the phones, since they likely have the tooling ready to go.