HTC, Facebook jointly developing smartphone, say sources

HTC, Facebook jointly developing smartphone, say sources

Posted on April 25, 2012 by DigiTimes in Mobile, Social Media, Tech & Gadgets

Given that Google is expected to continue to cooperate with Samsung Electronics for the development of the next-generation Nexus smartphone, HTC reportedly has decided to move forward in its own way and is currently developing a customized smartphone in cooperation with Facebook slated to be launched in the third quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according to industry sources.

HTC had previously joined forces with Google to launch Google’s first own-brand smartphone, the Nexus One. However, Google then shifted to cooperating with Samsung as its primary production partner for the launch of its second and third own-brand smartphones.

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