HTC appears set to ship some 20 million smartphones in 2010 (perhaps as many as 24 million) and 2011 appears to be shaping up to be an even more remarkable year. According to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN), 2011 shipments could reach 40 million smartphones.
HTC has been on a tear in the past few years. It shipped 11 million devices in 2009, some 16 million already this year (HTC’s Q4 numbers are expected at the end of the month and could reach 8.5 million devices).
Not satisfied with just smartphones, HTC is also expected to release an Android 3.0 tablet in Q1 2011.