15 Nov, 2007
Sales of HTC Touch, the touch-controlled smartphone made High Tech Computer (HTC), surpassed one million units at the end of October after the phone was launched in June, according to HTC CEO Peter Chou.
Total sales of the HTC Touch lineup, including the HTC Touch Dual and Touch Color, are expected to reach 1.5-1.8 million units by year-end 2007, Chou estimated.
HTC also looks forward to posting a more than 20% growth in handset shipments in 2008, up from the 11 million units projected for 2007, Chou added.
In related news, the integration of HTC and its subsidiary Dopod International has helped strengthen Dopod's competitiveness in Asia, according to Jack Tong, vice president of marketing, Asia Pacific, HTC.
Dopod's shipments in Hong Kong in the third quarter of this year actually equaled the combined shipments of the preceding two quarters, whereas its shipments of HTC Touch in India reached the 2007 shipment target in less than five months after launch, Tong indicated.
