Sorry, Brazilian Android fans – Engadget has gotten word that “after careful analysis of business.”, the company is closing down their Brazilian offices. The result for the consumer is no local HTC devices, you’ll have to import them. That would certainly take a bite out of your wallet.
In a technology area where 2 big dogs are making 99 percent of the money, HTC is having a tough time with the massive tariffs Brazil imposes on their technology. It was so bad Foxconn declared it economically viable to build a whole new factory in Brazil, just to keep selling iPad’s and iPhone’s there at low prices. Sorry Sao Paulo, your HTC days are through.
[Engadget]
