| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 15.05.1997 | High Tech Computer Corp. founded in Taoyuan |
| 1998 | Partnership with Microsoft on Windows CE |
| 2000 | Compaq iPAQ H3600, built by HTC as an ODM |
| 2002 | O2 XDA (HTC Wallaby), the first communicator on Pocket PC Phone Edition |
| 03.2002 | Listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (2498) |
| 2004 | Peter Chou becomes CEO |
| 2005 | Acquisition of the Dopod brand (Asia), the first 3G HTC communicator, the HTC Universal |
| 06.2006 | Sales begin under HTC's own brand |
| 06.2007 | HTC Touch, with the TouchFLO touch interface |
| 11.2007 | Co-founder of the Open Handset Alliance |
| 22.10.2008 | T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream, the first Android smartphone |
| 06.2009 | HTC Hero, the debut of the HTC Sense interface |
| 11.2009 | HTC HD2, Windows Mobile 6.5, 4.3" |
| 05.01.2010 | Nexus One, Google's first phone |
| 06.2010 | HTC EVO 4G, the first 4G (WiMAX) smartphone in the US |
| 04.2011 | HTC's market capitalization surpasses Nokia's |
| 08.2011 | Purchase of 51% of Beats Electronics for $300 million |
| 10.2011 | HTC Rhyme, Sensation XE: the first with Beats Audio |
| 12.2011 | US ITC: import ban on some HTC products over Apple's complaint (in effect from 04.2012) |
| 04.2012 | HTC One X, One S, One V |
| 09.2012 | Windows Phone 8X and 8S |
| 02.2013 | HTC One (M7): all-aluminum, BoomSound, UltraPixel |
| 10.2013 | First quarterly loss; Beats bought back |
| 03.2014 | HTC One (M8): Duo Camera |
| 01.03.2015 | HTC Vive announced together with Valve (MWC) |
| 20.03.2015 | Cher Wang becomes CEO, Peter Chou leaves |
| 03.2015 | HTC One M9 |
| 10.2015 | HTC One A9: an "iPhone-like" design |
| 04.2016 | HTC 10; sales of the HTC Vive begin on 05.04.2016 ($799) |
| 10.2016 | Google Pixel / Pixel XL built by HTC |
| 05.2017 | HTC U11: Edge Sense |
| 21.09.2017 | $1.1 billion agreement with Google (closed 30.01.2018) |
| 01.2018 | Vive Pro announced at CES |
| 05.2018 | HTC U12+ |
| 10.2018 | HTC Exodus 1, the blockchain smartphone |
| 07.2018 | 1,500 employees laid off |
| 09.2019 | Yves Maitre becomes CEO; Vive Cosmos |
| 09.2020 | Yves Maitre leaves, Cher Wang is CEO again |
| 05.2021 | Vive Pro 2, Vive Focus 3 |
| 10.2021 | Vive Flow |
| 2022 | VIVERSE launches; Desire 22 Pro |
| 01.2023 | Vive XR Elite |
| 05.2023 | HTC U23 pro |
| 06.2024 | HTC U24 pro |
| 09.2024 | Vive Focus Vision |
| 01.2025 | Google closes the purchase of part of HTC's XR team ($250 million) |
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