HTC has said it’s not concerned about falling sales and growth, after the Taiwanese tech titan revealed that it didn’t expect to grow in the fourth quarter of 2011. In a bullish interview, the mobile maker’s Chief Financial Officer, Winston Yung, talked up HTC’s recent successes and said any worries were not “so serious”. But with news also emerging of HTC phones being pulled in Germany, is one of Android’s biggest players about to go south?
Speaking to Reuters, Yung said, “I don’t think it’s so serious. We have six quarters of improvement, the most conservative guidance is 45 million units of shipments this year, a lot higher than 25 million last year.”
That may be the case, but shares in the company have slumped, as Apple and Samsung put the squeeze on HTC’s biggest sellers. Add in a German courts ruling that sales of HTC phones should be stopped there this week, and this has the makings of a full blown crisis.
Yung said he believed 2012 would see an improvement, mentioning new, “…worldwide flagship products,” which he said he was “confident” in. That may well be. But with Samsung storming ahead, Nokia resurgent and Motorola set to become Google’s in-house mobile manufacturer, can HTC really succeed at previous levels? Tell us what you think in the comments.
Via Reuters
