I-Facebook , inkampani eholwa nguMark Zuckerberg, isahlela ukwethula i-smartphone. Kucatshangelwe izinketho eziningana, njengohlelo lokusebenza oluyimfihlo noma ifoni enekhibhodi ye-QWERTY, kodwa kubonakala sengathi konke lokho kuzoshiywa. Idivayisi izothuthukiswa yi- HTC futhi izosebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza olusekelwe ku-Android, yize ingenziwa ngokwezifiso, njenge-Kindle Fire. Kodwa-ke, ukwethulwa kwayo manje kuhlehlisiwe kuze kube ngu-2013.
Imininingwane yezingxenye le selula engazithwala ayaziwa, futhi kunzima ukuyicabanga, nakuba izoba nekhamera enhle, ithuluzi elibalulekile uma sikhuluma ngezici zenhlalo.
Kodwa-ke, ingqikithi yangempela yale divayisi entsha ye -Facebook ngokungangabazeki izoba sesofthiweni yayo. Kuqinisekile ukuthi abantu basePalo Alto bahlela ukudala izinhlelo zokusebenza ezithile nezihlukile zedivayisi yabo ekhethekile.
Okwamanje, okuwukuphela kwento eyaziwayo ngokuqiniseka kuvela kuBloomberg , ebika ukuthi i-HTC yayisivumile kakade ukukhiqiza idivayisi yeselula i-Facebook efuna ukuyiqalisa . Kodwa-ke, ngokusho kwedatha eshicilelwe, i-HTC ayikwazanga ukufeza leso sithembiso ngo-2012 ngoba ibilokhu imatasa kakhulu ngamadivayisi ayo.
Kulesi simo, kubikwa ukuthi i-HTC ne -Facebook bavumile ukulibazisa kancane ukuqaliswa kwefoni, behlose ukuyithuthukisa nokukhulula idivayisi esebenza ngokugcwele enesikhathi esanele sokuthuthukiswa. Kodwa-ke, imininingwane mayelana nedivayisi, izingxenye zayo zangaphakathi njengeprosesa, i-RAM, ikhamera, kanye nesitoreji, futhi ikakhulukazi ukwakheka kwayo, kusazobonakala. Noma kunjalo, kubonakala kusobala ukuthi izoba yidivayisi yesitayela se-candybar engenakhibhodi ye-QWERTY, enesikrini sokuthinta esizofaka ikhibhodi ebonakalayo, okuhlukile ku- HTC ChaChaCha . Kunoma ikuphi, sisenezinyanga ezimbalwa zokulinda ngaphambi kokuba sibe nolwazi oluthembekile ngale divayisi entsha ye-Facebook Android.