HTC One max premium phablet with 5.9-inch display and fingerprint scanner officially launched in India for Rs 56,490

Last month, after weeks of rumors and conjectures, HTC officially announced the One max. The massive 5.9-inch phablet was expected to arrive in select markets a month later, and on cue the Taiwanese company today launched the phablet in India. The premium handset carries a price tag of Rs 56,490, which is close to the price it was listed on certain Indian e-commerce websites.

The One max is built using the same aluminum design with chamfered edges, but unlike the One, it has a removable back panel. A unique feature on the phablet is the iPhone 5s-like fingerprint scanner at the back, which can be used to unlock the device as well as launch certain apps. It is only the third device after the Motorola Atrix and Apple iPhone 5s to feature a fingerprint scanner.

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HTC’s new PR boss quits after just four months on the job

Pretty much nothing is going well for HTC these days and now the company is starting to lose key executives after they’ve been on the job for less than six months. Bloomberg reports that Lorain Wong, who joined HTC this past June as its head of global PR, has already left the company for “personal reasons.”

Wong’s resignation comes just days after HTC chairperson Cher Wang blamed the company’s marketing strategy for a dismal earnings report that saw it lose money for the first time in its history. Of course, HTC has had even bigger troubles with executive departures this year, such as when police arrested former vice president of product design Thomas Chien for allegedly taking payments from a municipal government in China to set up a smartphone company in the region using trade secrets stolen from HTC.

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HTC One Max with 5.9-inch display and fingerprint scanner officially announced

After a lot of rumors and conjectures and HTC’s teasing infographics, the Taiwanese company moments ago officially announced the One Max. The Android phablet will be available later this month, though the exact dates or price are yet to be revealed.

In terms of specifications and features, much of everything that leaked in the past month or two was pretty much right on the money. Design-wise the One Max carries forward the all-aluminum design earlier seen on the One and the One mini, albeit with a removable back panel.

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HTC One mini officially launched in India for Rs 36,790

Last week the smaller sibling of the HTC One was listed on various Indian e-commerce sites and we expected the company to launch the device soon. A week later, HTC today officially launched the One mini in India for Rs 36,790.

To recap the specifications, the One mini flaunts a 4.3-inch HD (1280×720 pixels) display cramming in 341ppi and is powered by a dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.4GHz. Other features included are 1GB of RAM, Ultrapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a BSI Sensor, 1.6-megapixel front camera, Beats audio support, 16GB of internal storage and a 1,800mAh battery. On the software front, the device runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean wrapped under Sense 5 UI and comes pre-loaded with HTC’s BlinkFeed, Zoe and BoomSound.

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HTC rolls out Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 update for One X, One X+ and Butterfly in India

HTC is now rolling out the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update to the One X, One X+ and Butterfly smartphones in India. All these devices were launched in 2012. Along with the newer version of Android, the devices will also get the HTC Sense 5 user interface.

One of the key highlights of the Sense 5 UI is the addition of a magazine aggregation home-screen view known as BlinkFeed. This feature was first seen earlier this year when the company launched the HTC One smartphone. The update also adds a function known as HTC Video Highlights and a new quick setting menu, which is a part of Android 4.2.2. The update also adds the Android daydream feature and home-screen widgets.

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HTC One dual-SIM variant could launch in India soon

We have reiterated multiple times that the HTC One is simply the best Android smartphone on the planet. But imagine if it just got a little better? Now, HTC is teasing the dual-SIM version of the One on its India website with a ‘coming soon’ badge.

The dual-SIM version of the HTC One is identical to the singular SIM variant for all intents and purposes except for the fact that also has a microSD card slot so users can expand the memory even further. Additionally, the dual-SIM version of the One comes in three memory SKUs – 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The model currently, available in India only offers a 32GB option. However, it remains to be seen which internal storage version HTC launches in India.

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HTC Desire 600 launched in India for Rs 26,990

After first announcing the Desire 600 earlier this year, the device was available for people to buy off online retailers in India. Today, HTC has officially announced the launch of the Android smartphone in the country for Rs 26,990.

