On November 19, HTC reported that it might sell its mobile phone business. The acquisition has entered the negotiation stage, and there will be new progress as early as the first half of next year. When HTC/HTC received an interview from Taiwan media, it "categorically denied" the news and said that HTC is conducting a diversified layout in the mainland. In order to promote the development of its business in the mainland of China, HTC has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen Municipal Government to establish VR China Research Institute.

HTC 2016 flagship HTC 10

However, HTC's measures in the mainland are mainly aimed at HTC live in the VR field, which has sold more than 140000 units, but HTC did not say what measures would be taken for the mobile phone business

Looking back at the shipment volume of HTC's mobile phone business, HTC sold 18 million mobile phones in 2015, while online news said that, HTC has shipped only 10 million mobile phones since 2016, with a year-on-year decline of 44.4%. In the rest of 2016, HTC has no new products, and its sales may not be able to recover. How bad is this number? Shipments of our former top manufacturers in the first quarter In contrast, Samsung has 81 million sets Apple has 42 million and Huawei has 27 million.

HTC's vive is a very good product, but its mobile phone business has been in a slump since HTC M8. During this period, HTC A9, which imitated the iPhone highly, HTC 10, which did not give rise to the 820 on the Bank of China in the early stage, and many other products have left a "deep impression" on consumers around the world, especially domestic consumers. Compared with the legendary Nokia of a generation, the old saying can be applied: some people are dead, but they are still alive; Some people are still alive, but they are dead.

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