https://www.scmp.com/rss/214867/feed Founded in 1997, HTC Corp originally made notebook computers, but entered the smartphone market, and at one point in 2011 it was the largest smartphone seller in the US, holding 24 per cent, compared to Samsung’s 21 per cent and Apple (20 per cent), but its market share has subsequently fallen sharply. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com DigiTimes DigiTimes Taiwan’s Quanta and HTC are seen as possible contract manufacturers for Google’s imminent AI glasses, as such products are expected to emerge as essential mobile devices that will drive rapid expansion across the industry. Google is rumoured to have completed development of its first artificial intelligence-enabled glasses, which are reportedly to be made in Taiwan. But the US search giant has yet to decide on a contract manufacturer. Quanta was in charge of prototype design and is a strong... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322964/googles-ai-glasses-rumoured-be-made-taiwan-possibly-htc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322964/googles-ai-glasses-rumoured-be-made-taiwan-possibly-htc?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:58:12 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Xreal, the Chinese augmented reality start-up behind Google’s first Android XR-powered augmented reality (AR) glasses, is gearing up for the mass-market release of its lightweight eyewear as early as the first quarter of 2026, its co-founder said. Code-named Project Aura, the product was first announced at Google’s annual I/O developer conference in May. Rivalling offerings from Apple and Meta Platforms, Google adopted a strategy from its smartphone playbook: providing the operating system –... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3316645/meet-chinese-start-behind-googles-android-xr-powered-augmented-reality-glasses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3316645/meet-chinese-start-behind-googles-android-xr-powered-augmented-reality-glasses?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 01:00:13 +0000 Taiwan might not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about outrageously opulent living. Unlike the elite members of its outwardly opulent and bustling cousins Hong Kong and Singapore, the island’s richest inhabitants prefer to keep things on the down-low. But that doesn’t mean their wealth goes unnoticed. As of 2020, the country’s top 50 richest people have a combined net worth of an estimated US$112 billion. Here are the top five real-life Crazy Rich Asians in Taiwan that we... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3102469/taiwans-real-life-crazy-rich-asians-how-aimee-sun-cher-wang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3102469/taiwans-real-life-crazy-rich-asians-how-aimee-sun-cher-wang?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:04:10 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS Several international conferences have been canceled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. Some tech companies have live-streamed launches online, but HTC came up with a novel solution: Let all attendees participate in its Virtual Vive Ecosystem Conference using VR headsets at home -- preferably the brand’s own Vive headset. HTC said that about 2,000 people from more than 55 countries registered for the online event, which took place on... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3076153/htc-holds-conference-virtual-reality-amid-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3076153/htc-holds-conference-virtual-reality-amid-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:51:29 +0000 Several international conferences have been canceled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. Some tech companies have live-streamed launches online, but HTC came up with a novel solution: Let all attendees participate in its Virtual Vive Ecosystem Conference using VR headsets at home -- preferably the brand’s own Vive headset. HTC said that about 2,000 people from more than 55 countries registered for the online event, which took place on Thursday. Everyone was able to create a custom... https://www.scmp.com/china-tech-city/htc-holds-conference-virtual-reality-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/article/3076100?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china-tech-city/htc-holds-conference-virtual-reality-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/article/3076100?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:51:28 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS It’s safe to say a lot of people aren’t convinced they need a VR headset yet. HTC is trying to change your mind by giving you more options with three new models of its Vive Cosmos series. The Vive Cosmos Play, which has two fewer tracking cameras than the original Vive Cosmos, targets budget-conscious first-time users. Tracking might not be as good as the higher-end models, but HTC says anyone who wants to upgrade can swap in other faceplates. Pricing... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3051631/htc-makes-cheaper-vive-cosmos-headset-vr-beginners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3051631/htc-makes-cheaper-vive-cosmos-headset-vr-beginners?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:05:02 +0000 It’s safe to say a lot of people aren’t convinced they need a VR headset yet. HTC is trying to change your mind by giving you more options with three new models of its Vive Cosmos series. The Vive Cosmos Play, which has two fewer tracking cameras than the original Vive Cosmos, targets budget-conscious first-time users. Tracking might not be as good as the higher-end models, but HTC says anyone who wants to upgrade can swap in other faceplates. Pricing has yet to be announced. The Vive Cosmos... https://www.scmp.com/china-tech-city/htc-makes-cheaper-vive-cosmos-headset-vr-beginners/article/3051614?