Speaking of the HTC brand, many post-90s should be very impressed, because it is the earliest batch of Android mobile phone manufacturers, which have launched the global hot G series, and the world's first Android mobile phone is also from the HTC G1.
But in fact, HTC's history of making mobile phones is even earlier than Android. Before 2009, HTC mainly produced Microsoft's WM system mobile phones, and in 2008, it launched a monster-level mobile phone with its unassuming appearance - HTC Shift, which can not only run the Windows Mobile system, but also run the Windows vista system.
Now, fourteen years later, the appearance of HTC Shift still looks domineering, and behind the seemingly oversized fuselage, only a 7-inch touch screen is actually used. In addition, in order to be compatible with the Winodws Vista system, it also designed a side-slide QWERTY full keyboard, which can be used for daily office.
However, the weight of the HTC Shift reaches 800g, which is almost four times the weight of ordinary mobile phones. In addition, configurations such as 1GB RAM memory, fingerprint recognition module, and front-facing video camera were very advanced in that era.
But unlike most elderly "e-waste", a high-quality and complete HTC shift second-hand mobile phone can now sell for three or four thousand yuan, and it can easily be exchanged for an iPhone12 (of course, it is also second-hand). And HTC's other mobile phones, whether they sold five thousand or six thousand that year, are now only worth one or two hundred, but HTC shift still has a strong collection value.