HTC is expecting a huge spike in phone shipments that could make it a much tougher competitor in the second half of the year, part suppliers claimed on Wednesday. Estimates have it shipping 60 to 70 percent more phones than it did in the first half of 2010, and as many as 24 million handsets for the whole year. Just 8.7 million phones shipped in the first six months, most of which were delivered in the spring.