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china-tech-city/htc-makes-cheaper-vive-cosmos-headset-vr-beginners/article/3051614?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:05:01 +0000 Hong Kong’s maverick deal-maker Charles Chan Kwok-keung is planning to sell all his stake in Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and step down as chairman of the city’s dominant free-to-air broadcaster from next month amid concerns about its business outlook. The 64-year-old businessman has signed a conditional agreement to sell his interest in Young Lion Holdings, the single largest owner of TVB, the company said in an exchange filing on Wednesday. The sale is part of a proposed reorganisation... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3047183/hong-kongs-maverick-deal-maker-chan-step-down-tvb-chairman-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3047183/hong-kongs-maverick-deal-maker-chan-step-down-tvb-chairman-after?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:06:51 +0000 Zheping Huang Zheping Huang Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has set the price for its first blockchain-powered handset in cryptocurrencies, making it the first big name in the industry to accept only digital currencies as payment. Exodus 1, the first version of HTC’s blockchain phone, is priced at 0.15 bitcoin or 4.78 ether, which in current trading equates to about US$960, the company announced in a Berlin event on Tuesday. By comparison, the new iPhone XS has a starting price tag of US$999. HTC first announced the Exodus... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2169802/htc-sells-its-first-blockchain-phone-015-bitcoin-about-same-price-new-iphone-xs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2169802/htc-sells-its-first-blockchain-phone-015-bitcoin-about-same-price-new-iphone-xs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:49:01 +0000 Zheping Huang Zheping Huang The race to launch the world’s first blockchain-enabled smartphone is poised to heat up as Taiwanese consumer electronics firm HTC said its device would be made available this third quarter. HTC’s Exodus blockchain phone, which it first announced in May, has already received “tens of thousands” of reservations globally, said Phil Chen, the chief crypto officer at HTC, in an interview on the sidelines of the RISE technology conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The impending launch of Exodus... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2154876/htc-develops-blockchain-phone-how-does-it-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2154876/htc-develops-blockchain-phone-how-does-it-work?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jul 2018 23:15:30 +0000 Google, the world’s biggest internet company, is ratcheting up efforts to grow its hardware business to compete with Apple, Samsung Electronics and major Chinese makers of smart devices through a US$1.1 billion deal with struggling Taiwanese smartphone supplier HTC Corp. In joint announcement on Thursday, the two companies said about 2,000 HTC employees would formally join Google to develop smartphones and other devices. Many of these HTC staff are already involved in making Google’s Pixel-brand... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2112199/google-bets-hardware-growth-us11-billion-deal-taiwans-htc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2112199/google-bets-hardware-growth-us11-billion-deal-taiwans-htc?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:45:15 +0000 Struggling Taiwanese consumer electronics supplier HTC is pinning its hopes for a turnaround on the company’s nascent virtual reality (VR) business, as global demand for the technology could potentially rival that for smartphones, according to the head of its VR operation in China. “VR is the industry we will still be talking about in the next 50 or 100 years,” Alvin Graylin, China president of HTC’s Vive virtual reality system, told the South China Morning Post. “It is not just me, as all the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2082814/taiwans-htc-seeks-fresh-growth-virtual-reality-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2082814/taiwans-htc-seeks-fresh-growth-virtual-reality-business?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:15:45 +0000 I wish more Android phones were built like the HTC 10. I’ve tried a few of the flagship competitors – including the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5 – but I think the HTC 10 has the best design and feel. The HTC flagship phones have had a metal body since their introduction, and they’ve given the 10 a new design with a few nice touches to make it stand out. But if I’ve come to learn one thing about buying a phone, what’s inside is more important than the design. Inside, the HTC 10 can compete... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1979882/smartphone-review-htc-10-puts-plenty-features-well-designed-package?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1979882/smartphone-review-htc-10-puts-plenty-features-well-designed-package?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jun 2016 04:00:53 +0000 With the trend-setting Consumer Electronics Show (CES) coming up in Las Vegas in the first week of the new year and the Mobile World Congress (MWC) following a month later in Barcelona, it’s time for a look at some of the new technology that will shape the way we work and play in 2016. Virtual reality and augmented reality Augmented reality – the blending of virtual content with a real-world environment (think Google Maps, for instance) – has very much become part of our lives, but up till now... