Inkampani yaseTaiwan i-HTC ayinakho okushiwo kahle eminyakeni yamuva. Esikhathini esingaphezudlwana kwenyanga edlule kwaqubuka amahemuhemu athi inkampani ingathengiswa, amahemuhemu inkampani eyaphika ngokushesha. Lo nyaka ukhethwe yi-Google ukwethula idivayisi yokuqala eyenziwe yi-Google, idivaysi esebenza kahle kakhulu kepha ngenxa yezinkinga zokusabalalisa nokuntuleka kokukhangisa ayithengiswa njengoba abafana baseMountain View bengathanda. Ngenkathi inkampani ibisebenza kumatheminali alandelayo azongena emakethe kubandakanya neHTC Ocean Note, Isiginali sifuna ukuba ngaphezu kwePixel emakethe maqondana nokusebenza, ikakhulukazi uma sikhuluma ngekhamera.
Endatshaneni yami edlule ngikwazise ngeMoto X entsha (2017) i-terminal, njengoba sibonile ekunikezelweni, ezoqhubeka nokusebenzisa uxhumano lwe-micro USB ne-headphone jack, jack abakhiqizi abaningi abashiya ngemuva ngokusebenzisa uxhumano lwe-USB-C, lapho sithola khona i-HTC ne-Ocean Note, isiginali esizokwethulwa ngoJanuwari 12 nalapho sizobona khona ukuthi inkampani yaseTaiwan ifuna ukubheja kanjani ikhwalithi yekhamera yayo njengokuheha okuyinhloko futhi ezozama ngayo ukushaya amaphuzu wochwepheshe beDxOMark yeGoogle Pixel.
Enye into entsha esizoyilethelwa yi-HTC smartphone entsha kuzoba iprosesa, engafani namamodeli wangaphambilini, Izokwenziwa yiMediatek hhayi yiQualcomm, yize singazi ukuthi izokuba yimodeli enjani, imodeli engeke ifike ezingeni le-Snapdragon 835 i-Qualcomm ne-Samsung abasanda kuyethula ngokuhlanganyela, into engalimaza ukwelashwa kwezithombe ezalandela, kusukela le processor yenkampani ayithuthukile njenge-Qualcomm's.