Nokia looks to ban HTC One sales in the UK following patent win
Wednesday October 30, 2013, 5:55 PM
As HTC's infernal autumn comes to a close, it appears to be entering an equally dismal winter. The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia has won yet another patent suit against HTC, this time in the United Kingdom. Included among the smartphones found to violate Nokia's patents were both the HTC Wildfire and, even more worryingly, the flagship HTC One. As with Nokia's other wins, the company will seek monetary compensation for the patent infringement as well as the ban of HTC smartphone sales and imports.
Reuters shares an email from an HTC spokesperson who says that "HTC is disappointed by the decision that the UK court has reached in this case and we will be seeking to appeal the finding immediately."
This suit is just the latest bad news in another negative month for the company - HTC has already had to deny factory closure rumors and deal with the loss of a global PR head. The potential ban of the HTC One in the U.K. could be the worst hit yet.
Clerk Saved When a Bullet Hit His HTC EVO 3D, Receives Early Christmas Gift From HTC – A New HTC One
Yesterday, we reported that a Florida Store Clerk was saved by his HTC EVO 3D smartphone in his front shirt pocket when a robber took a shot at him. He was ordered to open the store’s safe, which he was unable to do, and after another clerk arrived for work and was also unable to open the safe, the robber took off and fired a shot towards the clerks as he ran away. Even though the clerk came through the ordeal with nothing more than a sore chest, as you can see in the above picture, his HTC EVO 3D did not fare quite as well. Between the Gorilla Glass and the battery, this clerk’s life was spared as his phone gave its own life to save his.
We mentioned in the story yesterday that we hoped the store clerk would receive a new smartphone after all he went through, and many of our readers on Google+ felt the same way as their posts were part thankful his life was spared and part sadness for the clerk with a useless phone – you know how passionate we are about our smartphones. Fortunately, it looks like HTC also felt the same way and tweeted the following:
So HTC send him, not only a brand new HTC One, they also included a “Glad You’re OK” care package that included, among other things, a Car Dock, an “On-The-Go Charging” Battery Bar, and a Hipster Troll Carwash (HTC) Mug . The HTC One may not have the 3D images like he experienced on his HTC EVO, but hopefully the beautiful design, better specifications, and knock-out sound of the HTC One’s dual stereo speakers will make up for his missing 3D. Another factor to look at is the aluminum build of the HTC One should also be an upgrade should the clerk ever run into this same situation again – although we pray that once is enough. One thing is for sure, he will continue to carry his HTC One in his front shirt pocket!
This is just the latest incident where a manufacturer has stepped up to the plate and helped out a wronged individual. It promotes a lot of goodwill and it is simply the right thing and a nice thing to do. We tip our hats to you, HTC – keep up the good work.
When I had two minds about getting the HTC One X due to its size, I had to really get used to its huge size. Much much bigger than the iPhone.
Then I eventually got the HTC One, very slick design (award winning) get very used to it and love it to bits.
Them came along the HTC One Max. Man, that is huge. No way would I ever be buying one of those monsters.
Anyways, I decided to pop into a mobile store to see the comparisons between my handset and the Max. Boy, the Max made my phone look like the mini. And the mini looked like a fish finger.
But hold it, there was BIGGER, seriously!
Most of us have seen the iPhone 5S and the S4, right?
True bro, just don't like the plastic that's a turn off for me. Will try to get hold of it though from a mate or something for a few days and check it out.
Personally, for that size tablet, you might as well get the phablet. These 7 inches look small in comparison. If I was to make the choicebetween the Nexus 7 or the HTC one Max, I'd go for the HTC.
But I'm lucky, I don't need to make that choice. But then again, if you can go for the HTC One, that would do you wonders as a phone and small tablet.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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