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1896925/six-consumer-tech-trends-coming-2016-drones-follow-you-robots-virtual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1896925/six-consumer-tech-trends-coming-2016-drones-follow-you-robots-virtual?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jan 2016 02:45:00 +0000 Digital Domain Holdings, which runs the world’s biggest independent visual-effects company, has named former HTC chief executive Peter Chou Yung-ming as an executive director of the company, according to its regulatory filing on Friday, in an apparent effort to boost investors' confidence following the firm's unexpected trouble in the stock market earlier this year.  Chou’s appointment, with effect from August 31, marks the first high-profile, senior executive recruitment undertaken by Digital... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1853539/taiwan-smartphone-giant-htcs-former-ceo-joins-hong-kong-tech-firm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1853539/taiwan-smartphone-giant-htcs-former-ceo-joins-hong-kong-tech-firm?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:29:08 +0000 Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will slash its work force by 15 per cent, or 2,250 people, as it seeks to reduce its operating expenses by just over a third and anticipates a net loss for the third quarter, it said late last week.  HTC used to be a dominant force among Asian smartphone brands and once accounted for more shipments than any of its global rivals.  It released the HTC Dream in 2008 as the first commercially available smartphone to use Linux-based Android, before Google snapped up the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1849776/taiwans-htc-axe-15-cent-workforce-gap-widens-chinese-rivals-xiaomi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1849776/taiwans-htc-axe-15-cent-workforce-gap-widens-chinese-rivals-xiaomi?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:00:48 +0000 Taiwan's flagship smartphone developer HTC is dialling into the mainland's middle-tier market to rebuild its global brand after a long decline, but industry analysts warn of stiff competition from lower-priced, similar-quality local brands. The 17-year-old company had 10.7 per cent of the world market share at its peak in 2011. It expects urban mainland consumers to buy its Desire, Butterfly and One E8 series phones because of their mid-range prices and features closer to the iPhone than cheap... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1575660/htc-dials-china-market-who-will-answer-call?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1575660/htc-dials-china-market-who-will-answer-call?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:01:26 +0000 Once a star of the intensely competitive smartphone sector, Taiwan's HTC has seen its fortunes collapse in recent years - but the success of its latest model provides a glimmer of hope. The company started out as a contract smartphone manufacturer for major foreign players including Microsoft and only began developing its own brand of handsets in 2006. It quickly built up a loyal following as the first to use Google's Android operating system - now the most popular OS for mobile devices and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1528210/htc-star-may-rise-again-latest-premium-handset-sells-fast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1528210/htc-star-may-rise-again-latest-premium-handset-sells-fast?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:30:30 +0000 Taiwanese phone maker HTC said its new flagship smartphone, the One M8, was selling quicker than its predecessor, and that the strong showing would help it claw back market share in developed markets such as the United States. HTC's market share has declined steadily since the company briefly topped the smartphone market in 2011, with sales of its previous flagship, the One M7, failing to match critical acclaim. HTC was keen to avoid a similar outcome this year and the M8 upgrade was being... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1506259/htc-eyes-us-flagship-m8-phone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1506259/htc-eyes-us-flagship-m8-phone?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 May 2014 17:08:47 +0000 Smarting from growing losses, Taiwanese phone maker HTC says it will expand its range of cheaper products as it fixes off-target marketing for its premium smartphones. The company, which has long prided itself as a purveyor of upscale, feature-loaded products, says it needs to sell more mid-tier and affordable smartphones after losing out last year. Muscled off-track by fast-growing Chinese rivals such as Xiaomi and giants like Samsung Electronics and Apple, HTC is seeking to reverse a two-year... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1425157/htc-turns-cheaper-phones-sales-boost?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1425157/htc-turns-cheaper-phones-sales-boost?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:42:56 +0000 Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has signed a patent and technology collaboration agreement with Finnish phone giant Nokia to end all pending patent litigation between them. Under the deal, HTC would make payments to Nokia and the collaboration would involve HTC's LTE patent portfolio to further strengthen Nokia's licensing offering, HTC said at the weekend. The companies would also explore future technology collaboration opportunities, HTC said, adding that the full terms of the agreement were... