The HTC 10 is US$50 more expensive than rival flagships from Apple and Samsung, but we think it has a fighting chance to be the best smartphone this year. It proves to be a flawless smartphone for multitasking and gaming as it features 4GB RAM and powerful Snapdragon 820 Processor which is world’s fastest mobile processor yet. There’s an SD card slot that supports microSD card up to a mammoth 2TB.
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For those of you who are prone to dropping your handsets, the good news is the screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 4.
In the US, the HTC 10 will be available from Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile, which will announce colors, availability and pricing.
Size isn’t dramatically different, with the HTC 10 coming out a hair taller and just 3 percent wider. The handset packs in the usual connectivity options including 4G LTE and is powered by Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based Sense 7 UI.At this time we do not know what the price difference between the HTC 10 and HTC 10 Lifestyle will be. The HTC 10 is fitted with a 12 “ultra” mega-pixel rear camera and a 5 mega pixel front camera for selfies and video calling.
The new device comes with a 12-megapixel rear camera that includes optical image stabilisation (OIS) technology created to take better photos even when the hand holding it is shaking. As for the Lifestyle variant, it has now been removed from the HTC India website and replaced with the HTC 10. One 32GB variant of Snapdragon 652 powered HTC 10 device along with free Ice View flip cover and quick charge 3.0 power adapter costs 3,300 Yuan. The camera app comes with manual settings which will be more than useful for photography enthusiasts, and though the front shooter has a resolution of 5 MP, it is equipped with a large 1/8 aperture along with hybrid and laser autofocus to faster focusing. The HTC 10 has a curved back unlike the iPhone 6S that has curved edges.
Both the HTC 10 and the Nexus 6P come with feature-laden high quality cameras.
With the HTC 10, the Taiwanese company is promising to undo the past wrongs in the cameras of its previous flagship phones. There are no front-facing stereo speakers, but the phone can handle audio twice as loud as other devices without distortion.
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The OnePlus 2 was the first smartphone to house USB Type-C technology and it won’t come as a surprise that OnePlus 3 to follow the footsteps. At the moment, preorders are open, but the HTC 10 will not start shipping until later in the month. According to reports, it is already available for pre-order and most likely to get shipped out in the first week of May.
