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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