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1424888/patent-deal-ends-feud-between-htc-and-nokia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1424888/patent-deal-ends-feud-between-htc-and-nokia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:30:45 +0000 HTC said an updated version of the One smartphone, its first wearable device, and a renewed focus on marketing will help turn the company around this year after two consecutive annual declines in revenue. "We feel positive and optimistic about 2014 when compared to 2013," Chang Chia-lin, chief financial officer and head of global sales for the Taiwanese company, said on Wednesday. He declined to provide a forecast before an investor conference call scheduled for Monday. Once the leading... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1422461/htc-pins-hopes-updated-phone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1422461/htc-pins-hopes-updated-phone?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:15:45 +0000 The group that owns thousands of former Nortel Networks patents filed a barrage of patent lawsuits on Thursday against mobile-phone manufacturers including Google, the company it outbid in the Nortel bankruptcy auction. Rockstar, the consortium that bought the Nortel patents for US$4.5 billion, sued Samsung Electronics, HTC, Huawei Technologies and four other companies for patent infringement. Rockstar is jointly owned by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony. Google is accused of... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1345179/rockstar-group-takes-mobile-firms-court?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1345179/rockstar-group-takes-mobile-firms-court?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Nov 2013 04:00:15 +0000 Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has halted at least one of its four main manufacturing lines, accounting for at least a fifth of total capacity, and is outsourcing production as a sales slump puts pressure on its cash flow, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation. A reporter who visited an HTC factory at the company’s former headquarters in Taoyuan, about an hour’s drive from Taipei, saw loading docks shuttered and a sign on a locked lobby door that read: “Lobby is temporarily... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1338057/htc-scales-back-production-amid-cash-flow-problems?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1338057/htc-scales-back-production-amid-cash-flow-problems?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:43:45 +0000 Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC, which posted a first quarterly loss last week, says the next two months will be its "biggest challenge" as it tries to win sales from Apple and Samsung Electronics. "We really have the best technology and the best product," chairman Cher Wang said on Saturday while attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation conference in Bali, Indonesia. HTC stock has slumped this year as the company's share of the global smartphone market dropped by more than half in the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1326750/htc-banks-new-products-regain-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1326750/htc-banks-new-products-regain-market?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Taiwan's HTC slid into the red for the first time in the third quarter, with sales hit hard by fierce competition in the smartphone market, supply-chain constraints and internal turmoil. Underscoring a dramatic decline for a company that boasts award-winning smartphones but has failed to develop a durable brand of handsets, it posted an operating loss of NT$3.5 billion (HK$918.6 million) as sales for the quarter tumbled by a third from a year earlier. The losses were wider than expected and most... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1324317/htc-slips-red-sales-tumble?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1324317/htc-slips-red-sales-tumble?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Oct 2013 05:40:23 +0000 HTC laid off around 20 per cent of its US-based staff in what it called a move to streamline its operations after a period of growth, sending its shares tumbling on Monday. The struggling Taiwanese smartphone maker said it laid off 30 employees on Friday to “optimize our organisation and improve efficiencies after several years of aggressive growth”. The company’s shares dropped 4 per cent in early trade on Monday, underperforming a 0.9 per cent rise in the broader market . HTC had around 150... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1310760/taiwans-htc-trims-us-workforce-shares-tumble?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1310760/taiwans-htc-trims-us-workforce-shares-tumble?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:20:20 +0000 Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating allegations that three employees at leading smartphone maker HTC stole trade secrets to sell to Chinese firms, reports said on Saturday. Investigators on Friday searched HTC’s research and development centre as well as the suspects’ offices and homes after the company accused them of stealing key interface technology, according to the Taipei-based China Times newspaper. HTC said the three men were suspected of discussing plans with unidentified Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1300866/taiwan-probes-htc-staff-over-secrets-theft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1300866/taiwan-probes-htc-staff-over-secrets-theft?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:41:25 +0000 HTC has never been cheaper for buyers attracted to the smartphone maker's hardware and engineering prowess. After peaking in 2011, HTC's stock has plunged 88 per cent as the Taiwanese company lost market share to industry leaders Samsung Electronics and Apple. Now, Chinese vendors including ZTE, Lenovo Group and Huawei Technologies could zero in on the US$4.2 billion company as a takeover target to help them gain technological know-how and a still well-regarded and recognised brand as they... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1299408/htcs-cheap-price-lures-potential-buyers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1299408/htcs-cheap-price-lures-potential-buyers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Taiwan's once-fast-growing flagship smartphone maker HTC is forecasting a possible loss this quarter despite interest in its latest "superphone" models, because of what analysts describe as tougher competition at the high and low ends of the world market. The firm, which reported a 93 per cent surge in revenue in 2010, said last month that it expected zero profit or a loss of up to 8 per cent by the end of next month. Sales didn't meet their expectations. They spent a lot of money on marketing... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298687/superphone-not-one-lift-earnings-hope-htc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298687/superphone-not-one-lift-earnings-hope-htc?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Now in his tenth year as chief executive of HTC Corp, Peter Chou is lauded as the architect of the Taiwanese firm’s award-winning smartphones. But as the company’s fortunes have dived, some insiders say he’s now an obstacle to any revival. Rocked by internal feuding and executive exits, and positioned at the high-end of a smartphone market that is close to saturation, HTC has seen its market share slump to below 5 per cent from around a quarter five years ago; its stock price is at 8-year lows,... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298313/can-smartphone-visionary-engineer-htcs-second-coming?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298313/can-smartphone-visionary-engineer-htcs-second-coming?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Aug 2013 06:11:30 +0000 The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York say they are bringing in state and federal security experts to test the newest anti-theft features designed to thwart the surge of stolen smartphones nationwide. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that the security experts will be in San Francisco to test Apple’s iPhone 5 with its activation lock and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 with Lojack for Android. Gascon said the experts will treat... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1286116/security-experts-test-phone-anti-theft-locks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1286116/security-experts-test-phone-anti-theft-locks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:39:33 +0000 Weak quarterly sales of Nokia smartphones raised the heat on chief executive Stephen Elop, whose decision to adopt Microsoft’s untested Windows Phone software has yet to deliver the recovery in the company’s fortunes he was hired to achieve. Nokia has pinned its hopes on its Lumia smartphones to close the yawning lead of the market frontrunners Samsung and Apple, but progress has disappointed many investors and analysts. Nokia shares fell as much as 6 per cent on Thursday after the company said... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1286111/nokias-halting-turnaround-hit-weak-handset-sales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1286111/nokias-halting-turnaround-hit-weak-handset-sales?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:23:25 +0000 AP reviews new smartphones: Android, iOS and more New phones are continually coming out. Which should you buy? Here’s a summary of The Associated Press’ recent phone reviews, including the latest on Google phones running a pure version of Android.   — ANDROID DEVICES:   GALAXY S4, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS   The S4 is an excellent device from a hardware standpoint. Its 5-inch (12.5-centimeter) screen is larger than its predecessor, yet it’s a tad lighter and smaller. The display is sharp, at 441... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1274487/ap-reviews-new-smartphones-android-ios-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1274487/ap-reviews-new-smartphones-android-ios-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2013 03:10:56 +0000 Two new Android phones will look and sound familiar to those who have been paying attention to phones. That’s because these two devices are replicas of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and HTC’s One, except they lack most of the bells and whistles added to the original models. And that’s a good thing. The modifications Samsung and HTC apply to Google’s Android software are meant to be improvements. But I’ve complained before about how the changes actually make phones more complex to use. The S4 even has an... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1274479/review-price-simplicity-new-google-phones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1274479/review-price-simplicity-new-google-phones?