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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...
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Taiwan market: HTC adjusts New HTC One supply to retail channels
HTC has adjusted the supply of its New HTC One smartphones to retail channels in Taiwan by delivering the models every 1-2 days in small volumes, instead of supplying larger volumes...
Thursday 25 April 2013
HTC wins patent lawsuit over Nokia in Germany; production not affected by Netherlands injunction ruling
The District Court of Mannheim, Germany, has dismissed a complaint filed by Nokia accusing HTC of infringing patent EP 1581016, covering a communications network terminal for accessing...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Ban on STMicroelectronics microphone shipments unlikely to affect shipments of New HTC One, say IC distributors
A court in the Netherlands has judged that STMicroelectronics should discontinue supply of MEMS dual-membrane microphone devices to HTC for use in the New HTC One smartphone because...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
New HTC One shipments likely to be affected by microphone supplies, say sources
Shipments of HTC's new flagship model, the new HTC One, might be jeopardized again after the District Court of Amsterdam issued recently a preliminary injunction, prohibiting STMicroelectronics...
Friday 19 April 2013
Catcher reportedly to exclusively supply metal-alloy chassis for use in HTC M4
Catcher Technology will reportedly become an exclusive supplier of metal-alloy chassis for use in HTC's M4 smartphone, a revision of its New HTC One, with shipments of M4 to begin...