HTC gunning for top-five worldwide phone marketshare
By Nilay Patel 
posted Aug 19th 2008 6:51PM
posted Aug 19th 2008 6:51PM
HTC's already done a terrific job of going from anonymous Asian ODM to a major name player in the cellphone game, and it sounds like the company's aiming for the next level -- in an interview with the Commercial Times, CEO Peter Chou said the goal is to become one of the top three to five handset makers in the global market. That's a pretty aggressive target for a smartphone manufacturer -- competitors like Nokia and Samsung crank out millions of low-end dumbphones every quarter, and while there's no denying the appeal of devices like the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, it's going to be hard to match those numbers. Still, with Android and the Dream on the horizon, anything's possible -- and HTC's definitely got the chops to pull it off.[Via Electronista]
HTC is king they can do it.
htc youve got a long way to go but i like yall im givin up my crackberry and im switching to sprint for the pro or diamond.
Two words that prevents HTC from being a contender on the top 5....
VIDEO DRIVERS
I'm on board...never heard of them until the Touch. I've had my Sprint Touch for 10 months! The longest I've EVER kept a cell phone...I'm becoming pretty loyal!
HTC will have to reduce the cost of their phones if they want to play with the big boys.
Not only that, but they'll have to start releasing non-WM phones and start making low end dumb phones with simple OSs. The Juno and StrTrek were good tries but having WM on them hurts in a way.