HTC One M9 Plus Full Spec-Sheet Revealed By Upleaks

Notorious leakster @upleaks is back with some new information regarding HTC’s plans for the year. This time the leaker has posted alleged full specifications of the company’s upcoming flagship One M9 Plus smartphone. The One M9 Plus was believed to be the phablet variant of the One M9 flagship with a 5.5-inch Quad HD display. However, the latest report from upleaks claims that the One M9 Plus will not arrive with a 5.5” Quad HD display but instead it will sport a smaller 5.2” Quad HD display.

The One M9 Plus is said to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Octa-core 64-bit chipset, just like the regular One M9. However, upleaks claims that there will be two One M9 variants, one with the Snapdragon 810 chip and the other powered by a Mediatek chipset. It hasn’t been specified which exact Mediatek chipset the other variant will come with but apparently that version is going to be sold in the Chinese market. It will also include 3GB of RAM on both variants and 32GB of onboard storage. No mention of whether the memory will be expandable or not, but we do hope that the memory is expandable, just like the One M8 last year.

The major USP of the One M9 Plus and also one of the main differentiating factors between it and the regular One M9 is expected to be the fingerprint scanner. Unlike the HTC One Max, the One M9 Plus is said to include a touch based fingerprint scanner like the TouchID scanner used by Apple. This does seem pretty interesting and will mean that HTC will be on par with Samsung as the Galaxy S6 is also expected to use a more secure touch based fingerprint scanner. The fingerprint scanner will be integrated on a physical home button as seen in the leaked image of the smartphone recently. For those of you who were worried if the physical home button meant the One M9 Plus will miss out on HTC’s excellent BoomSound stereo speakers, the latest report brings great news as the One M9 Plus is reported to include BoomSound stereo speakers on the front and it will also support Hi-Fi audio. We’re not quite sure if that refers to High-Resolution Audio or something else though.

The camera on the back will be another difference between the One M9 and the One M9 Plus. The One M9 Plus will apparently come with a Duo Camera setup at the back, similar to the One M8. Instead of the 4MP UltraPixel and 2.1MP combination last time, the One M9 Plus will include a 20.7MP and 2.1 MP cameras at the back. At the front, the smartphone is rumored to include a 4MP UltraPixel or a 13MP Selfie shooter.

Finally, the smartphone is claimed to support VoLTE and LTE Cat.6 networks for maximum download speeds of up to 300Mbps. Bluetooth 4.1 will be onboard as well, thanks to the Snapdragon 810 chip. The only disappointing part is the battery capacity. According to upleaks, the One M9 Plus will include the same 2,840mAh battery as the regular One M9. This can be quite disappointing as the One M9 Plus comes with a higher Quad HD resolution display instead of 1080p on the One M9.

HTC Hima Pays Antutu A Visit; Previous Rumored Specs Confirmed

This past month we have heard a lot about HTC’s upcoming flagship smartphone for 2015 – Hima, mainly from reliable HTC leaker upleaks. Upleaks is back again with some fresh new rumors about the Hima, and this time they have an Antutu benchmark screenshot to back up their claims. The Antutu benchmark screenshot lists the model number of the device as HTC6535LVW with the codename Hima.

The benchmark screenshot doesn’t reveal much new apart from confirming what upleaks had revealed about the upcoming device few weeks back. The device sports a 5-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset clocked at 1.96GHz. The 3GB of RAM has been confirmed as well and the device tested seems to be running on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop version. The device packs a 20.7MP rear camera while the front-facing camera comes with a resolution of 13MP. That is great news as it looks like HTC has finally decided to move ahead and ditch its 4MP UltraPixel sensor with the Hima. This is pretty much all the screenshot reveals about the device, although since the upleaks leak from earlier proved to be accurate, we can be almost certain that the other rumored specs of the device will also turn out to be accurate.

In a detailed post last week, upleaks revealed that the device will come with a 2840mAh battery, HTC Sense 7.0 UI and support VoLTE and LTE Cat.6 download speeds. The device reportedly measured 144.3 x 69.4 x 9.56mm and will be made available in three color options – Gray, Silver, Gold and Gunmetal Gold. Interestingly, upleaks also mentioned that HTC will be selling a number of accessories along with the smartphone like an Active Headset, DotView cover, DecoStand Case, Clear Case, Active Case and a premium 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.