A new report has surfaced on Friday, saying that HTC's upcoming flagship smartphone, the HTC One A9 will mark a significant design development for the company. The news comes after the company executive confirms that future smartphones will feature similar design to that of HTC One A9, a report from iDigital Times said.
"Starting with the One A9, our design language will enter a different and fashionable phase," HTC North Asia president Jack Tong said as quoted in the report. On Tuesday, the Taiwan-based mobile manufacturer has announced that the design of its latest smartphones will feature a unique design which is different from the previous device models. "However, pundits note its extreme similarity of Apple's iPhone 6. But it looks like there will be many more iPhone clones releasing from HTC in the future."
"While the HTC One A9 will stand as a new flagship line, this does not mean the end of other devices like the M series, last of which is the HTC One M9," the report has noted. In an interview with iDigital Times, HTC executive director, portfolio strategy Nigel Newby House said: "We anticipate that we're still working on other flagships."
Listed below are the full specs of HTC One A9, according to PC Advisor UK.
- 5in AMOLED display, Full HD (1080x1920)
- Gorilla Glass 4
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core processor
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage
- Micro-SD card slot, up to 2TB
- 13Mp rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, OIS, f/2.0
- UltraPixel front camera
- Fingerprint scanner
- NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS
- Micro-USB 2.0
- High Res audio support (24bit)
- 2150mAh non-removable battery
- 7.26mm
- 143g
- Carbon Grey, Opal Silver, Deep Garnet, Topaz Gold
"The HTC One A9 is the first non-Nexus phone we've seen to come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow but the firm does put its Sense user interface over the top, of course. This features things from the M9 like Themes and the Sense Home widget which will display different apps based on where you are. Running Android 6.0 Marshmallow also offers other benefits such as 'adoptable storage' meaning the SD card can be viewed as internal storage," the report said.
