13 Smartphones That Destroyed Their Companies

What happens when a smartphone becomes more than just a bad product and starts dragging the company behind it down? In this video, we look at 13 smartphones connected to major financial losses, failed comeback attempts, bankruptcies, acquisitions, and the collapse of entire phone businesses. From YotaPhone 2 and Essential PH-1 to BlackBerry Z10, Palm Pre, HTC One M9, and Wileyfox Swift, each device became part of a much bigger corporate disaster. Some of these phones were terrible. Others were actually full of good ideas. But in every case, the company behind the device failed to turn its smartphone strategy into a sustainable business. Which phone do you think caused the most damage to its company? Let me know in the comments. Subscribe for more videos about forgotten smartphones, failed tech products, mobile phone history, and the biggest disasters in the technology industry. 00:00 Introduction 00:27 YotaPhone 2 01:16 Essential PH-1 02:08 BlackBerry Z10 02:59 Palm Pre 03:58 Neonode N2 04:44 Turing Phone 05:34 Nextbit Robin 06:18 Sendo X 07:10 Lumigon T3 08:02 CREO Mark 1 08:55 Solana Saga 09:57 HTC One M9 11:18 Wileyfox Swift 12:26 Final