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HTC promised a turnaround in Q2 2013 once the One began to gain traction, and the early signs are – tentatively – promising, with the company’s ailing finances seeing a minor blip upward as availability of the new flagship spreads. Revenues for April 2013 were up 23-percent unaudited compared to March, HTC has confirmed, to NT$19.6bn ($664m); that further trims the shortfall compared to 2012′s numbers, though HTC is still underperforming in comparison.

In March 2013, HTC was down 48.57-percent compared to the same month a year previous. In April, however, that difference was trimmed to 36.87-percent; HTC isn’t giving any specifics in its terse statement, but it’s not hard to assume that the HTC One is likely to have had a big part to play in that.

Little could be worse than the Q1 2013 HTC detailed last week, certainly. The company’s revenues were down to a mere $290m in gross profit, with operating profit down to a wafer-thin $13.5m. In comparison, HTC made more than 127x more profit in the same three month period back in 2012.

Nonetheless, CEO Peter Chou was buoyant in his predictions for the success of the HTC One in the market, insisting that the company would see around $2.4bn in revenue for Q2 2013. That was dependent on getting the One onto more shelves, of course, after HTC stumbled over its original launch plans to have the phone on sale in eighty countries before March was through.

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HTC sees tickle of a turnaround as One demand stokes April sales is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Today HTC announced its financial result for Q1, 2013 and reported that its profit fell a staggering 98% as opposed to the same time last year. HTC hasn’t posted such bad profit figures since 2004. In the last quarter, HTC’s profits were only $2.85 million as opposed to $152 million last year. Revenue for the first quarter also took a hit, dipping to just about $1.45 billion. HTC kept quiet on the number of devices it was able to sell in Q1, 2013 and precisely what caused such a big decline in its profits.

One of the reasons being cited for this is the company’s current flagship smartphone being delayed for almost two months. The HTC One was supposed to be released by March in 80 countries, but that did not happen. The delay now puts it neck and neck against Samsung Galaxy S4, which is certainly a worthy rival. Though HTC CEO is confident that the numbers will bounce back up by as much as 60% next quarter on the back of strong HTC One sales. The HTC One has been praised by many critics in reviews and it certainly seems like this device will perform well in the market. Only time will tell just how successful it is really going to be.

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So, you have been on the lookout for the HTC One for quite some time already, but somehow did not manage to pick one up for yourself for a reason that only you know. What was it that bought you over? Could it be the full metal body, or the breakthrough BlinkFeed, Zoe camera and BoomSound experiences? Well, HTC intends to help those who have been hankering after the new HTC One for a while now by easing your financial burden during the purchase process.

From today onwards until the end of this weekend, customers who pick up a new HTC One and trade in a qualified smartphone are able to be on the receiving end of at least $100, and depending on the smartphone model that you decided to drop off for a trade-in, as much as $375 for your previous device. Known as the HTC “One Phone, One Weekend” offer, it is available from May 2 through May 5, and will be applicable to any HTC One that is picked up via a U.S. carrier, namely AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Cincinnati Bell, or through a national retail store. You might want to get a mophie juice pack to go along with your new purchase, too!

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HTC put its faith in the One to restore its position in high-end smartphones; now, leaks suggest, the company may be sticking closely to the same pattern with the HTC M4 for the midrange. Expected to be visually near-identical to the HTC One, according to phoneArena‘s sources, the M4 (a codename, of course; the One was codenamed HTC M7) is expected to have a 4.3-inch 720p display and an UltraPixel camera.

If that all sounds familiar, we’re not surprised. Chatter around the M4 began in early April, meshing in with this latest leak with talk of a dualcore processor, 16GB of onboard storage versus the 32GB+ of the HTC One, and 2GB of RAM.

However, those rumors pegged the M4 as more of a Facebook-free HTC First, rather than a mini-One. The Facebook Home phone has a 4.3-inch, 720p display after all, along with a dualcore processor, leading to suggestions that the HTC M4 would effectively be a rebadge of the predominantly plastic handset.

Instead, this new batch of rumor pegs a far closer aesthetic to the HTC One for the M4, though it’s unclear how much this is a speculative render from evleaks above, rather than a leak of the actual device. Although similar in design, it’s also expected to shelve some of the One’s rock-solid materials so as to hit a lower price point; whether that means metal-effect plastic rather than the sturdy unibody aluminum we’re so fond of on the One remains to be seen.

Otherwise, the M4 is expected to have LTE, a fixed 1,700 mAh battery – 600 mAh less than the One, not to mention 300 mAh less than the HTC First – and run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean when it arrives near the end of Q2 2013. The biggest difference from the First, beyond software, of course, is the inclusion of UltraPixel technology: HTC’s oversized pixels which trade sheer resolution for improvements in low-light performance.

As a strategy, it’s something we’ve seen work well in the Samsung Galaxy S III mini, borrowing halo branding and design to push a far cheaper model to those with less cash and less ambitious expectations. Whether it’s enough for HTC to continue turning around its 2013 remains to be seen.

HTC M4 to be mini-One not Facebook-free First rumors claim is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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