Net profit for the April-June quarter was New Taiwan dollars
8.6 billion ($269 million). Unconsolidated revenue totaled $1.9 billion, up 58
percent, the company said in a statement.
With strong demand expected from Europe, North America and
Asia, HTC’s third-quarter sales are forecast to reach a record high $2.2
billion, nearly double the same period last year, the company’s chief financial
officer Cheng Hui-ming told an online investor conference.
That translates into shipments of 6.5 million handsets, up
132 percent from the same period last year, he said.
HTC has experienced fast business growth this year, being
the company that designed and produced the first handset based on Google Inc.’s
Android operating system.
The company claims that of every two Android-based
smartphones being sold, one is made by HTC. It says the same goes for Microsoft
Windows-based handsets.
Cheng said HTC will keep making products based on both
operating systems and plans to roll out a new smartphone based on the new
Windows Phone 7 system by the end of 2010.
HTC unveiled four new smartphones designed for the Chinese
market this year and signed a partnership agreement with China Mobile, China’s
biggest telecom operator.
But Cheng said China will not be a “significant contributor”
to HTC sales yet, partly because of the late Chinese adoption of
third-generation technology.
“China is an important market, but at this stage we want to
lay the groundwork instead of building volume,” he said.
