HTC posts its best revenue result in eight months ahead of 5G smartphone release
As promised all the way back in February, HTC is (almost) prepared to join the 5G smartphone market. The Taiwan-based company is already more than 12 months late to a party started by Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G, but although the U20 5G doesn’t even look sophisticated or powerful enough to take on last year’s mobile beasts, some of the brand’s most hardcore fans might be pleased (and pleasantly surprised) by the simple fact that HTC is still in business and trying to survive.
These are not profit scores, mind you, but merely revenue figures, representing a tiny portion of how much other major smartphone vendors earn every month nowadays. It’s also important to note that the NT$649 million total marks a healthy month-on-month increase of 63.55 percent and a worrying year-on-year decline of 55.57 percent.
Still, it looks like the 4G LTE-only Desire 20 Pro mid-ranger may have generated a decent level of buyer interest during its first couple of weeks of domestic availability. If HTC can keep that up, perhaps the device will eventually be released in other markets as well, setting the stage for a wider rollout of the HTC U20 5G than initially believed… at some point in the not-so-distant future.