Tag: HTC

  • HTC’s Chief Operating Officer steps down as May revenue nearly reaches $1 billion

    HTC’s Chief Operating Officer steps down as May revenue nearly reaches $1 billion

    HTC has reported NT$29 billion ($970 million USD) in revenue for the month of May, a 47% increase over April’s revenue numbers. With one more month still to go to close out the second quarter, HTC’s revenue is already sitting at NT$48.6 billion ($1.62 billion), HTC is within shooting range of its NT$70 billion ($2.73 billion USD) Q2 projections.…

  • Kouji Kodera resigns from his post as HTC’s Chief Product Officer

    Kouji Kodera resigns from his post as HTC’s Chief Product Officer

    Kouji Kodera, HTC’s Chief Product Officer, resigned from his position at HTC last week around the same time Jason Gordon, HTC’s VP of Global Communications announced on Twitter that he was also departing after a 7-year stint at HTC. According to The Verge, the recent departures are only the tip of the iceberg as global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, director of…

  • HTC One launch helps company’s April revenue grow 23.6% in one month

    HTC One launch helps company’s April revenue grow 23.6% in one month

    HTC has reported NT$19.6bn ($660 million USD) unaudited consolidated revenue for the month of April, a 23.6% increase over revenue numbers from March, marking it the company’s best month so far in 2013. Total revenue for the first four months of the year sits at NT$62.4bn, with 31.4% of which is attributed to the last…

  • HTC stock nears three month high as analysts deem the HTC One an “impressive flagship phone”

    HTC stock nears three month high as analysts deem the HTC One an “impressive flagship phone”

    HTC’s stock price saw a 4.5% bump today after Wall Street analysts changed their rating on HTC. Both Daiwa and HSBC upgraded HTC’s investment rating to a buy “citing the impressive flagship phone.” While’s HTC’s stock price has fluctuated quite a bit lately, the recent spike put’s the company stock at just 1.50 TWD shy of its 3-month high of…

  • German court throws out a patent claim in Nokia vs HTC lawsuit

    German court throws out a patent claim in Nokia vs HTC lawsuit

    Jumping off the HTC One bandwagon for a minute and putting on a collard shirt and tie we want to talk about a recent minor win for HTC in the courthouse. Yesterday, a judge in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany dismissed a patent claim that focuses on the way an Android phone accesses the…

  • Metal-alloy chassis for the HTC M4 rumor suggests an HTC One Mini launch in late Q2

    Metal-alloy chassis for the HTC M4 rumor suggests an HTC One Mini launch in late Q2

    The HTC One may be the only true flagship device from HTC in 2013, but that doesn’t mean they company is going to sit back and hope for the best. A new report from DigiTimes claims that Catcher Technology will be the exclusive supplier of the metal-alloy chassis for the upcoming HTC M4. Catcher Technology estimates that…

  • HTC Q1 profits hit record low, delayed HTC One to blame

    HTC Q1 profits hit record low, delayed HTC One to blame

    HTC has posted its Q1 earnings report for 2013, revealing the company’s lowest quarterly profits on record. For the first quarter of 2013, total revenues reached NT$42.8 billion with net income (profits) after tax shrinking to NT$85 million ($2.8 million USD). When the net income numbers are compared Q1 of 2012, HTC is looking at a 98.3% year-over-year decline.…