HTC is expecting to hits about $3.3 billion in revenue for its fourth quarter thanks to the success of its high-profile Android devices like the T-Mobile G2 and EVO 4G.
HTC expects its shipments to hit about 9 million units for the quarter, which is double the amount it shipped for the same period last year. For comparison, Apple shipped more than 14 million iPhone units last quarter and Samsung shipped more than 7 million Galaxy S phones. Unlike Apple and HTC, Samsung also produces a large amount of feature phones and entry-level devices and it wound up shipping a whopping 71.4 million phones for the quarter.
This is quite a success story for the company, as it was only a few years ago that it wasn’t even known by the mainstream and mainly made money making handsets for other brands. It is now arguably the king of the Android heap (although Motorola may have something to say about this) and it’s looking to expand and not just rely on Android.
HTC is introducing its own features and services to help its devices stand out from the Android pack and some of these directly compete with Google’s offerings. It recently launched HTCSense.com and this provides its Android users with an online backup for their photos, texts and other mobile content.
The company is teaming with TomTom for its HTC Locations services and this could be seen as a competitor to Google Maps. HTC’s service will offer users preloaded maps that can work without a data connection.
The handset maker is also trying to diversify and it should be releasing devices with Microsoft Windows Phone 7. We can look forward to the HD7 on T-Mobile and this device has a massive display and strong internals. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bunch of of Windows Phone 7 devices to hit the market from HTC over the next few years.
[Via Reuters]