they started doing that in the HTC One (V,S,X) Era ,yeah but xiaomi are sending ur text msg back to china, 1+ is also china so cant consider them
i like HTC a lot, i used to have their windows mobile phones, touch/HD, my first android was HTC legend, and they used to have cool ui and smooth performance, very good customer service in my area too, but they are selling sub-par hardware with jacked up price, i would support them if i have the money haha
starting from that year, they sufer losses [till this year , suffer lost up to billions],
thats why everything got super expensive ..
Htc one V, A super low end single core device , cost $400 (in that year)
my first is also HTC legend , then moved to the Evo , and then sensation XE - One V, one X - M8 - M9