The firm said net profit came in at Tw$2.26bn ($75m) in the second quarter, up 80% year on year and much improved from a net loss of Tw$1.88bn in the previous three months, when sales hit a three-month low. It announced its results late Thursday.
Revenue in April-June almost doubled to Tw$65.06bn from Tw$33.1bn in the first quarter, thanks to the March launch of the HTC One M8.
However, income was at the bottom range of a Tw$65bn-Tw$70bn forecast and analysts warned HTC had a long way to go before regaining lost ground to rivals Samsung and Apple and low-cost Chinese rivals such as Lenovo and Huawei.
In the 2013 third quarter, HTC swung to its first net loss of $101m since listing in 2002, as it fell out of the world's top 10 vendors and has been struggling to increase its foothold in the highly competitive smartphone market.
Source: AFP, via I-Net Bridge
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