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A report from a Taiwanese news outlet called Commercial Times says Google is in the final stages of acquiring all or part of smartphone maker HTC.
The news follows a separate story from late August that suggested Taiwan-based HTC was interested in some sort of sale.
HTC, once one of the more popular smartphone makers in the United States, has fallen off of most carrier store shelves after several consecutive unsuccessful smartphone launches. It recently launched a separate division that sells virtual reality headsets.
The report seems fishy, since Google has already been down this road, but there's a reason why Google might be interested in HTC.
The Taiwanese company builds the Google Pixel, which means it could be a good fit for Google as it continues to cater to consumers with its "Pixel" smartphone brand.
In the end, there can be only one.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/google-buying-htc-report-says.html
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday September 10 2017, @06:03PM
This could also be that Motorola had a whole lot less to offer than they were let to believe.
HTC has some truly awesome phones. And Google needs some new phones right now if they expect to continue their continue their Google Fi project. HTCs designs and execution have been very good for several years. HTC came from the oem-white-box arena and would be a better player than Motorola.
HTC has a marketing problem. They have had killer phones that beat the big guys to market, but never manage to garner significant market share because (who knows why)?? Occasionally whacky leadership?
Further are dependent on their direct competitors for touch screens, cameras, batteries, and memory. Another legacy of their oem origin.
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