How HTC staff join Internet giant, Google

Google has bought part of HTC’s mobile phone division for $1.1bn (£820m), a return to hardware ownership for the company. The deal will see 2,000 HTC staff join the US internet giant and underlines Google’s broadening ambitions in smartphone production. Google develops the Android operating…

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September 24, 2017

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Google has bought part of HTC’s mobile phone division for $1.1bn (£820m), a return to hardware ownership for the company.

The deal will see 2,000 HTC staff join the US internet giant and underlines Google’s broadening ambitions in smartphone production.

Google develops the Android operating system used in more than 80pc of the world’s smartphones but largely relies on manufacturers like Samsung, Huawei and HTC itself to make and sell its phones, unlike Apple, which controls the design and development of both software and hardware.

13 responses to “How HTC staff join Internet giant, Google”

Aadila

September 24, 2017 at 4:01 pm

Google has also already launched its own phones, so Android phone makers have gotten used to their partner being a rival. The production resources of HTC, which assembled the first Pixel device and was key to the Nexus line, may support this existing phone operation. Greater control of hardware production would also give Google more control over the distribution of new services such as its voice-based digital assistant.

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Lyla

September 25, 2017 at 3:13 pm

, Huawei and HTC itself to make and sell its phones, unlike Apple, which controls the design and development of both software and hardware.

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Aafreen

September 27, 2017 at 3:32 pm

Google has bought part of HTC’s mobile phone division for $1.1bn (£820m), a return to hardware ownership for the company.

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Rafia

September 28, 2017 at 11:35 am

HTC has been a longtime partner and has created some of the most beautiful, high-end devices on the market

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ali

September 28, 2017 at 2:18 pm

Google develops the Android operating system

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Aala

September 28, 2017 at 4:20 pm

HTC has been a longtime partner and has created some of the most beautiful, high-end devices on the market.

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anam

October 30, 2017 at 2:35 pm

greatttttttt

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ali

November 4, 2017 at 4:20 pm

nyc blog

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ali

November 4, 2017 at 4:21 pm

really informative

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adnan

November 11, 2017 at 3:27 pm

Samsung, Huawei and HTC itself to make and sell its phones, unlike Apple, which controls the design and development of both software and hardware.

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jazib

November 20, 2017 at 4:25 pm

Huawei and HTC itself to make and sell its phones, unlike Apple,

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Aaqif

November 29, 2017 at 5:42 pm

Huawei and HTC itself to make and sell its phones, unlike Apple,.which controls the design and development of both software and hardware.

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hanzala

December 5, 2017 at 6:45 pm

nyc

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