HTC hasn't been overprotective of its upcoming flagship smartphone. Details on the HTC One A9 were given away several times in the last few weeks. Unfortunately for fans, leaks of the device have, more often than not, ran in contradiction with one another. The latest of which came just recently.
To recall, Evan Blass, better by his online alias @evleaks, posted on Twitter a couple of days ago the specs sheet of the One A9. The listing suggested the device was to be a mid-level offering.
The 37-year-old tech blogger has built a steady reputation as a gadget leaker. Yet, his latest tweet did not match HTC CEO Cher Wang's earlier promise in a Taipei Times article dated June 2015. Wang talked of a high-end flagship coming this October.
To sight an example of the discrepancies, Blass tweeted that the device will sport Qualcomm's Snapdragon 617 processor but a previous database listing from GeekBench showed the device being powered by the MT6797 SoC, MediaTek's deca-core Helio X20 processor. Furthermore, the test revealed 4GB of RAM not the 2GB Blass stated.
For what it's worth, Blass' Twitter account mentioned the One A9 to have a five-inch 1080 x 1920 toucscreen display, 2,150 mAh battery and 16GB of hard drive.
It is said to have a 13-megapixel rear camera and four-megapixel front-facing unit. The device will reportedly have a fingerprint scanning feature and will be encased in a metal body.
The inconsistent data thus far has tantamounted to no data at all. Naturally, the device has benefited from mystery that surrounds it.
Whatever the device might end up being and if recent listings from a retailer in Netherlands is any indication, the One A9 won't come cheap.
A Dutch ecommerce website, Centralpoint.nl, stated that it's already taking pre-orders for the device. The website has even listed it at €706.64 including value added tax. If current exchange rates stay the same, HTC's next flagship offering will hover around $800 in the U.S.
One might easily scoff at the One A9's steep asking price but GSM Arena said retailers have a knack for posting pre-order listings without knowing the actual price of the product.
Numerous retailers do this to garner standing and notoriety for being one of the "first" to have the device available for pre-order. In the case of the Dutch ecommerce website, this may or may not hold true.
Fans will just have to wait later this month. The One A9 is expected to be officially showcased during HTC's media event on Sept. 29.
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