The HTC One price and release date in the UK have been revealed by Clove and the phone will be available for £510 inclusive of taxes from March 15. The retailer is offering the 32GB variant for pre-order in hues of either silver or black. Expansys however, has put it up for sale for £519.99
The device can also be obtained through EE that proffers it with their 4G LTE service. Subscribers would have to pay £69.99 as a down payment and £41 per month, with a 2 year plan. Orange and T-Mobile will be selling the phone with 3G connectivity on contract-basis with an upfront charge of £69.99 and a monthly tariff of £36. O2 has announced that they will house the handset starting mid-March.
This latest device comes with a range of new features, the most prominent being the addition of an UltraPixel camera and a Snapdragon 600 processor. The Sense user interface has been blessed with three new attributes namely BlinkFeed, Zoe and BoomSound. These elements enable ease of access to apps, capturing of high resolution pictures and reduction of audio distortions, respectively. The Sense TV allows users to view program schedules and to utilize their phones as a remote control for most television sets, set top boxes and receivers.
The smartphone has been crafted from aluminum and is designed using zero-gap technology. The company declares that the 4.7-inch full HD touchscreen has been made impervious to scratches and scrapes. The device tips the scales at just 143 grams and measures 137.4mm x 68.2mm x 9.3mm in dimensions. The handset will consist of a gyro, a proximity as well as a ambient light sensor and an accelerometer.
The HTC One will have a release date that is slated for March 15 in the UK and will soon be available in the US as well through various carriers. They include Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile. The last provider states that the handset would be sold without a contract.
Listed below are the key specifications:
– Display: 4.7” full HD touchscreen
– Camera: 2.1MP front camera, UltraPixel main lens
– Memory: 32GB or 64GB flash storage
– Battery: 2300mAh Li-polymer
– Platform: Jelly Bean
– Processor: 1.7GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
– Connectivity: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, 4G LTE in select countries