HTC to make Shadow II for T-Mobile USA

Digitimes is reporting that HTC will be making the Shadow II High Tech Computer (HTC) will be the contractor for T-Mobile USA’s forthcoming UMA (unlicensed mobile access)-enabled smartphone, the Shadow II, making the Taiwan-based handset maker a new supplier of UMA handsets for the US

New 3G IPhone Costs $173 to Make iSuppli

Taiwan’s High Tech Computer (HTC), for example, has priced the Touch Diamond at NT$23,900 (US$785) for its home market, while Nokia estimates its new N96 smartphone will retail for €550 (US$855).

All three handsets are due on store shelves soon.

There are two main reasons Apple can charge so little for the new iPhone, iSuppli said Tuesday. First, mobile phone service providers will subsidize the handsets by paying Apple about US$300 per unit, iSuppli estimates. The other reason is the low cost of materials going into the handset.