Re:Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business
by Strom on Thursday July 28, 2016 @09:54PM
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And when the big players (Apple, Samsung) and the Chinese commoditizers come into VR, what will HTC have?
You could say this about basically anything for any company. The threat of competition is always there. How about you give some examples of what HTC could be doing where the threat of competition doesn't exist.
Re:Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business
by coldtea on Friday July 29, 2016 @12:08AM
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>You could say this about basically anything for any company
Nope, you can't say it for entrenched companies (and companies with diverse revenue sources).
You can't say it for Apple, you can't say it for Facebook, you can't say it for GM, you can't say for Samsung, ...
The threat of competition is always there. How about you give some examples of what HTC could be doing where the threat of competition doesn't exist.
Lose money on their phone business?
>Now HTC is making the best VR headset and has a fairly bright future.
Not so sure about it. Even the best VR headset would be a niche product for the next 5 years at least. At best it can get to Wii kind of success for HTC, but that's not sustainable. And when the big players (Apple, Samsung) and the Chinese commoditizers come into VR, what will HTC have?