To remind you of the specifications, the Desire 600 sports a 4.5-inch Super LCD2 (960×540 pixels) display and is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and 1GB of RAM. Other features include BoomSound dual speakers on the front similar to that of the One, an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and BSI sensor, 1.6-megapixel secondary camera, 8GB of internal memory that can be expanded using a microSD card and a 1,860mAh battery that can survive through up to 11 hours of talktime and over 500 hours of standby time.

Connectivity-wise the device features dual-SIM card slots, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, GPS, and AGPS and on the software front, the device runs on Android Jelly Bean wrapped in HTC’s Sense 5 UI.

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HTC Desire 500 announced, packs in Snapdragon 200 CPU and Sense 5

Looks like HTC is going all out with its smartphone launches. Only a few months ago it launched the One, then last month we got a HTC One with stock Android on it and last week HTC introduced the One mini. In between it sprinkled some other devices like the Desire 600 and the Butterfly S as well. Now, the company has announced the Desire 500, which packs in a lot of value in a device that will not really compete with the big guns. Currently, the phone has just been announced in Taiwan, but we can expect HTC to launch the product in India soon.

For starters it is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, a 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, 4GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, NFC, a 8-megapixel camera with a f/2.0 aperture and a 1.6-megapixel front facing camera.

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HTC Zara rumored to be an upcoming plastic Android smartphone

HTC has been on quite the launching spree and it’s showing no signs of stopping. With the Taiwanese company supposedly planning to launch the Desire 500 later today, UnwiredView has now come across a China Times report, which reveals that HTC is working on a new smartphone called ‘Zara’.

Details of the Zara are scant at best and only thing known is that the Zara will sport a plastic body, unlike the recent One and the One mini. In addition to Zara, the report also reveals that the rumored One Max (codenamed T6) phablet will be launched in the third quarter of this year.

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HTC One S abandoned, won’t receive any further software updates

HTC has announced in a press statement that there will be no further Android updates for the One S smartphone. This means that the One S users will only be restricted to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and will not be able to use HTC’s latest Sense 5 UI on their phone.

The company has stated that, “We can confirm that the HTC One S will not receive further Android OS updates and will remain on the current version of Android and HTC Sense. We realize this news will be met with disappointment by some, but our customers should feel confident that we have designed the HTC One S to be optimized with our amazing camera and audio experiences.”

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HTC Butterfly S with 5.0-inch full-HD display, UltraPixel camera launched

Engadget Chinese reports that the phone is powered by a quad-core 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 alongside 2GB of RAM. It comes with quad-band HSPA/WCDMA radio and a 3,200 mAh battery. It has 16GB of internal storage that is expandable through a microSD card slot. Also, like its predecessor, HTC Butterfly S comes with a 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. The smartphone would run on Android Jelly Bean.

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Name of HTC One Mini, 720p HD screen confirmed

There’s finally some concrete evidence of a mini HTC One that will be called the HTC One Mini. The guys at TNW found a User Agent profile of the device on a Taiwanese website owned by HTC. Besides the name and model number (PO581) being confirmed, through the profile we also now know that the phone will come with Android 4.2 and a 720p HD screen.

Since smartphones became popular, they have been getting bigger and bigger. The Galaxy S 4 Mini and now the HTC One Mini suggest otherwise. There’s still a lot left to discover about the One Mini, and we’ll be sure to keep you updated.

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HTC confirms Android 4.2 for HTC One, despite early update being pulled

HTC had apparently begun pushing out an Android 4.2.2 update to the HTC One, but according to UK carrier Three, the update was pulled with no specific reasoning. They didn’t, however, say when or if HTC was going to begin rolling the update out again. HTC attempted to clarify some things, saying the One is still slated to receive Android 4.2.2, but customers are going to have to wait just a little bit longer before its available. Better late than never, I guess.

Hopefully we’ll see that update sooner rather than later.

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User Agent Profile of HTC One mini leaks, shows 1280x720 pixel display

The HTC One mini has been making its rounds on the rumour mills for some time now and today we have yet another piece of information about the smartphone. The UAProf (User Agent Profile) available on HTC’s website indicates that the HTC One Mini will have a 720p display, which with the rumoured 4.3-inch size, will give it a 324ppi pixel density. It will also run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean unlike the One, which runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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