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2013 03:00:39 +0000 Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday’s unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall’s debut of Nintendo’s Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony. Each machine has a set of features designed to draw gamers away from rival consoles. There’s one thing all three have in common, though: They are about more than gaming and include entertainment services... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1244116/xbox-one-playstation-4-wii-u-how-top-consoles-compare?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1244116/xbox-one-playstation-4-wii-u-how-top-consoles-compare?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2013 06:25:29 +0000 HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker that blew markets away three years ago when its moderately priced, technically solid devices reached consumers worldwide, is looking at a risky new production scheme to regain market share after a long slump. The designer of models such as the Butterfly and the One is developing new smartphones at mid-range prices to stand out in a thickening crowd of competitors, industry experts say. But they fear the developer will face supply-chain obstacles for high-end... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1241560/taiwans-htc-looks-new-handset-designs-exit-slump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1241560/taiwans-htc-looks-new-handset-designs-exit-slump?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Taiwan's top smartphone maker HTC said yesterday that a German court had dismissed two patent infringement complaints brought against it by Finnish phone giant Nokia. The District Court of Mannheim in southwest Germany dismissed the two complaints on Friday and awarded HTC its legal costs, the firm said. HTC said it believed "Nokia has exaggerated the scope of its patent in order to extract unwarranted licensing royalties from Android handset manufacturers", adding: "We are gratified that the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1187335/german-court-dismisses-two-nokia-patent-infringement-claims-against-htc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1187335/german-court-dismisses-two-nokia-patent-infringement-claims-against-htc?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 HTC, the smartphone maker that surged into the global market share rankings two years ago, is seeking to repair itself this year after a slide due to marketing shortfalls, competition from Samsung and old legal battles with Apple. The Taiwanese company, known for its mid-priced Android-based smartphones, posted operating income of just 1 per cent of sales in the fourth quarter, capping a tough year. HTC's attention to a range of difficulties, from buying parts to selling finished phones, puts it... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1149652/struggling-htc-gets-ready-ring-changes-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1149652/struggling-htc-gets-ready-ring-changes-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a smartphone has triggered fevered speculation about which brand he favours. The photo released by the North's state media showed Kim presiding over a meeting with top national security advisers last week - a meeting believed to have been focused on Pyongyang's threat to conduct an imminent nuclear test. It also showed a black smartphone on the table next to Kim's arm - as well as a lit cigarette in his hand. "It's believed that the smartphone... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1144014/photo-norths-kim-jong-un-smartphone-spurs-speculation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1144014/photo-norths-kim-jong-un-smartphone-spurs-speculation?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A picture of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un with a smartphone has triggered fevered speculation about which brand is favoured by the leader of one of the world’s most repressive nations. The photo released by the North’s state media showed Kim presiding over a meeting with top national security advisers last week – a meeting believed to have been focused on Pyongyang’s threat to conduct an imminent nuclear test. It also showed a black smartphone on the table next to Kim’s arm – as well as a lit... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1143698/kim-jong-uns-mystery-smartphone-likely-htc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1143698/kim-jong-uns-mystery-smartphone-likely-htc?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:39:01 +0000 HTC has forecast its sixth consecutive decline in quarterly sales as the Taiwanese smartphone maker faces a loss of market share to mainland rivals. First-quarter revenue would be NT$50 billion (HK$13.1 billion) to NT$60 billion, the company said yesterday. The figure was below the NT$64.8 billion average of 19 analyst estimates. HTC dropped out of the global top five by smartphone market share in the past quarter as Samsung Electronics, Huawei Technologies and ZTE gained share. A new... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1143135/htc-sees-first-quarter-revenue-flat-17pc-down?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1143135/htc-sees-first-quarter-revenue-flat-17pc-down?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:44:00 +0000 Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker HTC opened its first store in Myanmar on Monday, seeking a foothold in one of Asia’s last remaining untapped markets. The shop was inaugurated in Yangon by HTC chief executive fficer Peter Chou, an ethnic Chinese who was born and raised in the Southeast Asian country, company officials said. HTC’s phones use a Myanmese font and the company says they can be used “straight out of the box”. The move comes as global corporate giants from Coca-Cola to General... https://www.scmp.com/article/1127822/htc-launches-assault-myanmars-mobile-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1127822/htc-launches-assault-myanmars-mobile-market?