HTC She is going through a bad time, but she is totally determined to take flight. Overall, the company is not bad, as its hardware manufacturing division runs at full throttle. However, its mobile division is not going through its best moment, especially considering how well they have been years ago. You have to do something, change your line, renew your image, and try to relaunch the brand. New photos of a device drop the possibility that they are creating something for this purpose, a rival for it. Galaxy Note 2.
And it is that the photos, although of poor quality, that have been seen and that seem to come from IFA from Berlin, reveal a device from the Taiwanese brand with a slightly revamped line and a main protagonist. There is a component that gives it that touch of difference, the five inch screen. And it HTC you might be thinking of taking out a competitor for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. In fact, the idea is not bad at all.
Samsung right now it dominates the field of the almost unchallenged phablets which they themselves made famous and popular. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Right now it doesn't have a single rival in the market, so it can run wild and get into the pockets of all those who love mobile phones with five-inch screens or more. If HTC decides to get into that field before the other companies do it in a serial way, it would be sure to attract a part of the market. In addition, the direction that the company is taking is clear, which aims to have good devices but with more competitive prices. If they presented a Note Killer with a better price, they would open the door of phablets to users with greater financial limitations, and that could be a very important move on the part of the company.
However, the photos do not allow us to see so much detailapart from screen size. For the bottom touch buttons, we can think that it is a device that will have Android as its operating system. In addition, the back cover makes us think that the battery will not be removable, and that it will be the entire exterior of only one piece, iPhone style.
A logical move: five inches as a gateway to large format
The bet for a five inch screen fits with the trajectory of HTC: careful designs, high-quality materials and a clear focus on multimedia experience. A chassis u It would facilitate rigidity and a better feeling in the hand, although it would imply non-removable battery. The touch buttons and Android with its own layer (Sense) would fit with its legacy, where the brand has differentiated itself through fluid performance and highly visual content organization.
HTC's benchmarks in the five-inch (and surrounding) range
To understand what this candidate Note rival could offer, it is worth looking at some reference models of the house with similar diagonals:
- HTC J Butterfly: panel of 5 inches Full HD and a density close to 440–450 dpi, technology Super LCD 3Chipset Snapdragon S4 Pro (quad core at 1,5 GHz), 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB expandable by microSD, connectivity LTE, NFC, Beats Audio and battery of 2.020 mAh in a 9,1 mm, 140 g body. A clear high-end benchmark, even with splash resistance in some variants.
- M7 (base of the One family): bet on aluminum, camera of 13 SM (in previous configurations), panel of 5″ Full HD (1920×1080), Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 at 1,5 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB more microSD and Beats Audio. A design shift that marked HTC's premium path, with requests for million units at its launch.
- HTC One M8S: version of 5 inches 16 GB, Android 5.0 and color finishes golden, shows the balance between design and performance in the high range of its time.
- HTC Desire 516 (mid-range dual SIM): 5″ qHD (960×540), Snapdragon 200 1,2 GHz quad-core, 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB more microSD, cameras of 5 SM (720p) and 2 SM, battery 1.950 mAh, 3G, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, 3,5 mm jack and Jelly Bean with BlinkFeedAn example of how HTC also covered the affordable segment.
- HTC 10 Evo: up to 5,5 ″ QHD Super LCD 3 y Gorilla Glass 5, IP57 (water and dust), without 3,5 mm jack and with USB-C, Fingerprint reader, LTE Cat.6, BoomSound, Snapdragon 810 (octa to 2 GHz), 3 GB of RAM, cameras 16 MP f / 2.0 (PDAF, dual flash, 4K) and 8 SM, 32 GB + microSD (up to 2 TB), NFC y 3.200 mAh Quick Charge 2.0 with Android 7 (Nougat) with Sense. It was offered in finishes silver, golden y metal, with a price positioning close to that of the HTC Bold.
Screen, sound and design: the differentiating keys we expect
If the goal is to measure up to a Footnotes, we can expect a high-resolution display with Super LCD 3 or higher, high calibration and type protection Gorilla Glass. In audio, your DNA points to BoomSound or, in his legacy, Beats Audio to stand out in volume and clarity. In construction, a metal unibody or a high-quality polycarbonate are proven bets by the brand.
The pricing strategy will also be decisive: offering a device with high value, competitive specifications and a price below the reference could make this five-inch HTC the preferred option for those who want a large screen without paying the premium of the leader.
With these elements, the leaked images make sense: Android as a base, careful design, focus on the multimedia experience and a format that opens the door to productivity and entertainment. It remains to be seen whether it will be supported by accessories such as stylus and what level of optimization will offer autonomy and performance, an area in which HTC has already demonstrated its expertise.
