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The newly announced HTC Desire 600 is already available for pre-order in Russia, where the device is selling at a premium. Several retailers are offering it for around 16,000 Rubles, which translates into some $500. Yeah, that’s super-steep since that money could easily get you a much better smartphone. Then again, mobile devices are known…
HTC has been getting a lot of bad press recently, with reports of employees being let go and the imminent demise of the HTC First. One thing most everyone can agree on though, is the success of the HTC One, which has proven to be one of the most sought after smartphones around. “We were…
Best Buy is giving customers a few sweet Memorial Day Deals, offering price cuts on iPhones and a few higher end Android handsets. Best Buy is cutting the price of its iPhones by $50, in a promotion that begins this Sunday, May 26th and extends for four weeks. The retailer is offering the iPhone 4,…
At the time Google unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition, HTC rep tweeted from her personal account that we should “wait,” prompting the blogosphere to conclude that the Taiwanese company is preparing Google Edition version of the HTC One. The company’s Senior Global Online Communications Manager Jeff Gordon quickly silenced these rumors saying that…
HTC has apparently sold around 5 million HTC one units, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, quoting an unnamed HTC executive. The same source says that orders are “pretty good” so far and are “still more than what we can supply,” due to “shortage of components.” He went on to add: “When…
The HTC First really isn’t a bad phone. It’s a totally decent, affordable handset with some nice features. But it’s sold well below expectations, even with the price slashed to $0.99 (with contract). The downfall of the First is Facebook Home, Zuckerberg and Co’s Facebook centric launcher, which comes pre-installed on the device. The rumors…
HTC has announced that the HTC One is the first Smartphone to be HTC Pro certified in the United States. Titled “The Award Winning HTC One Is Enterprise Ready,” HTC’s press release listed the features included in the One. The certification means the device meets security and encryption standards that make it a good enterprise solution for…
HTC announced a new mid-range device, Desire 600, which promises to offer quite a bang for the buck. Unfortunately, price was not announced (all we have is “affordable price tag”) but we do have the full specs sheet: it will pack Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, dual-SIM capability, 8-megapixel…
So, the Chinese won’t be the only one getting the HTC One variant with a microSD card slot. Japan’s KDDI announced a similar device calling it HTC J One (model number HTL22) that also comes with support for microSD cards (of up to 64GB). Rest of the phone’s hardware is pretty much unchanged though we…
Verizon customers have been given the short end of the stick lately. Not only have they been waiting patiently for the HTC One to come to the carrier, they are the last in the line of the major U.S. carriers to receive the Samsung Galaxy S4. And after today’s “big announcement” from Verizon, customers of…