HTC Experiences Lackluster Smartphone Sales in October
Revenue decreased by 60 percent when compared to the same period in 2011.
Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has revealed its October financial results with a substantial drop in revenue largely due to lackluster smartphone sales.
HTC's report for October 2012 confirmed that revenue for the month was $588 million, which represents a considerable decrease of 60 percent when compared to the same period last year where revenue stood at $1.5 billion.
While the firm refused to divulge into what exactly caused the drop in revenue, it's expected that consumers have been waiting for HTC's Windows Phone 8 devices, as well as its forthcoming One X upgrade.
HTC is preparing to launch three new products to the global market : the HTC One X+ and its WP8 devices, the HTC 8X and HTC 8S. The company is also due to release its 5-inch 1080p HTC J Butterfly.

Why should i buy a HTC in the first place? HTC Sense was great, used to be their advantage, but now, Samsung has caught up with TouchWiz and nothing really differs from one Android to another (or WP8 phones) except the hardware. They have been touting their One X camera...but it didn't turn out that hot...Nokia still miles ahead....if i buy a WP8 phone, it'll be Nokia...if i buy Android...Samsung.
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/29359-htc-one-x-41-update-still-not-out
It was THE phone other manufacturers were trying to catch up with 1 year later.
To be honest, I think LG makes the most balanced mid-tier phones around. The Optimus V (in all its flavors) were solid, and cost reasonable amounts when released. Their dumb/feature phones were always reliable and intuitive.
And Samsung... Man, they make great tier 1 phones, but anything less, ANYTHING, any mid-to-low grade Samsung phone, including their feature/dumb phones are all TRASH. Their dumb phones are hard to use, slow and have bad battery life. LG phones run circles around their low to mid end Samsung Android phones. Samsung never updates their non-flagship phones either. LG was sending me updates to my Optimus V for a long time. I just got an update on my LG Motion 4G last night!
Except for the GSIII, I can NEVER recomend Samsung. They don't make even decent phones other than their top tier offerings.
LG is always my go to brand. HTC would be close if their prices were a little lower.
My brother-in-law has a Sprint Evo 4g (1st generation). He loves it.
I almost got a Virgin Mobile Evo V with ICS, but the reviews were plagued by a problem with the 4G radio that prevented text messages... What good is a plan that focuses on unlimited data and unlimited texting where the text messages fail to be properly sent? I consider that a big problem...