It's been an amazing seventeen year journey with One & Co and HTC, but it's time for a new adventure. Stay tuned for details of what's next. - Jonah Becker (@JonahABecker) March 26, 2015

Becker's announcement comes just a week after HTC's shakeup at the top level, where Peter Chou officially passed on his CEO title to chairwoman Cher Wang, in order to focus on the company's new Future Development Lab. It's not clear as to why Becker has left HTC so relatively soon after Croyle, but we have learned from our sources that there is an ever increasing power struggle between the design team and sales team these days. Another source told us the switch from the M8's UltraPixel main camera to the M9's 20-megapixel counterpart is an example of such.

And here is the full statement we received from HTC regarding Becker's exit: