Samsung, HTC Results Polarized With Android

by AJP Posted : January 9, 2012, 12:00Updated : January 9, 2012, 12:00
Samsung reported a major 73 percent gain in operating profit to 5.2 trillion won (U.S. $4.5 billion) for the quarter ending in December.

HTC has seen its profit drop 26 percent to 11.02 billion New Taiwan dollars from 14.8 billion NT dollars a year ago. Samsung‘s sale of its hard disk drive storage unit to Seagate contributed a big portion.

Also, Samsung Galaxy S and S II smartphones have helped the profit. HTC has been going in the opposite direction as Samsung because it lost lost Chief Innovation Officer Horace Luke, who drove the Android phone innovation for the company.

Samsung is expected to sell 32 million to 35 million units in the quarter, which can only be rivaled by Apple’s iPhone. With Samsung pacing the Android market and Motorola looking to Google for financial backing via acquisition, HTC may be the odd Android OEM
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