Facebook's phone experiment is over

26. 6. 2013

The Verge on the end of sales of the HTC First with Facebook Home preinstalled:

AT&T responded to weak sales by cutting the price of the HTC First from $99 to 99 cents, and according to dela Vega (CEO AT&T Mobility), the carrier has now emptied its warehouses - Facebook's phone experiment is over.

Due to the failure with HTC, Mark Zuckerberg went to Korea to negotiate a partnership with Samsung, he reports 9to5google.com:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is believed to have flown to South Korea this week to meet with several Samsung executives about working together on another smartphone tied to Facebook. However, according to the report, Samsung rejected the idea.

Facebook wants to be everywhere and at any cost, but it is facing resistance from users with at least a little sense. Perhaps "Zuck's" big plan to get targeted advertising (in his words, "just more content") all the way to the phone's main screen is over.

Topics: Mark Zuckerberg, HTC, Facebook, Samsung, advertising, display, phone, user

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