HTC monthly financial report for October has been released and the result is not something the company will smile over. Its revenue was NT$6.06 billion ($200 million) which represents 6.8% decrease from September it recorded NT$6.51 bn ($215 million). This decrease is a whopping 25.8% Year-over-Year (YoY).
Since the beginning of this year, HTC has made a total sale of NT$52.44 billion which is 18.2% lower than the sales over a similar period last year. Nevertheless, with the recent launch of HTC U11+ and HTC U11 Life, these digits are expected to rise in the coming months.
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| | 2017 (NT$, million) | 2016 (NT$, million) | MoM change | YoY change |
| October Revenue | 6,064 | 8,172 | -6.86% | -25.79% |
| September Revenue | 6,510 | 9,332 | 116.95% | -30.24% |
| August Revenue | 3,001 | 6,579 | -51.56% | -54.39% |
| July Revenue | 6,194 | 6,319 | -10.11% | -1.97% |
| June Revenue | 6,891 | 6,358 | 52.10% | 8.38% |
| May Revenue | 4,531 | 6,753 | -3.89% | -32.91% |
| April Revenue | 4,714 | 5,751 | -9.29% | -18.03% |
| March Revenue | 5,197 | 4,144 | 11.30% | 25.41% |
| February Revenue | 4,669 | 4,200 | 0.09% | 11.17% |
| January Revenue | 4,665 | 6,477 | -27.18% | -27.98% |
| TOTAL | 52,437 | 64,085 | | -18.18% |
HTC U11+ uses a Snapdragon 835 processor and it comes in two variants in terms of RAM and ROM. It has the 4GB+64GB version and the 6GB+128GB variant. This smartphone uses a 6.0-inch LCD display. It is further equipped with a 12MP rear camera with f/1.7 aperture and dual LED flashlight supported by an 8MP f/2.0 aperture selfie shooter. The U11+ runs Android 8 Oreo and a huge 3930 mAh battery keeps its lights on.
HTC U11 Life is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It sports a 5.2-inch LCD screen with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution. Its rear camera is a 16MP snapper while the selfie shooter is an 8MP camera. HTC U11 Life ships with Android 7.1 which is expected to upgrade to Android 8.0 Oreo within a month. The lights of this smartphone are kept on by a 2600 mAh battery.