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HTC Phones - From Biggest Smartphone Maker to Nothing
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obsidian86
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They lost that fundamental basic direction after the m8
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AFAIK Nokia was the biggest.
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Not the biggest smartphone maker.
My_King
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How I miss my HTC sensation. But currently using a better phone
I read a great article somewhere on why Nokia fell - essentially it was infighting between divisions that caused it to fail.
Quey_Quick
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ah my HTC desire, fond memories.
Matt91
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I'm rooting for a return of Nokia, they make nice looking phones but always a generation or two behind and overpriced.
The problem with the modern Nokia is that they have little to do with the old Nokia.
I will say that I nearly bought one of their phones though, because they are decently specced Android One phones.
I don't want some manufacturers bloatware on my phone, I want as close to stock Android as I can get.
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Nokia - Wikipedia
It was just due to Stephen Elop. He worked at MS before becoming the CEO of Nokia. His first mistake was killing off Symbian/MeeGo and then his second mistake was he went with Windows Phone instead of just going with Android. Google would've given them special access as well IIRC.
mr_norris
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The M8 was the first phone I was truly excited for. Watched the keynote when it aired. Preordered from the Orange store as soon as I could. Once I got the phone in the end, was super happy. The real disappointment with it was how fast it became obsolete. Everything after that wasn't really desirable, and way too overpriced, assuming you could source stock.
They really didn't need to fall. It's a shame.
They really didn't need to fall. It's a shame.
Wow I actually completely forgot about the Orange store, they had some really good deals
mr_norris
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Yeah, but it seems like their aftersales support was around the same as HTC's retail presence; non-existent. I had a load of issues with my first M8. I think we played shipping roulette 3 times before I got a phone that worked properly. After that, very happy.
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HTC revenue takes a dip in April, totals less than 10 million
HTC’s revenue stream is drying up – the company posted a report for April of this year, which shows that it brought in only NTD 297 million (in US dollars, that’s just under $10 million). This is a sharp 31% drop compared to March of this year and half of what the company pulled in April last year.
The company had pinned its hopes on its Vive VR business, but so far that is failing to make up for the steeply declining smartphone sales (the company has released only a few new models since 2019).
In NTD million 2020 2019 MoM Change YoY Change
January 478 1,006 -21.37% -52.43%
February 419 625 -12.38% -32.96%
March 432 1,313 3.13% -67.07%
April 297 593 -31.25% -49.86%
Total 1,627 3,536 - -53.99%
Total revenues for the first four months of 2020 add up to NTD 1.627 billion (USD 54 million), a bit less than half what HTC managed in the same period last year. And to be clear, this is just the revenue, net profit (or more likely net loss) numbers are nowhere to be seen. There’s no breakdown on how much VR is bringing in and how much comes from phone sales.
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HTC’s revenue stream is drying up – the company posted a report for April of this year, which shows that it brought in only NTD 297 million (in US dollars, that’s just under $10 million). This is a sharp 31% drop compared to March of this year and half of what the company pulled in April last year.
The company had pinned its hopes on its Vive VR business, but so far that is failing to make up for the steeply declining smartphone sales (the company has released only a few new models since 2019).
In NTD million 2020 2019 MoM Change YoY Change
January 478 1,006 -21.37% -52.43%
February 419 625 -12.38% -32.96%
March 432 1,313 3.13% -67.07%
April 297 593 -31.25% -49.86%
Total 1,627 3,536 - -53.99%
Total revenues for the first four months of 2020 add up to NTD 1.627 billion (USD 54 million), a bit less than half what HTC managed in the same period last year. And to be clear, this is just the revenue, net profit (or more likely net loss) numbers are nowhere to be seen. There’s no breakdown on how much VR is bringing in and how much comes from phone sales.
HTC revenue takes a dip in April, totals less than 10 million
The company's VR department is not making up for the lack of smartphone sales. HTC’s revenue stream is drying up – the company posted a report for April of...
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Quey_Quick
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HTC Desire, I loved mine.