If HTC had to choose a best friend based on today’s sales and revenue, we’d imagine that friend would be Google. The world simply can’t get enough of HTC’s Android smartphones as the company sold 9.7 million units in the first quarter alone. The combination of the Inspire 4G, Thunderbolt, EVO Shift 4G, Desire S and Incredible S were consumed with what seemed like an insatiable consumer appetite. To cut to the chase, HTC’s revenues were up 174.5 percent year-on-year.
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Today, RIM reported their fourth quarter financial results for fiscal 2011. With recorded BlackBerry smartphone shipments up 52.3 percent over fiscal 2010, you’d think the stock market would welcome the Canadian giant. Unfortunately, this was not the case as RIM said profits this quarter will be much weaker than expected.
Sony Ericsson, the joint venture between Japan’s Sony and Sweden’s Ericsson, has just reported its fourth quarter 2010 financial results. On the recovery were profits, reportedly $10.7 million — a significant improvement to the $225 million net loss reported in the year-ago period. On the decline were handset shipments, falling to 11.2 units — down 23 percent from the 14.6 million units posted in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Third quarter financial results are in for Apple, and unsurprisingly, it’s been a good one, despite the iPhone 4 antenna saga pushing share prices down a touch. Apple posted net quarterly profits of $3.25 billion yesterday, and announced that iPad sales were coming level with Mac sales, even after a 33 per cent year on year leap in Mac sales.