5 million HTC One sales

[Oakdale Dude]

...An unnamed executive says around 5 million?

Does the unamed executive give a definition of what "around" means lol

Are these "around sells" to retailers or consumers?

Are these shipped numbers or actual sales numbers?

The phone wars are the new version of the cola wars of the past and hilarious to watch. All of these numbers that the companies THEMSELVES constantly publicize are about as shady as the cars that Lucky Eddie sales at his car lot.

The only companies making any $$ off of mobile phone sells are Apple & Samsung

Android hasn't saved HTC. Hasn't saved LG. Hasn't saved Motorola. The list goes on and on. They are all tanking and that's even after flooding the market with a few high end devices and alot of mid and low end devices.

Android won't save Nokia either because Samsung OWNS Android and Nokia or any other company is not going to change that

 

[Oliver Newell]

Hold on a minute, HTC is loosing much more money than Nokia, by a long shot. The HTC One sales is offset slightly by the pathetic sales of the recently launched HTC First facebook phone and virtually every other HTC phone out there including HTC WP's. Plus its already plagued with build quality, yes build quality problems and software bugs and glitches. Nokia windows phone sales have soared recently, up over 30% from this time last year and that is only going to increase. Besides which Nokia is a premium, quality product. Windows phone OS is a premium, quality platform. You wouldn't put a Ford engine in a Lexus body would you.

 

[Residing]

ammarmalik2011 and FavBrowser: I've never been one to discourage dreamers from dreaming, so keep dreaming of Android on Nokia.
Analysts, as well as you two, can keep posting your data and 'hypotheticals with Android', but it ain't gonna happen!

Bottom line is, Nokia and WP are a perfect match, and will remain in their exclusivity for a while. Microsoft has captured the best hardware and design partner on the planet in Nokia, as evidenced by the lust of non WP users worldwide, and Android users can't have them.

At the end of the day, HTC just need to make sure that they stop utilizing Nokia's IP without paying, and continue to pay Nokia the licensing that they currently owe Nokia for the IP that they've been ordered to pay.

 

[CJ Thunder]

You wouldn't put a Ford engine in a Lexus body would you.

Is that a knock on perceived bland styling and poor driving dynamics of the Lexus brand or the perceived cheap quality of Ford?

 

[JerseySal]

Hahahha you're so funny.... Aka not -_-

Well you're giving yourself a bad reputation of being so negative in every thread you look at. But I think a lot of people kind of know that you have a bad reputation already


Dude also the kids corner thing. If you're a parent (which I doubt you are) would understand that having kids corner does help keep your child from accessing important stuff on your phone. For example you go to work and you leave your phone at home. Your kid looks up something inappropriate like your porn. If you let your child see that. then it means that you're a horrible parent that doesn't watch your child from seeing this stuff. Dude I babysit so I know about this as well as other parents I use kids corner for kids when I do something else while the kids play with my phone

That dude is a trouble maker in this forum. He's a know-nothing tool.

 

[ammarmalik2011]

Did you really just say that when executives are fleeing HTC as plastered all over the news? It's been said that Samsung owns 95% of operating profits for Android. Does that sound like a healthy ecosystem to be in? (You can argue that Windows Phone is similarly unhealthy, which I'd agree to. Differentiation is something we need, and it's something we're generally not getting with people flocking to popular brands. Nokia isn't going to deliver the perfect phone for everyone, I myself chose a HTC.)


And the iPhone line outsold HTC's One A to Z to 0 to 9. Therefore, I think the strategy forwards should be to adopt iOS.

Executives leaving can be for so many reasons I don't know where to start. Scott Forstall was fired from Apple and a few others left, does that mean Apple was going down? No. It's just company politics that have very little to do with the end product.

And you can't really compare the most valuable company in the world with the one that's almost in a dump. You can however compare Nokia and HTC because they're both struggling to make a comeback.

 

[ammarmalik2011]

Android hasn't saved HTC.

I'm sorry but has HTC been selling eggs for the past 3 years? Because their phone lineup consists almost entirely of Android phones and if the company still exists, it's because of those phones. It's not Android that has been hurting HTC, it's HTC itself. Unclear strategy, poor marketing and just overall bad planning. Let's not forget that the highly coveted HTC 8X was a commercial failure as well; so it's not like they've been having a ball with Windows Phone.

 

[12Danny123]

Executives leaving can be for so many reasons I don't know where to start. Scott Forstall was fired from Apple and a few others left, does that mean Apple was going down? No. It's just company politics that have very little to do with the end product.

And you can't really compare the most valuable company in the world with the one that's almost in a dump. You can however compare Nokia and HTC because they're both struggling to make a comeback.

OK how would you explain. That quote an HTC executive said? He recommend other executives to leave the company they'll be very happy"?

 

[12Danny123]

But what about sony, LG, Motorola etc. Ever since they went android they kept loosing money. If you think you know everything you're a bloody I-diot you are

 

[ianberg]

Nokia is all in on Windows Phone while former Microsoftie Stephen Elop is the CEO. But that could all change if he's replaced. We shall see.

 

[Oliver Newell]

Is that a knock on perceived bland styling and poor driving dynamics of the Lexus brand or the perceived cheap quality of Ford?

