HTC says some of its blocked phones have passed customs

Last week, the news broke that some of HTC's new Android smartphones, including the One X and EVO 4G LTE were being held up in U.S. Customs for potentially violating an ITC exclusion order.

HTC last Wednesday confirmed that these two phones were delayed due to "a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments" that was required as a result of the ITC order. The company said "We believe we are in compliance with the ruling and HTC is working closely with Customs to secure approval." The customs delay caused the launch of the EVO 4G LTE to be postponed.

In a Sunday announcement in its investor portal, HTC provided a further update on the status of the devices, and confirmed that certain models had cleared customs.

"Each imported HTC model must be reviewed by Customs and will be released once Customs officials have completed the inspection. Some models have gone through inspection and been released to our carriers customers. We don't have the status of each specific device model at this time, but we are working closely with Customs. We remain confident that this issue will be resolved soon."

While the statement does not clarify which models have been approved for U.S. distribution, it should provide at least some peace of mind for customers looking to purchase the new devices that they will, in fact, make it into the market.