HTC has been bleeding money for many years now, but although the company continues to release new phones (and even 5G-equipped "smart hubs") with relative regularity, its efforts to turn the ailing business around don't seem particularly competent or effective.

In addition to focusing a little too much on blockchain technology and slapping excessive price points on "normal" handsets with unimpressive specifications, HTC hasn't been doing a very good job of supporting older devices on the software update front. After botching the already tardy Android Pie promotion of the U11, ...