Don't make a big deal of it. Lexus hardware, their bodies, paint finish, panel gaps and quality materials you could translate into Nokia phone as they share the same characteristics. A ford engine, being android OS, would not suit such a premium brand like Lexus, meaning android being the lesser OS should not go in a Nokia. The hardware, Nokia hardware is premium, android being the engine, is not a premium product as we know.

 

[MFmonster]

Just shows you that a company that releases a high end Android AND CAN'T COMPETE AGAINST SAMSUNG IN TERMS OF MARKETING BUDGET will still sell while Nokai barely sold 5 million in 3 months having dozens of Lumia phones in the market.

'Around 5 million' HTC One phones sold since launch | The Verge

It took HTC only a month.

Nokia should switch to Android for their high end phones and produce WP low ends.

We are talking about flagship, 5 million * $600 = $3000000000 in revenue in ONE MONTH, one such device alone would end Nokia struggles and allow them to reinvest everything to innovation that would benefit the consumers

With all due respect, but an "unnamed executive" supposedly reported "around 5 million" devices. The article is typical nonsense. You do realize that means nothing, right? Silly thread. I won't get into your math or the other misconceptions you presented.. I am sure the HTC one is selling nicely, we purchased one. .

Ammar, your opinions would mean more to people, at least for me, if you improved how you engage in a discussion. Now I don't know you, your just the internet to me, but when someone clearly is coming off like a **** that random people post about you probably means what you are doing is not working.










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[cckgz4]

Really dude next time please backup your statements with a little bit of factual data. Selling out at Wallmart? Seriously? What is that, like 10,000 units sold? And what market share is Nokia gaining exactly? The snail's pace at which they're going it might take them a decade to reach where Apple is at if Apple drop dead right now. And for how long will Microsoft continue to give $250 million in charity?

I'm glad someone corrected you already

 

[AngryNil]

Executives leaving can be for so many reasons I don't know where to start. Scott Forstall was fired from Apple and a few others left, does that mean Apple was going down? No. It's just company politics that have very little to do with the end product.

Pitifully weak argument. HTC is losing multiple key executives, one of which publicly called for other employees to ditch the company.

And you can't really compare the most valuable company in the world with the one that's almost in a dump. You can however compare Nokia and HTC because they're both struggling to make a comeback.

But you can compare a company who's gone from a declining Symbian to trying to establish a new platform with a company who was the poster child of Android?

I'm sorry but has HTC been selling eggs for the past 3 years?

HTC has been doing something with the most popular smartphone platform in the past 3 years that has left it vying for a split of the 5% Android profit share left in the wake of Samsung. I love it how Google fans are so quick to crap on HTC in an attempt to hide how Android is out of control. Keep up the wishful thinking while manufacturers are actually suffering. This is something we did not see with the PC industry.

 

[Harry Wild]

Nokia needs to follow HTC lead and get updated hardware technology in their flagship models. Quadcore processors, 2GB RAM, 32GB memory storage and 1080p+ displays along with case designs that are much thinner and much lighter then current models along with better upscale materials for the case like complete metal case, sapphire glass, etc... If Apple iPhone 5S is going to use the A7 processor; it a quad core. Nokia will have no choice but to step up and also use a quad core processor too.

 

[FinancialP]

@Harry Wild that's not Nokias choice to step up to quad core. Windows Phone 8 is designed for one chip the S4.

Maybe 8.1 will introduce quads or 8.5 or whatever the next update is.

 

[FinancialP]

Don't make a big deal of it. Lexus hardware, their bodies, paint finish, panel gaps and quality materials you could translate into Nokia phone as they share the same characteristics. A ford engine, being android OS, would not suit such a premium brand like Lexus, meaning android being the lesser OS should not go in a Nokia. The hardware, Nokia hardware is premium, android being the engine, is not a premium product as we know.

All around bad analogy. You do know that Lexus are only dressed up Toyotas? Pick any Toyota and put leather seats, navigation, and swap logos and you have a Lexus. The price will be significantly different but you catch my drift.

 

[Oliver Newell]

All around bad analogy. You do know that Lexus are only dressed up Toyotas? Pick any Toyota and put leather seats, navigation, and swap logos and you have a Lexus. The price will be significantly different but you catch my drift.

No I don't catch your drift. While this is a phone forum what you are saying is nonsense. Lexus are built in entirely different factories from Toyota, with different quality standards by different people, using different engines. They have different designers and different marketers. They also have much more standards equipment and more technology available. In That case an Audi is a Skoda with four rings on the bonnet.

 

[montsa007]

Sigh, the guy who is multiplying $600 by 5 million needs to know that the 600$ also includes the manufacturing cost, advertising cost, overheads and others. So the 600 figure is not your net, but gross profit.

The only thing I like about HTC is their design, and the worst thing is well...rather not speak .

Not to forget that the 600$ beast will start lagging after a few weeks.

 

[nikhilr51]

Read the first few replies........ SHUT UP GODDAMIT. IF YOU WANT AN ANDROID PHONE BUY AN ANDROID PHONE FARRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKK.
Nokia is gonna be WP only for the foreseeable future.

Both are excellent phones!!! I'm sure you'll be happy either way.

Stop complaining you cant get a Nokia Android phone and that that IF they released one they would magiclly start churning out millions of dollars.