I’ve gone on the record multiple times saying that I think the word “doomed” is overused in tech journalism. Apple is not doomed, Microsoft is not doomed, Google and Samsung aren’t doomed. That said, there are times when you look at the position a company finds itself in and the word “doomed” seems to be the only appropriate adjective. And if there’s one company that is being plagued by the stench of doom right now, it’s HTC. I say this not as a “hater” but as someone who is actually a fan of HTC. I’m a very happy HTC One owner and I think that, from a design perspective, HTC phones are head and shoulders above the 12 or so

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