HTC 10 is still $550 through October 16, or $700 with $180 worth of freebies

700 bucks for a not-so-successful Android Marshmallow-powered smartphone originally released way back in May? HTC would have to be delusional to still charge that for its latest (own-brand) flagship model, especially now with the “made by Google” Pixels in the equation.But while the HTC 10’s list price is stuck at a prohibitive ...

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T-Mobile HTC 10 sales stopped online weeks ago

HTC’s hopes of sustaining strong sales numbers for the HTC 10 to possibly break even in the quarterly earnings soon may have been dashed. Weeks ago.T-Mobile, which officially started selling the device on May 18, is said to have dropped it from online sales sometime in mid-July. In other words, the HTC 10 lasted nigh two months at the US’s number three carrier. This is the carrier ...

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Verizon picks up HTC Desire 530

Want the HTC brand in your pocket? Can’t afford a 10 out of 10? Maybe you should take a look at the Desire 530. It’s the only Desire out of all the new ones introduced earlier this year to come to the states. And it’s come again, this time to Verizon.Big Red has the phone at its postpaid service for $144 or a monthly $6 over ...

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HTC Desire 10 may represent a cleanse in company’s mid-range strategy

While some of its best work comes at a high price, HTC does not want to leave any of its customers wanting. Given how the HTC 10 isn’t doing favors for the company, we think it’s a sore sign that it needs something transformative in the mid-ranger sector.So thinks HTC, at least through leaks switcher Evan Blass.*coming end of Q3— Evan Blass (@evleaks)

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The HTC Desire 530 makes its micro splash in the US (Update)

Update: Mere minutes after the general announcement, T-Mobile confirmed it’ll be the first to carry the “Sprinkle White” 5-incher on US shores, charging $160, or $6.67 a month for two years, with $0 down, starting July 13.With all the budget mid-range options you have these days from Chinese manufacturers, it’s amazing to realize that once you take them out of the ...

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HTC has “multiple priorities” from a flagship to mobile VR

Almost every major tech company tasks a unit to head a search for the next vertical that said company can infiltrate and dominate. Yes, Alphabet pretty much has that down-pat, but whether it’s called an “innovation center” or a “creative lab,” it’s there somewhere within the beasts.Enter Drew Bamford, VP of the Creative Labs at HTC. Remember that big three-pronged lifestyle push fronted by the

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