Right as HTC was peaking, so was one of the oddities of 2011 tech: 3D. I revisited the phone that combined the two.
Android is coming up on its 13th birthday, which means many of the phones that drove the platform`s early success are now a decade or more old. 2011, in particular, gave us the likes of the Galaxy S2 and first Galaxy Note — some of the best Android phones of their time — along with a lot of weird experimentation as the smartphone boom really started to take off.
That`s perfectly encapsulated by the HTC EVO 3D, which I`ve been playing with this past week for the first time in 10 years. Just as the Taiwanese phone maker was peaking in terms of brand awareness and market share, stereoscopic 3D displays were the new hotness. Growing up in the 90s, 3D TV, of the non-cardboard-glasses kind, seemed like science fiction. Now it could fit in a tiny rectangle in a device that also took 3D photos.
Obviously, things didn`t quite pan out — for 3D and, ultimately, HTC`s ph...
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