When you release your flagship smartphone, you generally expect your revenues to post a healthy month-over-month gain. However, this has not been the case for HTC this year. BACKGROUND:-One M9 seemingly no match for Galaxy S6 as HTC sales plummet in April The Taiwanese hardware manufacturer released its flagship HTC One M9 phone on April 10th. Despite this, its monthly revenues in April crashed -by 38.7% year-over-year and by 32.4% month-over-month. Let that sink in: HTC’s overall sales were lower in the month it released its big flagship phone than they were the month before it released the device. This looks like an unprecedented disaster. “But wait,” you’re saying. “I’ve read good reviews of the One M9. Why does it

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