Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says no phone in the works from Them

Sorry to burst all your bubbles, but during Facebook’s recent earnings call mister Mark Zuckerberg denied it. His said, “Building out a whole phone really wouldn’t make much sense for us to do.” We would have to agree with him on that. Facebook is not like Amazon where they could create an entirely new eco system that would bring in more profits. Also putting out a device that would launch Facebook from a single button is really a waste of hardware and space when any Android device can have the app and place it on their home screen. Honestly Facebook needs to stick to what they know best and improve upon their app offerings. That is where they will keep their user base and expand, not because of a new phone that might have Facebook button.

That doesn’t mean the HTC isn’t still planning to put something together though. There have been a few rumors more recently that they are working with Facebook to offer a new device. The did create and release the HTC ChaCha. It is still possible HTC wants to do something, but it definitely isn’t going be a Facebook phone like the Kindle is to Amazon. The only way we see it being a hit the second time is if HTC loads it to the gills with extremely impressive hardware. Then people wouldn’t be buying for the Facebook integration, more so for the specs. With HTC not doing so hot in the smartphone market though, we aren’t sure if they can afford to take a risk with something so specific right now, or even in the near future.

Source: AndroidAuthority