The HTC One has been delayed all over the world as the company struggles to source components for the phone's new UltraPixel camera. Now it looks as though the delays could continue until the end of April.
"Among the foreign brokerages that fear HTC cannot hit its first quarter sales target, Macquarie Securities said the impact of the component shortage is unlikely to be alleviated until the end of April," Focus Taiwan writes.
Of course, this is just speculation, albeit educated, from stock analysts, the same industry that was predicting doom and gloom for the BlackBerry Z10 and lamenting its lackluster sales, even though those predictions never materialized.
Still, HTC has been disappointing consumers who have been looking forward to the well-reviewed HTC One. According to insider rumors, the company is no longer considered a "tier-one" customer by component suppliers after its unreliable orders during last year's sales slump.
If the company can't source the parts it needs, and soon, the HTC One will have to compete head-to-head with the Samsung Galaxy S4, a competition the One is sure to lose, at least in terms of sales volume.
The embattled HTC has been trying to break back into a mobile market dominated by Apple and Samsung. Last year, it held less than 5 percent of the market, and the One was supposed to herald its comeback. It is an impressive device, but consumers can't get their hands on it, so the point is moot. CEO Peter Chou has much to lose; he has already said he will resign if the One fails.
The HTC One features a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 4.7-inch 1920x1080 pixel widescreen Super LCD 3 display, a 2300 mAh Li-Po battery, a 4-megapixel "Ultrapixel" camera with enhanced low-light sensitivity with 1080p HD video, up to 64GB of internal storage and runs Android 4.1.2.
- Contribute to this Story:
- Send us a tip
- Send us a photo or video
- Suggest a correction
