HTC possibly halts all phone sales in BrazilJune 22, 2012 - 17:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reports indicate that HTC is canceling the planned launch of its One series in Brazil and ending all phone sales in the country, according to The Verge. As it's exiting the Brazilian market, a number of HTC's employees will lose their jobs, although the company will maintain a presence in the country to offer support for current devices. The news was first broken by Brazilian magazine Exame. When called for confirmation, a HTC representative told AndroidPIT that "after analyzing the sales numbers, we have decided to pull out of the Brazilian market." Brazil is becoming an increasingly important market for phone manufacturers, and its citizens bought 8.9 million smartphones last year. Analysts have predicted that Brazil will overtake the UK to become the world's fourth most important market for smartphone sales by 2016. HTC, however, has failed to gain traction in the country. According to StatCounter, which gives a rough guide of marketshare based on web analytics, HTC is behind Nokia, Samsung, Apple, Sony, LG, Motorola, RIM, and ZTE. The site indicates that its total marketshare in the first quarter of this year was 0.11 percent. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |