A delay of HTC Corp.'s new smartphones into the U.S. market might stop the Taiwanese vendor from gaining full momentum in its quarterly sales, foreign brokerages said Thursday, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported.
The U.S. availability of two of its new flagship products, the One X and the EVO 4G LTE, have been delayed by U.S. Customs as the agency is investigating whether the phones infringe on a patent of Apple Inc., HTC said in a statement released a day earlier.
The Taoyuan-based manufacturer said the products are in compliance with a ruling filed by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and that the company is working closely with U.S. Customs to secure approval for the devices, the news agency reported.