HTC One Smartphone Release Delayed
The delay, which pushes back the release of the HTC One - announced on 19 February - to the end of March at the earliest in any market, and into April for many markets, will put extra pressure on the Taiwanese company.
The delay, which pushes back the release of the [**HTC One**](http://www.plimbi.com/news/51931/htc-one-smartphone "HTC One Smartphone Release Delayed") - announced on 19 February - to the end of March at the earliest in any market, and into April for many markets, will put extra pressure on the Taiwanese company.
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, after this story had been published, HTC said: "The [HTC](http://www.plimbi.com/article/4280/cara-membuat-hotspot "Cara Membuat Hotspot dengan HTC EVO 4G") One will start rolling out to customers from mid-March 2013 with our biggest priority being to get the device to people both quickly and efficiently."
HTC has slipped down the rankings of [smartphone](http://www.plimbi.com/news/15511/aplikasi-smartphone-untuk-menyambut-tahun-baru-2013 "5 Aplikasi Smartphone Untuk Menyambut Tahun Baru 2013") makers since revenues hit a peak in August 2011, and barely eked out a profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 as revenues fell 62% year on year. Revenues slipped another 27% in the first two months of the year compared with the year-ago period.
Now the Wall Street Journal reports that the delay is caused by problems in sourcing parts for the phones, which has become more difficult now that HTC is no longer seen as a "tier one" - top-level - manufacturer. Last year marked the first time that it didn't pay a year-end bonus to staff, the paper reported.
It quotes an HTC executive as saying that the company had encountered problems with its component suppliers because it "changed its order forecasts drastically and frequently following last year's unexpected slump in shipments". The unnamed executive was quoted as saying: "HTC has had difficulty in securing adequate camera components as it is no longer a tier-one customer [to suppliers]."
The problem emphasizes the issues facing HTC, which makes phones running Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone software, as it is increasingly squeezed between the two biggest smartphone manufacturers - [Samsung](http://www.plimbi.com/review/4302/cara-root-samsung-galaxy "Cara Root Samsung Galaxy S2 dengan Aplikasi Super One Click"), which last week launched its new Galaxy S4, and Apple, which is reckoned to be ramping up production of a successor to its iPhone 5.
At its launch, HTC said that the One would be available in March in 80 countries and with 185 carriers. Now it will come up against direct competition at the same time from the [Galaxy S4](http://www.plimbi.com/news/17301/samsung-galaxy-s4 "Desain Samsung Galaxy S4 Hadir Di YouTube"). [IS]
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