[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
I think we're looking at things from different angles. I'm talking about consumers and you're talking about tech sites.

Well the day tech sites start buying phones in their millions, then and only then will your argument begin to make sense.

But until then, you're talking pure nonsense!

You represent a small minority which very much typifies HTCs problem, they just don't appeal to a wide enough audience to stay viable as a company.

It's not a pageant show for tech sites and their followers to judge which is the greatest phone.

It's a very competitive market place and manufacturers need to produce devices that have some form of common denominator to appeal to a wide base. The htc one just doesn't have that factor. It's a techies phone, and not because it's the best but simply because it contains the latest raw specs. Never mind that the implementation of these specs are lacking in inspiration, the fact that they're present are enough for the look my phone's got bigger numbers than yours crowd a.k.a geeks!.

I come back to what I've been saying, the Zs surpassed all expectations. It's a success story and if Sony carry forward that same momentum into the second half of this year, and with the upcoming Honami, we can see them even surpassing the Zs performance, they'll certainly finish 2013 very happy bunnies indeed.

Shows really how much influence these tech sites have doesn't it.

Just a small meaningless minority who shout loudest. Well it's time for the majority to speak now and they have. The verdict? Z yes, HTC One No!

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Stop using words like deserve a display with better viewing angles. For most, viewing angles are,a minor detail which brings us back nicely to my point about geeks and their insane fixations.

There are many other phones on the market with great viewing angles, you have many to choose from. No one's forcing anyone to buy the Z are they?

Also your point about the waterproof feature of the Z shows your lack of understanding.

It's not about going swimming or taking a shower with your phone.

It gives an added layer of security, an insurance policy of sorts.

These high end devices are very expensive and if you can't see why people would find a phone which can survive water comfortably appealing, then to be honest there's not much else I can say to that but 'you really don't understand marketing'. You've got to have something to market in the first place. The reason why you see so many Z ads about is because it's got a feature that people actually want to talk about. Retailers know this and exploit it. The marketing isn't all Sony's doing directly, others are promoting the phone on their own because they know it's an easy sell. I don't think Sony's paying all these retailers to push the Z so hard. The simple truth is, the retailers themselves know they're on to a winner and push it of their own volition. There's much commission to be made and they're making it happily.

Anyway, all these conversations about the Zs display, speakers blah blah blah have already been discussed at length in countless posts before. There's really no need to start it up again. To what end? The phone's doing very nicely in the hands of millions. Sour grapes I guess from the HTC crowd.