HTC CEO blames poor marketing for 2012 results

04 January, 2013
HTC's CEO said to the WSJ 2013 will be better because the company will put even more effort in innovation.

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  • AnonD-43357
  • L4f
  • 04 Jan 2013

well, former HTC users blame poor product quality for the 2012 results.

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    • AnonD-89096
    • fqf
    • 04 Jan 2013

    AnonD-26, 04 Jan 2013Dear HTC have all this .... much better then ur plastic S 3... moreSo One X from metal?
    Go and educate yourself before you make a fool of yourself.
    At least S3 is a successful plastic unlike the loser cheap plastic One X you can buy it for 400 $ cheap as Lumia 920.

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      • AnonD-73353
      • n5p
      • 04 Jan 2013

      Oh, so they are going address the

      1. Lack of memory card slot
      2. Removable battery
      3. Poor battery
      4. Lack of updates (**cough*Sensation XE*Cough**) to phones only over a year old
      5. Sort out the lovely but ever so resource hungry Sense UI

      It would be a shame for them to fade away seen as they were such a key company back when they were an OEM maker.

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        • Adel J
        • Btx
        • 04 Jan 2013

        AnonD-78985, 04 Jan 2013I was a Htc Fanboy now a i own a S3 north american version.... moreWell its obvious for me that you are overwhelmed with Samsung propaganda and you just know nothing about your htc capabilities!!!

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          • no matter
          • 0xy
          • 04 Jan 2013

          Does Peter Chou know, that the most responsible person for company's results is CEO :))

            The CEO was right. They should learn from Samsung.

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              • iUK
              • 04 Jan 2013

              Thats the problem when you are "quietly brilliant"

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                • vGS
                • 04 Jan 2013

                AnonD-78985, 04 Jan 2013I was a Htc Fanboy now a i own a S3 north american version.... moreDear HTC have all this .... much better then ur plastic S 3.
                How much u have used ur memory in s3 ?
                Sense have more flexible then tochviz
                htc too have NFC and s beam
                they only lack in marketing otherwise their products are much better then samsung.

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                  • AnonD-26
                  • vGS
                  • 04 Jan 2013

                  101% right...i really wonder no effective penetration by HTC team abt HTC OneX ...A Wonderful creature in smart phones but due to lack of advt its not sold. HTC products are far better then samsung in quality they are very smooth. I think HTC learns its lessons very late...looking forward to Droid DNA in Asia with huge market hype !!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • q{p
                    • 04 Jan 2013

                    lol okay

                    microsoft surface had tons of marketing yet pisspoor sales, then htc says marketing was the problem and root of all their faults

                    marketing isn't the only thing that drives sales you armchair economists

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                      • smorg
                      • Tt%
                      • 04 Jan 2013

                      The problem is going to be not getting phones out quick enough if he doesn't release the butterfly in the UK soon..

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vuR
                        • 04 Jan 2013

                        all i can think is what marketing ? i live in Australia and have never seen a single htc advert here.

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                          • QGt
                          • 04 Jan 2013

                          I was a Htc Fanboy now a i own a S3 north american version. The main reason why i did not go for HTC one x over S3

                          1. No Sd card slot (the main reason for me)
                          2.No removable batterie
                          3. S Bean( Samsung exclusive)
                          4. Hdmi Out
                          5. Usb On the go( 2nd main reason)
                          6. Prefer amoled over ips lcd
                          7. Real multitasking like S3 and Note 2 on 4.1.2
                          8. Update(I had my S3 since day one and had 2 update since then 4.0 to 4.0.4 to 4.1.1 now waiting for 4.1.2 or 4.2)

                          Prefere sence over touchwiz. I use Nova launcher anyway.

                          Htc give me all this and a will come back!!!!

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                            • fXc
                            • 04 Jan 2013

                            There was NO STOCK of HTC One X in Gauteng province of South Africa for December, can you believe this in this sector. If this is applied all over the world, then your answer to poor results for 2012 is clear. By the i'm still waiting for stock. Loyal you might say considering the other offerings.

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                              • alexvr
                              • ajT
                              • 04 Jan 2013

                              AnonD-3584, 04 Jan 2013hmmm I use HTC One X... and Im happy the screen is awesome ... morecause hox has 1 gb of ram and the s3 has 2 gb or ram

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                                • AnonD-56946
                                • fC8
                                • 04 Jan 2013

                                hTC is o v e r p r i c e company.

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                                  • AnonD-78985
                                  • QGt
                                  • 04 Jan 2013

                                  AnonD-3584, 04 Jan 2013hmmm I use HTC One X... and Im happy the screen is awesome ... moreThe North american version of the S3 has 2 GB of ram i think that's the main reason.

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                                    • stobs
                                    • utY
                                    • 04 Jan 2013

                                    you can start by adding a front-facing camera to your lower-end models. was considering the 8S for my dad but decided against it as there was no front facing camera. same case for one v.

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                                      • anonymous
                                      • vfx
                                      • 04 Jan 2013

                                      but htc market share in 2012 is still better then nokia by far, they just lost from samsung and apple.

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                                        • mpE
                                        • 04 Jan 2013

                                        Marketing has never been a strong point of HTC, anyone remember those really bad Wildfire S and Flyer ads they had on TV a year or so ago?