HTC 10 officially announced for $699
HTC has officially announced the HTC 10, its flagship smartphone for 2016. A YouTube video was released to reveal the device. It will be available in Glacier Silver and Carbon Grey. HTC has said that the handset will start shipping in May and will come with HTC’s Uh Oh Protection, which will offer users one replacement at no charge within the first 12 months for a cracked screen or water damage.
The HTC 10 is powered by the latest Snapdragon 820 and Adreno 530. The device comes with 4 GB of RAM and 32/64 GB internal storage which can be further expanded up to 2 TB via microSD. The HTC 10 features a 5.2-inch Quad HD (1440×2560 pixels) Super LCD 5 display with a pixel density of 564ppi and it sports a curved edge Gorilla Glass.
It comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow with HTC Sense skinned on top. The HTC 10 sports a 12-megapixel laser autofocus camera with dual tone LED flash, BSI sensor, optical image stabilisation, f/1.8 aperture and Sapphire Lensimary. HTC’s Ultrapixel technology allows it to capture high quality images even when zooming in. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera which features autofocus, optical image stabilisation and auto selfie.
The device comes with BoomSound tech that comes with Dolby Audio and three microphones with noise cancellation. The device is powered by a 3000mAh battery which is supposed allows talk time of up to 21 hours on 3G networks and a standby time of up to 21 days on 3G.
The HTC 10 also supports Quick Charge 3.0 with cool charge technology which ensures better thermal management. Connectivity options include NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, and 4G.
HTC 10 Specification
