The HTC One production is all set to be doubled as compared to what had been seen in April. This bit of news has been revealed by the president of the company’s North Asian branch, Jack Tongs, who moreover went ahead to claim that the overall capacity will continue to see a growth throughout the month of June as well.
The 4.7-inch smartphone had peeped out of the box on February 19 this year and had witnessed certain delays in production. This clearly contributed towards wounding the manufacturer’s profits, even as Samsung, Apple, Sony and BlackBerry were spotted throwing in their trump cards. Explaining the sluggish beginning, the OEM held delayed shipments responsible for the unexpectedly low returns.
This scenario has changed and along with the UltraPixel-stocked smartphone, the Taiwanese conglomerate is furthermore seeing a silver lining with respect to its Butterfly. Tongs told the folks over at Focus Taiwan that ever since the on-contract retail value of the Japan-specific variant was slashed down to zero a couple of weeks ago, the 5-inch smartphone’s sales have shot up by roughly 50 percent.
Specifically for Japanese clientele, the OEM has dolled up the handset to stay waterproof and serve as an electronic wallet as well. However, it has joined forces with one of the carriers known as KDDI in order to roll out this functionality. Just to jog people’s memory, let’s also repeat that the gadget had garnered a lot of attention as the Droid DNA for being the first 5-inch device to sport a full HD screen.
This time, the aforementioned report speaks of a purported software update for its global version towards May-end. This should come as good news to Butterfly owners, since it brings in favorable developments like inclusion of the Sense 5 UI and BlinkFeed.
The HTC One was recently seen entering Indian borders at a price of Rs. 42,900 and can currently be found stocked with Saholic. In the UK, the smartphone has been made available at £510 sans contract, while the US-specific variant has been pegged at $699.99.
Listed below are the 4.7-inch UltraPixel-equipped smartphone’s specifications:
– 4.7-inch full HD touch display
– 1.7GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
– Android 4.1 OS
– 2GB of DDR2 RAM
– 32GB or 64GB internal memory
– 4MP UltraPixel main camera and 2.1MP front-facing webcam
– 2,300mAh Li-polymer battery