HTC and Amazon deal may have fizzled because of AT&T objections

September 11, 2014

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In October of 2013, news broke that Amazon and HTC were penning a deal that allowed the Taiwanese company to make a budget Amazon smartphone. It would have been a deal that showed that HTC had a new momentum and allowed for another revenue stream. It also would have given Amazon an in on the low-end smartphone market. However the deal fizzled out. According to a source close to The Information, it's because AT&T had objections.

According to the source, AT&T objected to the fact that it would not have US exclusivity of the HTC made Amazon phone. As such, the carrier threatened to not carry the high-end Fire phone causing Amazon to just scrape the project entirely. Given the current state of how well the Fire phone is doing, HTC may have avoided a disaster. While none of the companies are commenting, this rumor could be likely given AT&T's previous grabs of HTC exclusives. Anyone remember the HTC Status?

source: The Information

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Jack is a tech enthusiast who is surviving small-town Wyoming. He's a newspaper editor by trade and a blogger for fun. His phone of choice is the Galaxy Note 4 and when he's not tinkering on that, he can be found researching new tech and wondering if his wallet can sustain a new tech purchase. When he's not in front of a computer, he's out in the mountains with his dog exploring the wilderness.