Taiwan's HTC Sept sales fall 53 pct

(Corrects alert to give consolidated figure)

TAIPEI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp

said on Monday that consolidated sales for September reached T$21.13 billion ($721.5 million), down 53.4 percent from the same month a year earlier.

The monthly sales compared with T$45.3 billion a year ago and T$24 billion in the previous month.

It did not give further details. ($1 = 29.2860 Taiwan dollars)

(Reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Jonathan Standing)

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