HTC has signed Robert Downey Jr. to star in a global marketing deal.at a $12 million cost, according to a report from.Bloomberg. The Taiwanese handset vendor.posted net income of less than $3 million in Q1 2013. HTC would be committing to the pricey marketing campaign at a time when sales of the.Samsung Galaxy S4 are widely speculated to be slowing down shockingly soon after its spring launch. Apple’s iPhone volume growth slowed down sharply in the first quarter and its spring sales are expected to be muted..Could.this be.the right moment for HTC to try to revamp its brand image? According to Bloomberg, Downey Jr. will appear as himself, not as Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes, the two characters.that he helped

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