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Monday 24 June 2013
Smartphone brands reluctant to develop Facebook Home-enabled models
A number of branded smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei are now reluctant to cooperate with Facebook for the joint...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
HTC has unveiled an updated version of its Butterfly family smartphone, the HTC Butterfly S, as well as a midrange model, the HTC Desire 600, initially for the Taiwan market. The...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Samsung Electronics' launch of large-sized Galaxy Mega family smartphones for the US$400-600 segment will affect sales of comparable models launched by China-based branded vendors...
Monday 17 June 2013
First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
Smartphone players such as Apple, Samsung Electronics and High Tech Computer (HTC) have started showing interest in adopting ultra-thin heat pipes for their smartphones and are expected...
Thursday 13 June 2013
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to launch New HTC One dual for contract-bundled sale
Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on June 12 unveiled the New HTC One dual, a 4.7-inch CDMA/GSM dual-mode smartphone developed by Taiwan-based...
Thursday 13 June 2013
China market: HTC cooperates with Senao for smartphone maintenance services
Smartphone vendor HTC has cooperated with Senao International, which runs a consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, to establish HTC maintenance centers in China, according to...
Monday 10 June 2013
Excitement ebbing on WP8, say Taiwan makers
International smartphone vendors other than Nokia have become less interested in adopting Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (WP8) platform mainly because WP8 has had a global smartphone market...
Wednesday 5 June 2013
HTC sales jump 48% sequentially in May
Consolidated sales at HTC climbed 47.9% sequentially to NT$29 billion (US$1.64 billion) in May, thanks to brisk shipments of its New HTC One smartphone, according to the company.
Monday 3 June 2013
HTC to release array of new models in 2H13
HTC plans to launch a number of new smartphones starting June, including the dual-SIM Desire 600, the HTC Butterfly S and the HTC One mini (codenamed M4), as well as the Desire 200...
Monday 27 May 2013
HTC considering Liquidmetal for new smartphones
High Tech Computer (HTC) is reportedly considering adopting Liquidmetal for its new smartphones in the second half of the year and is set to cooperate with Taiwan-based chassis maker...
Thursday 16 May 2013
Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
HTC and Samsung Electronics introduced new flagship models for 2013, the HTC One and Galaxy S4, in April. Both firms believe May sales of the new flagship models will exceed the monthly...
Thursday 9 May 2013
Smartphone brands to introduce new flagship products in 3Q13
Smartphone brands such as HTC, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics all plan to introduce new flagship models in the third quarter of 2013 in order to take on the forthcoming new...
Monday 6 May 2013
HTC April revenues up sequentially
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on May 6 reported consolidated revenues of NT$19.591 billion (US$659 million) for April, increasing by 23.35% on month but decreasing by 36.87%...
Friday 3 May 2013
HTC 2Q13 guidance lower than expectations
HTC's guidance for revenues of NT$70 billion (US$2.37 billion), gross margin of 22-24% and operating margin of 1-3% for the second quarter of 2013 are lower than market expectations,...
Thursday 2 May 2013
HTC expects revenues to grow nearly 64% on quarter in 2Q13
HTC expects its revenues to grow 63.6% sequentially to NT$70 billion (US$2.37 billion) in the second quarter of 2013 and its gross margin to improve to 22-24% from 20.3% during the...