HTC sees revenues down sharply on-year in July

Newswatch - Aug 7, 11:41

HTC saw its revenues dip 16.7% on month and 44.5% on year to a five-month low of NT$25 billion (US$834.45 million) in July. For the first seven months of 2012, revenues amounted to...

HTC to launch 5-inch smartphone in September-October, say sources

Aug 6, 14:58

HTC will step into the large-size smartphone segment by launching a flagship model with a 5-inch display featuring a resolution of 1794 by 1080 pixels in September-October, according...

VIA expects on-month growth in July revenues

Jul 31, 01:45

After seeing declining revenue performance in the first half, CPU maker VIA Technologies expects its revenues in July will enjoy on-month growth, but due to China market is having...

AT&T to cut HTC One X price by half, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 30, 15:45

AT&T will more than halve the contract price of HTC's One X smartphone sold through its channels from US$199 to US$99 starting July 30, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...

Strong demand for smartphones in 2Q12 continues to drive the worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC

Newswatch - Jul 30, 15:13

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1% on year to 406 million units in the second quarter of 2012, as Samsung Electronics and Apple shipped almost half of the world's smartphones,...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 19 million handsets in 2Q12

Jul 24, 14:20

Taiwan-based vendor HTC and ODM/JDM makers together shipped 19.19 million handsets in the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 21.8% on quarter but decreasing by 16.9% on year, according...

HTC amends strategy, reduces stake in Beats

Jul 23, 14:26

HTC has amended its development strategy and is likely to slow down its acquisition plans after announcing that it has reached a deal of selling nearly half of its holdings in audio...

Taiwan market: Samsung ranks as top smartphone vendor in June with over 40% share, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 20, 11:48

Samsung Electronics managed to retain its top-vendor title in Taiwan's smartphone market in June with a 41.5% share in terms of sales volume, up from 35.8% in the previous month,...

HTC hopes for large proportion of revenues from China market, say China president

Jul 13, 14:41

HTC hopes that revenues in China and other markets in Asia Pacific can increase to one-third of its total consolidated revenues at the end of 2012, China-based 21st Century Business...

Nokia, RIM and HTC to see smartphone shipments continue sliding in 2H12, say sources

Jul 9, 12:19

Nokia, RIM and HTC are expected to see their smartphone shipments, as well as market share, continue declining in the third and fourth quarters of 2012 due to a lag in migration to...

HTC posts flat revenues for June

Newswatch - Jul 6, 16:40

HTC has posted consolidated revenues of NT$30 billion (US$1 billion) for June, which were on par with May, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The...

Competition of quad-core smartphones to heat up in 4Q12, say sources

Jul 5, 12:43

Competition for quad-core smartphones will heat up in the fourth quarter of 2012, triggering by the roll-out of much speculated new iPhone and models built based on Qualcomm's quad-core...

Samsung to begin shipping memory products to HTC directly from October

Jul 4, 15:20

Samsung Electronics will begin to ship its memory products to HTC directly from October 2012, while taking back the distribution rights from its sales agent CoAsia Microelectronics,...

China market: HTC, Sony Mobile launch dual-SIM smartphones

Jul 4, 01:20

HTC and Sony Mobile Communications have both enhanced their strengths in the dual-SIM smartphone segment in China with the launch of the HTC Desire VC and Xperia Tipo Dual, respectively,...

HTC denies laying off R&D personnel, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 26, 14:33

HTC has denied market speculation indicating that it plans to lay off as much as of 16% of its R&D personnel aiming to optimize its corporate structure for cost savings, according...

Branded handset vendors cutting orders to component suppliers, say sources

Jun 21, 10:57

A number of branded handset vendors, including Nokia, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, RIM, HTC, Huawei Device and ZTE, have reduced...

Spreadtrum supplies TD-SCDMA IC for Samsung Galaxy S3

Jun 20, 13:55

Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its TD-SCDMA baseband modem, the SC8803G, and RF transceiver, the SR3200, are shipping in Samsung's latest TD-SCDMA smartphone offering...

Handset and component makers facing mounting pressure on shortened product life cycle

Jun 19, 14:29

Handset ODMs and makers of handset parts and components have experienced increasing pressure recently due to a shortening product life cycle of smartphones resulting from keen market...

HTC May revenues lower than expected; reduces 2Q12 sales guidance

Jun 7, 01:30

HTC has reported lower than expected revenues of NT$30 billion (US$1 billion) for May, which represented a decline of 3.2% on month and 26.1% on year. HTC also lowered its sales guidance...

HTC adjusts strategy for North Asia, shifting focus to Japan

Jun 6, 11:46

HTC plans to adjust its marketing strategy for North Asia and will shift its resources to focus on the fast growing smartphone market in Japan, while maintaining a basic operating...

China-based smartphone vendors to compete with big players with ultra-thin models

May 29, 14:21

China-based handset vendors have ventured into the production of ultra-thin smartphones, enhancing their strength to compete with international brands in the global market, according...

AUO to ship AMOLED panels to Sony and HTC in June, say sources

May 25, 01:15

AU Optronics (AUO) reportedly will begin shipping 4.3-inch AMOLED panels to Sony and HTC in June. HTC will use the panels for the production of its HTC One S smartphone. AUO declined...

Taiwan market: Four operators to begin selling HTC WiMAX smartphones

May 24, 11:02

Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vee TIME, Global Mobile, Vmax Telecom and Tatung InfoComm will begin contract-bundled sale of the WiMAX/WCDMA dual-mode HTC EVO Design smartphone in the...

Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April

May 24, 01:25

HTC recaptured the top vendor ranking in the Taiwan handset market in terms of sales value in April with a 36% share, followed by Samsung Electronics with 25% and Apple with 18%,...

Samsung plans to deliver memory, MCP parts directly to HTC, Transcend, say sources

May 23, 15:39

Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to deliver its memory and MCP (multi-chip packaging) parts directly to some major clients in Taiwan including HTC and Transcend Information, while...

Apple wages new legal battle against HTC

May 18, 01:25

Apple has submitted a motion to the US International Trade Commission suggesting that HTC does not have legitimacy over the five patents pertaining to wireless technologies which...

HTC shipments to the US hit by customs proceedings

May 17, 01:30

HTC's second-quarter revenues will be seriously affected, as shipments of its two new models, the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE, to the US have been banned temporarily due to customs...

IC design houses look to strong demand from smartphone sector in 3Q12

May 16, 14:15

An array of new smartphones launched by HTC, Samsung Electronics and Nokia as well as by local brands in China in the second quarter of 2012 will help ramp up revenue growth at Taiwan-based...