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:38:30 +0000 AirAsia founders plan to list insurance firm The Malaysian founders of AirAsia are expected to launch a US$65 million initial public offering of Tune Insurance by the end of next month, two people close to the deal said. It would be the first of three initial share sales to raise a combined US$500 million that Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun are planning this year. Tune Insurance is a unit of conglomerate Tune Group, which the two men own. Reuters   Large appliances help improve Sharp's... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1122494/briefs-january-8-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1122494/briefs-january-8-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A US judge has ordered Apple to disclose to rival Samsung Electronics details of a legal settlement the iPhone maker reached with Taiwan’s HTC, including terms of a 10-year patents licensing agreement. The Korean electronics giant had earlier filed a motion to compel its US rival -- with whom it is waging a bitter legal battle over mobile patents across several countries -- to reveal details of the settlement that was reached on November 10 with HTC but which have been kept under wraps. In... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1088233/apple-ordered-tell-samsung-details-htc-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1088233/apple-ordered-tell-samsung-details-htc-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:33:52 +0000 Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC yesterday said it has reached a global settlement with technology giant Apple, bringing an end to all outstanding litigation between the two companies. The deal includes a 10-year licensing agreement over patents, HTC said in a statement. "HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so HTC can focus on innovation instead of litigation," HTC chief executive Peter Chou said. Apple chief executive Tim Cook said: "We are glad to have reached a... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1080197/apple-and-htc-end-patent-lawsuits-after-reaching-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1080197/apple-and-htc-end-patent-lawsuits-after-reaching-global?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Apple Store to open in Shenzhen on weekend Apple, the world's largest technology company, will launch its ninth retail store in China at the Yi Tian Holiday Plaza in Shenzhen on Saturday. The new Apple Store opening was announced yesterday on the firm's China website. It comes two weeks after Apple opened a new three-level store in Beijing, the company's largest retail shop in Asia. The firm has two other stores in Beijing, three in Shanghai and two in Hong Kong. Bien Perez   1 in 10 jobs to go... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1072820/briefs-october-30-2012?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1072820/briefs-october-30-2012?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of televisions and mobile phones, reported a record third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as surging sales of Galaxy smartphones widened the lead over Apple's iPhone. Net income totalled 6.56 trillion won (HK$46.18 billion), the South Korean company said. The average of 27 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg was 6.25 trillion won. Earnings at the mobile-phone business increased after the introductions of the Galaxy S III phone and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1070696/stellar-galaxy-sales-lift-samsung-new-profit-heights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1070696/stellar-galaxy-sales-lift-samsung-new-profit-heights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Galaxy S3, iPhone 5 or HTC One? That’s a tough question for Taiwan’s cabinet ministers. Senior Taiwanese officials have been under scrutiny for the smartphones they use – specifically whether they support Taiwan’s HTC, which has a big role the island’s high-tech economy. Hu Yu-wei, the information minister and government spokesman, stirred up controversy on Sunday for posting on his Facebook page a picture of a black iPhone 5. Facing heavy criticism, he later explained that he did yet not... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1051575/taiwan-minister-draws-ire-iphone-posting-facebook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1051575/taiwan-minister-draws-ire-iphone-posting-facebook?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:01:35 +0000 HTC unveiled on Wednesday two smartphone models running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 software and said the devices would be available in November through multiple wireless service providers around the world. The two brightly coloured phones – the Windows Phone 8X and the Windows Phone 8S – will pit HTC directly against key Microsoft partner Nokia, which earlier this month also launched two colourful Windows phone models. Like Nokia, HTC is under pressure to generate strong sales from its next... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1041415/htc-unveils-two-windows-phones-challenge-nokia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1041415/htc-unveils-two-windows-phones-challenge-nokia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:25:16 +0000