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HTC One M9 Plus phablet: physical button, MediaTek MT6795/Snapdragon 810

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April 3
by chris eilers

All eyes are on HTC these days as the company gave the official information about the upcoming One M8s. We also got the wind of the One M9 Plus and One E9.

Perhaps rumors about another version of One M9 are more interesting. Some reports said that it would be announced at an HTC event on April 8th. Other stated the phone would be on sale in China first then the other Asian markets.

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We dont’s know exactly the name of this mystery phone but looking at the teaser images, One M9 Plus may be the good answer.

The most surprising part is the physical home button lying in the front of the device. There may be a fingerprint scanner embedded inside.

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Some new images revealed by the @upleaks show that the phone make a backup the design hypothesis of the company. HTC One M9 and the unknown One M9 Plus share similar design but the differences are noticeable. First is the physical button, which may fill in for the traditional on-screen navigation scheme. We don’t know for sure whether these virtual button keep appearing on the new phone. Another significant change that we can see is the round rear camera on the back making place for the square one on One M9.

Render images also implied that the phone would be in 2 colors: silver and gold. Both versions have the China Mobile logo, where these render may come from printed on the back.

Previous leaks said the phone would have a 5.2-inch qHD display and 3GB RAM. Like the HTC One M9, the phone would have a high-quality 20.7MP rear camera and, maybe, a 4MP Ultrapixels front camera. The device would possibly come out with 2 versions. One is shipped with MediaTek MT 6795 processor for Asian Markets and one is powered by Snapdragon 810 chipset for others. Both come with G6200 GPU for graphic. As being said, the phone will have Android 5.0 Lollipop pre-installed along with HTC’s Sense 7 UI.