It's no secret that HTC has struggled to stay afloat and stay competitive in the wireless market for the past few years, despite some really, really good phones. They've simply been squeezed out of the high end market between Apple and Samsung, and the mid-range and budget friendly segments haven't been very kind to them either.
Even with those troubles, HTC keeps on going. We're already expecting a brand new device on January 12th, but a new report seems to think that we'll see a total of three phones from the manufacturer in the first quarter of 2017.
The first phone set to release next year will likely be a mid-range device, and it's a safe bet that we'll get the HTC 11 to keep the flagship line alive and well. This year's phone is codenamed Ocean, which is important for the next bit.
The third device in question is being internally referred to as the Ocean Note. Most “Note” devices tend to be pretty big, so if Ocean is the 2017 flagship for HTC, we can pretty safely the Ocean Note (if it's real) will be a bigger version of the HTC 11. That should give HTC a little extra ammo to compete with Samsung's dual sized flagships, and a way to compete with some of the larger phones on the market.
With all of that being said, HTC seems to do the best when focusing on a small number of devices, not releasing tons of phones to hit as many market segments as possible. Releasing three phones in three months sounds kinda like they're doing that thing that they're not very good at, but we'll have to wait until 2017 to really find out.
source: ePrice
via: Android Authority
