HTC released the results of the fourth quarter

The company HTC, as expected, presented the results of the fourth quarter of last year, which were very disappointing. While the second and third quarters were not only profitable, but a record, the last quarter showed a strong decline. As a result, growth has been recorded, but if the quarter was 25.33%, in comparison with the same period the previous year, profit increased by only 2.49% to 3.44 billion U.S. dollars. Revenue also fell by 12% compared with 2010 and amounted to only $ 933 million. Total for the year 2011 when it was positive, and sales totaled $ 15.73 billion, which gave rise compared with 2010 by 67%. such quarter and year results are quite expected. The company began to experience problems even before the start of the fourth quarter of 2011, when it turned out that the market was saturated models of devices with a similar design and characteristics. At the same Taiwanese manufacturer although able to significantly increase its presence in the smartphone market, but to intervene in the competition between Apple and Samsung, HTC's failed. Relative success can be considered market dominance devices running Windows Phone, where, according to various estimates, about half of all devices manufactured HTC, but the market is not as large as the Android-smartphone. Besides aggressive promotion by Nokia will contribute to reducing the proportion of Taiwanese companies on it.