HTC One Gets A Major Update, Improves Stability And Camera

HTC has started to roll out a major software update for its newly launched Flagship device, the HTC One. 

The update is said to bring large enhancements to the UltraPixel camera. The roll out of this update was first reported by SlashGear and the report is said to be that the update will first hit the European model of the HTC One and then will be rolled out in the rest of the world.

The update brings the HTC One to version 1.29.401.13 and promises to enhance the camera on the HTC One. Here's a look at the changelog from the update,

• Improvement to sound capture with Zoe
• Noise reduction in slow motion movie capture
• Improved color reproduction and dynamic range (reduced over-exposure in non-HDR images) in certain conditions
• Fix to display correct ISO in EXIF information when ISO settings are manually changed by the user
• Improved system performance and stability
Apart from the camera enhancements, the update also brings some stability to the system performance of the HTC One.

Considering that fact that the HTC One is still not available in stores in India, there are high chances that by the time you’re able to get your hands on the smartphone, the update would have hit our shores as well. 

HTC 608t Rumoured Specs Leaked Online

The Specs of HTC 608t has been found on a Micro-Blogging website, Weibo.

According to the leak, HTC 608t will come with a quad-core processor of unknown clock speed alongside 1GB of RAM. 

The purported device is said to ship with a 4.5-inch qHD display. 

The leaked specs include an 8-megapixel rear camera with a secondary 1.6-megapixel camera at the front. 

The connectivity options are the common and include Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. There's no word on the Android version or any other specifications.

We don't have the information about pricing or availability, but we'll inform you as soon as we get any information.

[Weibo]

HTC Announces Its New Mid-Range Desire L Smartphone In Taiwan

HTC has announced its new Desire L mid-range smartphone in Taiwan.

The Desire L will come with a 4.3 super LCD2 display with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. The smartphone has 4 GB of internal storage along with a Micro-SD card slot for expansion.

The phone is powered by a 1 GHz processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM.

The phone runs on Android Jelly Bean, but HTC has not specified it's version. But we think that it would be most probably the 4.1.2, which would be customized by HTC's Sense UI overlay. Sadly, the image indicates that the phone will not be running the latest version of Sense UI i.e. the Sense 5, and thus, it will miss out a lot of new features.

At the back, the phone will have a 5 megapixel camera with a flash which would be able to capture 720p videos.

The smartphone will have a usual sort of connectivity options which would include Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, and 3G. 

The phone will also have a 1,800 mAh battery, which might not be enough to run this phone through out a day.

The Desire L will come in pink, white and black variant but there is no word of pricing by HTC, but we will inform you as soon as we get any information about it.

HTC Butterfly Priced In India At Rs 45,900

HTC delivers the unexpected. The Taiwanese company has launched its flagship model, a phablet equipped with 5 inch full HD screen - HTC Butterfly. In India, it costs a “pocket pinching” Rs 45,990 i.e. the smartphone is costlier than the iPhone 5 (16 GB), Samsung Galaxy Note II and Nokia Lumia 920, which is another great that one can buy with that kind of money.

HTC might be confident enough with the features they are giving at such a boisterous pricing but we are unsure on how many boys are going to buy a phone with that name. The company says that they have rendered the device with best of features that one would not see on other high end smartphones. 

Butterfly, with a pixel density of 440 PPI, the phone puts a display worth viewing. The features that the company boasts about the device are as follows.

- The world’s first Full HD 1080p screen. A 5” super LCD 3 screen achieves maximum definition for the ultimate visual experience.
- A front camera to rival most rear cameras. Widest angle f2.0 front lens coupled with ground-breaking low light performance. The camera has a view of 88 degree, an ultra-wide angle lens.
- Quad Core power that’s miles ahead. Driven by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor clocked at 1.5GHz, optimized for the fastest mobile experience.

It has an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash equipped with a feature called ‘HTC VideoPic’ allows you to capture video and still images at the same time. ‘Continuous Shooting’ takes multiple photos at up to four frames per second. ‘Auto Portrait’ makes it easier to take photos of yourself and your friends with automatic face detection and a countdown timer. 

The phone also has a built-in amplifier for Beats Audio that gives deeper bass and an extremely good quality sound with an unmatched sharpness. To access data, one can use the NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi (with Wi-Fi Direct), 3G, microSD slot or a microUSB port. The internal memory of the device is 16GB that can be further expanded up to 32 GB with a microSD card, in addition to 25GB of free Dropbox cloud storage from HTC.

HTC has provided a 2,020 mAh battery to match up the working of the features. At 140 grams and Rs 45K+ price, this is quite a phone to handle.

HTC Butterfly Specs

Manufacturer: HTC

Type: Smartphone

OS: Android, Jelly Bean 4.1

Price Category: Rs. 30,000 and Above

Announced: December 2012

Released: January 2013 (Global)

Processor: 1.5GHz Quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro

GPU: Adreno 320

Battery: 2,020 mAh

Primary Camera: 8.1 Megapixel with HTC's Image Chip

Secondary Camera: 2.1 Megapixel

Weight: 140 grams

Dimensions: 143 x 70.5 x 9.1 mm

Main Display: 5-inch Super LCD3 Full-HD display (440ppi)

In-Built Storage: 16GB

RAM: 2GB

Jelly Bean update for HTC One S rolling out in select countries

The long-due Jelly Bean update for the HTC One S is finally being rolled out in the European markets and soon, you can expect the update to be pushed to the other countries as well. According to people over at XDA developers, the total size of the update is 612.27MB, while the software version is updated to 3.16.401.8 and the Android version is 4.1.1.

The update for the HTC One S brings to the table, all the goodies that Android Jelly Bean offers, while HTC has also updated it’s Sense UI version in this update and now, the One S runs on Android 4.1.1 with Sense 4+ UI on top.  The Sense 4+ brings quite a few HTC-specific features to the smartphone like a tweaked camera interface, HTC Get Started, HTC Watch 2.0, a new Gallery interface and many more.

The new Android version itself adds many new features to the smartphone like Google Now, majorly improved Google Search, and also major performance updates which come along under Google’s “Project Butter”. The update is also said to improve the power management issue, which users have been complaining about since a while now.

While the update should bring some joy for the One S users, it is still worthy to note that even now, they don’t have the latest version of Android installed on their devices, because Google is already out with Android 4.2 a while back and it doesn’t seem that HTC would be willing to update to the newer version of Android anytime soon.  

HTC had earlier announced that it would be updating the One X, One S and the One XL to Android Jelly Bean, and now with the update out for the One X as well as One S, it’s only the One XL users who are still waiting to hear some good news!