HTC One M9 Full Spec-Sheet Revealed in New Leak

The HTC One M9 or ‘Hima’ is all set to be announced by the company at its Utopia in Progress event scheduled for March 1 in Barcelona. However, you don’t need to wait until then to find out everything about the device as a new post from renowned leakster upleaks has revealed the full spec-sheet of the One M9 before its official announcement.

Most of what has been revealed in the latest post is not new and had been revealed by upleaks a few weeks back already. However, there are still few new bits of information that have been revealed, along with details on carrier variants and the list of accessories that will be offered with the smartphone.

The One M9 is reported to include a 5.0” 1920 x 1080 resolution Full HD LCD display, exactly similar to the One M8. The chipset powering the smartphone will be Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810, clocked at 2.0GHz for the Cortex-A57 cores and 1.5GHz for the Cortex-A53 cores. 3GB of RAM is expected to be included, an upgrade over the 2GB RAM on the One M8 from last year. What will not be similar though is the amount of internal storage offered. According to the upleaks post, the One M9 will come with 32GB or 64GB internal storage options. Thankfully the new report confirms that a microSD card slot will be included, so you will be able to expand the memory by up to 128GB.

At the back, the One M9 will include a 20.7MP resolution rear camera with a dual-LED flash like on the One M8. At the front, the One M9 will include a 4MP UltraPixel camera. Earlier upleaks report couldn’t confirm if HTC will go with the 4MP UltraPixel or a 13MP sensor, but the latest report seems to suggest that HTC made up its mind on using the UltraPixel sensor for the front camera on One M9.

The One M9 will include VoLTE, LTE Cat.6 and Carrier Aggregation support, but the Carrier Aggregation feature is said to be dependent on the market and may not be offered on all One M9 variants. It will come with the latest Bluetooth 4.1 version, like every other Snapdragon 810 device. The batter is expected to be 2,840mAh, which doesn’t sound too great and is lower than most recent flagship smartphones. Last but not the least; HTC’s excellent BoomSound stereo speakers will be onboard too.

Along with the spec-sheet, upleaks also has details on the various variants of the One M9. The Hima#UHL variant is likely to be sold in Asia, Europe, Africa, UAE, Russia, Turkey, and Mainland China. The Hima#UL will be headed to the US with AT&T, T-Mobile and a Developer Edition model. In Canada, the smartphone will be offered by Rogers and Telus. Customers in Latin America will also be getting this same model.

The Hima#WHL model will be headed to the Sprint Network in US and also China Telecom. Finally, the Hima#WL model will be the Verizon Wireless variant.

HTC is also expected to offer a wide range of accessories with the One M9. Some of the accessories revealed by upleaks are the HTC DotView 2 case, clear case, stand case, waterproof case with IP68 rating, waterproof headset, HTC BoomBass speaker with Wi-Fi support, and a screen protector.

New HTC One M9 Hima Details Surface Once More

We still have around two weeks to go before the end of the year, but rumors about 2015 flagship devices seem to be coming in every other day. Be it the Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC One M9 Hima or Sony Xperia Z4, new reports on these devices have been appearing regularly over the past few weeks. The source of the previous HTC Hima leaks upleaks has shared some new info on the HTC 2015 flagship device today. According to the trusty leaker, HTC will be announcing the Hima smartphone at a dedicated event of its own and not at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The launch should still be in March according to upleaks, so there is still around 3 months left for the unveiling.

Apart from the launch timeframe, upleaks also reveals that the Hima will come in three color options – Gray, Silver, and Gold. Strangely that sounds a bit too familiar. That’s right, these are the exact same color options that the Apple iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus come in. It might seem like Apple was slightly inspired by the HTC One design with the new iPhones, and now it seems like HTC has been inspired by Apple’s color choices for its next flagship smartphone. The leaker also reiterates that the 2015 HTC flagship will not be named ‘One M9’. As HTC didn’t change its flagship naming convention this year for the One M8, we were expecting that the Taiwanese smartphone maker will continue with the One M’X’ naming convention next year as well. Not that it is disappointing in any way though, a new name for their flagship will certainly be a welcome change.

As for the rest of the spec-sheet, upleaks is pretty sure that there won’t be any major changes going forward and the 2015 HTC flagship will arrive with a 5-inch display with 1080p resolution and not a bigger display with Quad-HD resolution like most of its rivals are rumored to sport next year. This doesn’t really sound very surprising considering how HTC been a step behind the competition when it comes to adopting larger display sizes on its flagship. The HTC One M7 came with a 4.7” display when its rival’s features 5-inch displays. This year’s One M8 comes with a 5-inch display while most of its competitors come with 5.1 or 5.2-inch + displays. While the display size isn’t likely to be a major problem, the 1080p resolution on a 2015 flagship doesn’t sound very promising and might make Hima seem a bit outdated when compared to rivals from Samsung and other major Android OEMs next year.

The other rumored specs of the device are a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, 3GB RAM, 20.7MP rear camera, 13MP or 4MP UltraPixel front-facing camera, 2840mAh battery, LTE Cat.6 connectivity, and Android 5.0 Lollipop OS with HTC Sense 7.0 overlay.

HTC 2015 Flagship Smartphone ‘Hima’ Specs Leak

It was only last week that we reported on the HTC One M9 specs leak, and now we have another leak on the upcoming flagship, this time from seasoned smartphone leaker upleaks. They claim that the device has a codename ‘Hima’ and not the usual M type naming-convention that HTC has traditionally been using for its flagship devices. This does make us wonder what HTC would name its 2015 flagship. Surprisingly, the information shared by upleaks about the alleged specifications of the device differs significantly from the leak last week.

Instead of the 5.5-inch display size claim that was made last week, upleaks reports that Hima will come with a 5-inch Full HD display, which is pretty much identical to what we have on the HTC One M8. We’re not sure if HTC would really want to continue with a 1080p panel on their 2015 flagship when we are already seeing flagship devices with Quad-HD displays. By 2015 we expect Quad-HD resolution to become the norm on all flagship devices, so if this information is true, then it may not be such a good idea for HTC. As far as the chipset goes, Hima will be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Octa-core chipset with 2.0GHz quad-core A57+ 1.5GHz quad-core A53 clusters. The amount of RAM is expected to be 3GB, which is pretty much a standard on flagship devices now.

Just like the display and the chipset, the other bits of information also vary completely from the previous leak on the M9. Instead of the earlier rumored 16MP rear shooter, Hima is said to feature the 20.7MP Sony Exmor RS IMX220 sensor that is seen on the Xperia Z3 and Motorola Droid Turbo. After using the sensor on its Xperia smartphones exclusively for about a year, Sony has now started selling the image sensor to its rivals. We really wouldn’t be surprised if the HTC 2015 flagship does sport this sensor as a lot of devices are slated to use the IMX220 sensor in the near future. The front-facing camera could be a 13MP unit or the 4MP UltraPixel camera. We’re hoping it is latter. Battery capacity isn’t said to go up significantly on the Hima, as it could pack only a 2840mAh battery, which isn’t much bigger than the 2600mAh capacity battery on the HTC One M8. The smartphone would debut with Android 5.0 Lollipop version with HTC Sense 7.0 UI running on top.

Upleaks also claims that the smartphone would be launching around MWC 2015 and will be offered by all major US carriers when it launches. Carriers are already testing the device in their labs apparently. Along with the Hima flagship, HTC could also announce some Desire models for 2015 at the same event in March 2015. Additionally a Hima Ace model is said to be coming as well, which would be similar to the HTC One E8 launched this year. So you could expect a cheaper variant of the Hima with dual-SIM support for the Chinese market and other Asian markets like India.