Despite the internal struggle drawing fears that HTC is falling apart, recently announced sales figures for the HTC One handset deem otherwise. The HTC One, in an interview with an unnamed executive from HTC, has sold “around 5 million” units since launch, mainly since ”orders are pretty good so far and are still more than what we can supply.”
Component shortages are what suddenly delayed the HTC One’s launch by a full month, so it makes sense to think that it is an actual problem, and not just a way of saving face.
While it’s nothing close to Samsung’s 10 million shipped/sold figure for the Galaxy S 4, next month’s rankings may prove better for HTC, but in order to pull through, they will need green across the board.
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Just like other smartphones in its 4G LTE range, T-Mobile will offer the HTC One for $99 on a new 2-year contract alongside their new carrier service plans. The only exclusive feature of the HTC One to T-Mobile is Wi-Fi calling, which integrates nicely with the support of 4G HSPA+ and LTE. T-Mobile’s current portfolio of LTE phones, includes the iPhone 5, the Galaxy S4, and the BlackBerry Z10.
This is the Facebook Phone. Built by HTC (just like the previous Facebook oriented phone, the Status), the smartphone is called the HTC First, and incorporates Facebook’s new user experience called Home, which integrates notifications, the newsfeed, and all things social with butter-smooth animations. The HTC First itself has a will come in red, light blue, white, and black color variants. It’s very minimalistic has a 4.3-inch, 1280 x 720 pixel Super LCD display.
Coming in either silver or black unibody aluminum with 32GB of internal storage, the HTC One will cost $199.99 on a new 2-year contract with AT&T’s 4G LTE network starting April 4th. After that, an official release for the One will be closer than ever, as the ship date is the 19th. As for that AT&T-exclusive 64GB version: availability has been kept completely under wraps, except an internal AT&T memo points to the price of $299, so that’s something.
The engineers/destroyers at iFixit have taken apart the upcoming HTC One. Since there are no screws used in the construction of the body (thanks, unibody aluminum), the fearless dudes needed to turn to a heat gun (gasp!), a suction cup and a metal spudger to gain access to the internals. Once inside, they were greeted by every single component — which for some reason was covered in a difficult to handle foil, plus fasteners for the 2,300 mAh battery.
The HTC One X is now part of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean crop of refreshed and Google Now-enabled devices. Users on AT&T can start downloading the update today, which brings along not only the new firmware, but several fixes as well. Happy? You should be. Details at the source link.
Time has passed with rumors and speculation aplenty, but the HTC One is finally here. Sleek and ready to be held, it’s an incredible device to hold and look at. The new HTC One sports every innovation that HTC has learned over the years, including a new camera and Beats Audio.
