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Monday 6 June 2016
HTC May sales performance remains weak
HTC has reported revenues of NT$6.75 billion (US$208.44 million) for May, increasing 17.3% sequentially but declining 37.4% from a year earlier.
Wednesday 1 June 2016
HTC to spin off VR business in 3Q16, says paper
HTC is expected to spin off its virtual reality (VR) business in the third quarter of 2016 at the earliest, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report, citing...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales slow down in April
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, in the Taiwan market totaled 650,000 units in April, decreasing 2.9% from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail chan...
Thursday 19 May 2016
Google announces Daydream VR platform; HTC, Asustek to join Daydream club
Google has announced Daydream, a VR platform built on top of newly released Android N. Google said that Daydream-ready phones, as well as VR viewers and motion controllers will be...
Thursday 19 May 2016
Taiwan market: HTC ties up with Volkswagen to enter IoV market
HTC has tied up with automaker Volkswagen to jointly develop in-car monitoring systems in a bid to penetrate into the fast growing Internet of Vehicles (IoV) market.
Thursday 19 May 2016
Competition in VR market among Taiwan brands heating up
Both Asustek Computer and Acer will follow the step of smartphone vendor HTC to enter the virtual reality (VR) device market soon, heating up competition among local brands in the...
Thursday 19 May 2016
HTC US still taking orders for Vive, says company
Consumers in the US are still able to order the HTC Vive via HTC's official website in the country, the vendor's senior global online communications manager Jeff Gordon has said in...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments by Taiwan brands and ODMs decline in 1Q16
Shipments of smartphones byTaiwan-based handset brands and ODMs totaled 13.95 million units in the first quarter of 2016, declining 22.2% on quarter and 20.5% on year, according to...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
HTC suffers heavy losses for 1Q16
HTC has reported net loss of NT$2.616 billion (US$80.59 million) for the first quarter of 2016, which were higher than market expectations and represented the company's fourth quarterly...
Thursday 5 May 2016
HTC sets up new company; may spin off VR business unit
HTC has established a new company, renewing speculation that the smartphone vendor may spin off its virtual reality (VR) business, according to industry sources.
Thursday 5 May 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to grow in 2Q16
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market are expected to stage a rebound in the second quarter of 2016, triggered by the adjustment of 4G service pricing by major telecom operators,...
Tuesday 3 May 2016
Taiwan market: HTC launches 2 new mid-range smartphones
HTC has launched two new models of its mid-range Desire-series smartphones, the Desire 825 and Desire 830, targeting the sub-NT$10,000 segment of Taiwan's smartphone market.
Tuesday 3 May 2016
HTC sells land to improve financial operations
HTC has reported that it sold recently a land lot located in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan for a total of NT$2.88 billion (US$89.29 million), which will generate an income of NT$990...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphones sales dip in March; Samsung outperforms Apple in volume sales
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, totaled 672,000 units in the Taiwan market in March, a decline of 37,000 units from the previous month and 21,000 units from a year earlier...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
PC, handset supply chain makers conservative about prospects for 2016
Makers in the PC and handset supply chains in Taiwan are conservative about a business rebound in the second half of 2016 as well as the overall performance for the entire year amid...