We’re still three weeks away from HTC’s big “fall hero phone” launch event, but the presumptive One A9 is far from the only handset the manufacturer has been working on. A few hours back, prior to Google stealing the spotlight with its new Nexus phone announcements, HTC even managed to unveil a couple new phones of its own, launching the Butterfly 3 and an updated “Supreme Camera” One M9+ for Taiwanese smartphone users.
Butterfly 3 rumors were all over the place earlier this year, but the branding the phone picked up when it ultimately launched in mid-May was the Butterfly J. Nevertheless, this is pretty much the same handset we’re talking about today, finally embracing the Butterfly 3 name for its Taiwan release. The phone sports a 5.2-inch quad HD display, runs a Snapdragon 810, and is armed with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage – with support for microSD expansion. That also means some serious camera hardware, including a 20MP Duo camera and a 13MP front-facer. Sales begin in a little under a month, with pricing that works out to about $600.
The One M9+ is another launch from this past spring, but for this new variant we’re looking at a small spec refresh, as HTC upgrades the phone’s 20MP main camera to a 21MP component. In the process, the old Duo camera secondary sensor gets swapped out for a laser auto-focus system (which you can just make out up top). Together with a phase detection auto-focus system for the camera module, those add up to the upgrades that HTC believes warrants this “Supreme Camera” label. Sales should begin in one week, with a price tag that’s the equivalent of $630.
Source: HTC 1,2
Via: GSM Arena 1,2
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