The upcoming HTC One M10 is finally coming into focus. According to the latest rumor, HTC’s 2016 flagship smartphone will be equipped with a 5.1-inch QHD AMOLED display (that’s 1440 x 2560 pixels), fingerprint sensor, 32GB of internal storage (23B free storage), expandable microSD card slot, 4GB of RAM and Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 820 SoC which is coupled with an Adreno 530 GPU.
While those specs are impressive, they are par for the course when compared to the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7. What will set the HTC One M10 apart is its camera. The source claims that HTC will be bringing the UltraPixel camera back – this time with 12 megapixels. The main camera will also be equipped with laser-assisted autofocus and optical image stabilization. This should be great news for HTC fans. HTC increased the megapixel count on the HTC One M9, but the sensor HTC used simply wasn’t up to snuff. If the sensor is labeled with HTC’s UltraPixel moniker, it will likely have larger pixels than the 12 megapixel sensor that’s used inside the HTC One A9. This would allow sharper images in nearly every situation, but would also result in brighter images in low light conditions. The M10’s front-facing camera will also feature optical image stabilization, but the imaging sensor’s resolution is still unknown.
Unfortunately, the leak is accompanied with some bad news as well. The source has stated that the HTC One M10 that he saw did not feature HTC’s trademark front-facing BoomSound speakers. However, that does not mean that the final product will not include them. The source was not willing to comment on the One M10’s external appearance since it “may still be subject to change.” Previous rumors have indicated that the HTC One M10 will look similar to the HTC One A9 with a metal-clad body.
Based on what we know, the HTC One M10 will likely not be unveiled at Mobile World Congress next month. Instead, HTC will likely host its own press event in March to unveil its new phone. This will allow HTC to control the media cycle around the One M10 and shorten the time frame between the phone’s unveiling and retail launch date.
Source: VentureBeat
Interesting … No Boom Sound … I’ll wait and see on that. I’ve noticed that 85% of the time I’m not using my external speakers but, call me spoiled. I’d like to have em if I need em. We shall see, we shall see …
To be honest, as long as they aren’t on the back and they sound better and louder I am open to them being at the bottom. Let’s not kid ourselves. You don’t get true surround sound from speakers 4″ away from one another.
And why exactly should we put any faith in this? This is the same guy who last year ‘leaked’ the One M9 design which had a full glass front pane, no black bar, little speaker slits at the top and bottom of the phone etc, and the One M9 ended being nothing like that. Evan even wrote articles about how HTC were keeping the design hidden and was getting in arguments in twitter about his leak.
Finally when it was revealed that the One M9 would largely share the One M8’s design, Evan mysteriously deleted his images and articles.
Now we’re supposed to believe the crap he’s spewing about the M10?
Oh and HTCsource, you’re guilty as well. Last year you reported the same crap about the One M9 having small slits for the speakers and all that. Remember your ‘exclusive’ last year?
Won’t believe you or Evleaks. I’ll wait for a more trustworthy leaker.
As with all rumors, there’s always a chance that the information could change before launch. Even has a very good track record when it comes to HTC-related leaks. That being said, there’s no guarantee. You’ll just have to wait until the phone is unveiled to see how things play out.
Surprised my commented wasn’t deleted and was actually replied to. I respect that.
However, I feel that last years M9 fiasco was a pretty big blunder, especially when Evan was mocking other leakers on twitter for posting pictures of ‘non-final builds’. His attitude was poor, irrespective of whether his leak was right or not. The fact that he was wrong made it even worse.
Leaks are about trust and both HTCSource and Evleaks have lost my trust.
HTC are my favourite Android manufacturer and I hope they come through with an amazing product in 2016. But leaks like what happened last year don’t help. They set up expectations too high for the device and I feel that the Android community was more disappointed than they would have been if that picture of the two HTC M9 devices weren’t sent out.
I agree. Evan almost single handedly brought down HTC last year with unrealistic expectations. I wouldn’t listen to a word he has to say on the matter.
Very well put. I prefer to listen to LlabTooFeR leaker. This Evans guy is not to be trusted, imo.
Looking foward to see what HTC has to offer but to be honest I am still quite satisfied with my M8, I see no need to upgrade yet, particulary since the Marshmallow update, dont you agree?
I agree. Last year you htcsource, as much as i like you and appreciate being htc fan, and evan blass contributed m9 fiasco spreading wrong info with fake render and “trusted source” who claimed to know htcs final product. Thats why i dont believe you anymore. And i hope they do not remove dual speakes.
The old adage is of course still true, we should take rumours with a pinch of salt! There will certainly be aspects of the leak which are true, simply by looking at the latest devices that HTC have launched, for example the HTC One M9+ Aurora (super camera addition) has laser autofocus, phase detection auto focus and ois, so we can expect this in the next flagship. However, I doubt they would omit the front facing speakers when that has been a highly praised hardware feature for the past three years.
I would like a lot if the M10 include 4 front facing speakers. They need to be the king of speakers and a good camera and the philosophy of One design line up. I will switch my M8. But I can’t buy a phone if it doesn’t have front speakers, I love it.
to be honest, no leakers should be trusted. all we need is the final release on official events. that’s it. and it’ll be quite disappointment if HTC does remove the boomsound speakers.