Smart phone maker's fourth largest in the world it also said it would "open mind" related to the acquisition of patents to increase its stake in a legal battle with Apple Inc., but HTC currently has no specific plans at all.
HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou said HTC will not give up launches "premium brand" by flooding the markets of developing countries with cheap mobile phones. "Customers are willing to pay more, this is why we grew nearly five times in China this year. This shows the customer support Our philosophy, "he said.
Currently the company has only a single tablet model because it in February, re-focus work on the HTC smart phone market. But Chou said the company still glancing market (tablets). "The tablet is a market that we want to try and test, to see if we were able to stand out and prevent cheating our other products," he said.
HTC is one of the largest manufacturers of smart phones based on Google's Android operating system. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will visit Taipei on Wednesday and is expected to speak with a local vendor, but Chou in China did not get to see Schmidt.
HTC stuck patent war with rival Apple, which has filed several lawsuits related to patent infringement in the past two years. The lawsuit related to Android.
On Monday, HTC smart phone sales warning in the fourth quarter will be down compared to the previous quarter and below analysts' estimates. It will make the competition heating up and becoming a customer purchasing power weakened.
Observers saw in recent years, the growth of HTC continues to rise and become strong competitors block the rate Apple and Samsung in the race for the holiday season sales.
HTC has a fairy tale in 2010 and early 2011 with the stock rose more than tripled in 14 months to April 2011 and quadrupled sales growth in one and a half years.
According to technology research firm IDC, HTC moved up one rank third in the last quarter, surpassing the RIM as a smart phone vendors fourth largest in the world's largest
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