Taiwanese company HTC, which presented in January a top smartphone U Ultra, will release this year, another flagship. It will be based on Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 835, which hinted at the head of the HTC mobile business Chialin Chang (Chialin Chang) in an interview with reporters TBreak.
In an interview TBreak Chialin Chang said that HTC U Ultra is not a flagship model and the flagship of this announcement is yet to come. According to him, the company has long planned to launch HTC U Ultra, which should give the company time to exit this flagship smartphone. The technology, which will replace the HTC 10, will be based on "the newest and the best mobile processor on the market." Processor Model Chialin Chang did not name, but it is not difficult to guess that by this he means the flagship chip announced at CES 2017 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 835.
"If we look back, it becomes clear why HTC has introduced these new smartphones ( HTC the U the Ultra and the U the Play ) We want to have a few months of superiority before the release of the next flagship processor.. When the new processor, HTC will release one more flagship. But it will not happen at the MWC 2017 ", - said Chialin Chang.
Exact release dates of the new flagship of HTC, he did not name. As yet unknown, and its specifications.
Recall, HTC U Ultra is based on the quad-core chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 821, which is an updated model of Snapdragon 820, the flagship 2016 processor. The smartphone is equipped with a basic 5.7-inch Super LCD display with a resolution Quad HD and above it an additional screen (a la LG V20), 4 GB of RAM, drive 64 or 128 GB, 12-megapixel main and a 16-megapixel front cameras. It will go on sale before the end of the first quarter at a price of $ 749.