Google is planning to acquire HTC’s smartphone business, said media reports on Thursday. HTC’s virtual reality business (HTC Vive) is unlikely to be part of the deal. Google is reportedly planning to “either become a strategic partner, or outright buy the entire smartphone unit”, phonearena.com reported on Friday citing Commercial Times. The Google Pixel and Pixel XL devices were also manufactured by HTC. In July, HTC unveiled its premium flagship smartphone HTC U11 in India at Rs 51,990 which is touted to have the highest-rated smartphone camera in the world.

Source: Hindustan Times September 08, 2017 05:37 UTC