HTC has reportedly cancelled the
rumoured lite variant of the upcoming
One (M9), called the HTC Hima Ace, and
is instead replacing it with a high-end
Desire series device called the HTC Desire
A55 that is scheduled to launch this
month.
According to @Upleaks, the tipster who
in December also reported about the
Hima Ace , HTC is preparing a high-end
smartphone codenamed HTC A55, which
will be a Desire series smartphone to
replace the anticipated lite variant of the
upcoming flagship HTC One (M9). The
HTC A55 is also claimed to come in two
variants - the single-SIM A55#UL varian
for the EMEA market and the dual-SIM
A55#DTUL model for Asia - and arrive in
February.
On Friday, the tipster had first tweeted
the specifications of the HTC A55, and
then in a follow-up tweet suggested that
the smartphone will replace the HTC
Hima Ace.
The tipped specifications of the HTC
Desire A55 include a 5.5-inch Quad-HD
(1440x2560 pixels) display; an octa-cor
64-bit MediaTek MT6795 chipset clocke
at 2.0GHz; 3GB of RAM; 32GB of built-in
storage; a 20-megapixel rear camera; a
13-megapixel or 4 UltraPixel front
camera; BoomSound speakers; Bluetooth
4.1; a battery with a capacity lower than
3000mAh, and HTC Sense 7.0 on top of
Android 5.0 Lollipop. The three colour
options suggested by the tipster are -
White Rose Gold, Gray, and Brown Gold.
To remind you, HTC has a pre-MWC
event scheduled on March 1 in
Barcelona , where it is expected to unveil
its next flagship smartphone, the much-
rumoured HTC One (M9) aka HTC Hima.
This indicates the HTC Desire A55 may
also be unveiled at the same event, rathe
than in February.
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