HTC’s been having a right old time of it lately. Sales are down across the UK and Europe and it just got its One Mini handset banned in the UK courtesy of Nokia. And that’s a shame because HTC is one of the best Android manufacturers out there. Yes, the One Max was a bit of damp squib, but the HTC One and its smaller sibling, the One Mini, were both thoroughly excellent handsets.
Amidst all this doom and gloom, however, there is a glimmer of light – we now know the HTC M8 [2014’s follow-up the HTC One] will be launching in early 2014. News of the release comes via the UK judge that presided over HTC and Nokia’s recent patent case where the One Mini was banned.
Judge Richard Arnold said, “HTC is close to launching the successor flagship model to the HTC One.” Arnold added the One successor could launch as early as February, meaning an MWC 2014 reveal could be on the cards. HTC’s lawyers did not refute the judge’s claims either.
So far HTC has managed to avoid a ban on its flagship HTC One, a small blessing given the company’s current financial state. The has, however, granted Nokia’s application to also block sales of HTC’s Windows Phone-powered 8X and 8S handsets.
Nokia providied the following statement on the judge's ruling:
"Nokia is pleased that the UK High Court has imposed an injunction on certain HTC products found in October to infringe a Nokia patent. The injunction is stayed until December 6 to allow HTC time to appeal. Pending the appeal, HTC has undertaken not to ship any more of the infringing products into the UK, except the HTC One which it may continue to sell until the conclusion of any appeal. If HTC does not succeed on appeal, the injunction will take effect on all infringing products. Nokia is also claiming financial compensation for the infringement of this patent.”
HTC M8 specs show Snapdragon 800 chip and 4MP Ultrapixel camera
Reports emerged earlier this week of a device thought to be the HTC M8, the successor model to the HTC One (M7), clocking up an impressive 36,000 score in AnTuTu.
Further investigation by AnTuTu's creators has revealed that this is indeed the work of a Snapdragon 800 chip.
While the HTC 0P6B120 doesn't use the HTC M8 name directly, it does seem pretty likely that it is the rumoured device as it uses a software build labelled "htc_m8-userdebug|4.4|KRT160".
The HTC M8 now seems to have a pretty well-rounded spec sheet thanks to the work of AnTuTu's team.
The spec line-up includes Android 4.4 KitKat, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974AB chip with 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 330 graphics processor (GPU), 16GB of onboard storage and a 5-inch full HD 1080p display.
source : www.knowyourmobile.com
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