Titanfall? HTC's latest revenue results still paint a grim picture

[D13H4RD]

When we say "HTC", many of us fondly remember the hit devices the company used to make, like the metal HTC One M7, the "immortal" HTC HD2 and the T-Mobile G1, the first commercially available Android device.

 

However, HTC today is pretty far down south from what the company used to be.

 

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Continuing with the brand’s decline, revenues in the month of September 2018 reached $40.64 million. This number represents not only a decline of 9.57% versus the previous month, when HTC reported $45.21 million in revenue, but also a humongous 80.71% year-on-year drop which, subsequently, is also the company’s biggest revenue decline ever and represents a new revenue low for the company.

Observing 2018 as a whole, HTC’s revenue currently sits at $634.18 million. This is over 57% lower than the $1.5 billion reported last year and puts the Taiwan-based company firmly on track to miss the $1 billion mark for the year.

Source: https://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-September-2018-revenue_id109623

 

It definitely looks like HTC is pretty far down the rabbit hole to be able to dig themselves up. Pretty grim indeed.

 

D13H4RD's opinion

It genuinely makes me sad to see one of my favorite Android phone manufacturers fall down so far from grace. While I do acknowledge their many faults, they've also been responsible for making some really nice phones, like the HTC One M7 and M8, the HTC Desire HD, the HD2 and some other favorites. But I also kinda feel like after the HTC 10, the company seems to have lost its touch with the greater fanbase. One of the hallmarks of HTC devices has been audio, but the headphone jack was removed from the HTC Bolt and subsequently the HTC U11 (yes, the USonic buds are good but what about the option to use a pair of nice headphones without using the frankly mediocre-in-comparison dongle?).

 

It doesn't really help that HTC continues to charge very high prices for their devices when competitors have plainly just been offering either more stuff or just more compelling stuff in comparison.

[suicidalfranco]

never liked them and never bought from them, won't miss em personally.

Plus they started the all aluminium trend, hate them for that alone 

[D13H4RD]

1 minute ago, suicidalfranco said:

Plus they started the all aluminium trend, hate them for that alone 

I'd still take it over glass tbh.

[suicidalfranco]

Just now, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

I'd still take it over glass tbh.

only if done like the V20

But my gold standard will always be the galaxy S5, a true engineering marvel

[D13H4RD]

2 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

only if done like the V20

But my gold standard will always be the galaxy S5, a true engineering marvel

Eh, I prefer the V10 and Note 4

[Nowak]

This is what happens when you fall out of touch with your customers. A shame, I thought they were getting back to that with the 10 but then the Bolt and U11 happened and ehhhhhhhhhh...

[Shreyas1]

At first glance I thought titanfall was coming to the HTC Vive. Shame.

[suicidalfranco]

27 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Eh, I prefer the V10 and Note 4

only thing i'd keep from the V10 are the steel rails

[Rune]

One M7 is still my favorite phone of all time. If I could have that phone with the latest version of android I'd switch back in an instant.

[S w a t s o n]

HTC basically launched android, hopefully their colloboration with valve keeps them afloat or valve buys them?

[Curufinwe_wins]

13 minutes ago, Rune said:

One M7 is still my favorite phone of all time. If I could have that phone with the latest version of android I'd switch back in an instant.

Rooting it isnt hard. From there, installing a newer OS is easy. I loved my M8, but the camera on it and the M7 were pretty poor for the time, and looking back on it now, it's not really close to acceptable to me anymore 

[Froody129]

When people ask what formatting they should use, can we just link them to @D13H4RD2L1V3 news posts? 

[D13H4RD]

11 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

When people ask what formatting they should use, can we just link them to @D13H4RD2L1V3 news posts? 

It's basically following the guidelines almost exactly.

 

Just added a small spin of my own when it comes to the opinion section

[Bouzoo]

2 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

only if done like the V20

But my gold standard will always be the galaxy S5, a true engineering marvel

One day I maybe will understand why people praise S5 so much. It was such a bland and forgettable phone. 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Having owned two Desires, a Desire S, a One X+ and a One M8, I too am saddened to see HTC's phone division like this.  But I'm not surprised.

When each new model is worse than the one before, it's only a matter of time before people move to another brand.

[D13H4RD]

3 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

Having owned two Desires, a Desire S, a One X+ and a One M8, I too am saddened to see HTC's phone division like this.  But I'm not surprised.

When each new model is worse than the one before, it's only a matter of time before people move to another brand.

I feel the same way

 

I liked the HTC 10 but the U11 was a one step forward, one step back kind of device 

[suicidalfranco]

52 minutes ago, Bouzoo said:

One day I maybe will understand why people praise S5 so much. It was such a bland and forgettable phone. 

removable battery

expandable storage

IP67

usb 3

has confirmed by @D13H4RD2L1V3 was plastic metal frame (albeit aluminium)

headphone jack

wireless charge

nfc

quick charge

 

basically, unless you can point me toward a phone released in the past 4 years that checks all the boxes above, only true never settle, no compromise phone. From a time where paying a premium meant getting more

3 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

and Note 4

yeah but gapgate

 

EDITED

[D13H4RD]

3 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

metal frame (albeit aluminium)

It wasn't metal. It was chromed plastic. Said plastic was also really soft.

 

The Note 4 was metal but had no IP rating.

3 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

Yeah but gapgate

You mean the expansion gap to account for the expansion and contraction of the metal? Don't a lot of glass and metal phones have those?

[Phentos]

Meh, I have a lot of complaints and issues with my HTC 10 phone. "Budget phone" quality camera with temperamental autofocus as well as a boring and somewhat annoying HTC Sense UI are my main complaints about it. I realize I can root it and have looked into it before, but I frankly cannot be bothered and look forward to dumping the phone and Android in favor of iOS eventually. 

 

So the doom and gloom about HTC's fortunes comes as no surprise to me.

 

When selecting my phone back in early 2016 I had the choice between this and the LG V10, and in retrospect I should have chosen the V10. 

[suicidalfranco]

2 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

It wasn't metal. It was chromed plastic. Said plastic was also really soft.

wasn't that the note 3 and s4?

2 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

You mean the expansion gap to account for the expansion and contraction of the metal?

if it's the gap that was wide enough to slide in a card between the frame and display. yes

[PhantomJaguarr]

My first smartphone I picked back in 2011 was a HTC Incredible 2.

 

[D13H4RD]

20 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

wasn't that the note 3 and s4?

And the S5

 

They only went metal starting with the Galaxy Alpha, then the Note 4

[Bouzoo]

16 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

removable battery

expandable storage

IP67

usb 3

metal frame (albeit aluminium)

headphone jack

wireless charge

nfc

quick charge

 

basically, unless you can point me toward a phone released in the past 4 years that checks all the boxes above, only true never settle, no compromise phone. From a time where paying a premium meant getting more

The only thing it had is the removable battery which I've heard a bunch of people having issues since IP67 and removable battery are a very mixed bag. I personally don't care about the battery but I know others do care.

Metal frame is debatable as a good thing. 

USB3? I'd take C any day of the week. 

But nowadays you get even more things. But as I said, even with all of that listed, still can't see the appeal. 

[suicidalfranco]

3 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

And the S5

 

They only went metal starting with the Galaxy Alpha, then the Note 4

ha

 

i guess that explains why the S5 was IP67 rated while the Note 4 wasn't

[D13H4RD]

6 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

ha

 

i guess that explains why the S5 was IP67 rated while the Note 4 wasn't

Not really.

 

The Alpha and Note 4 lacked the gasket on their battery doors because they found out that if the phone was dropped without a case, the cover would pop open. So if it was dropped into a wet area, the water resistance is nullified