HTC One (E8) now official

Back in April, we reported that HTC may be working on a plastic version of their flagship device. Well it seems that the rumormongers were right again as the Taiwanese firm has recently lifted the curtains on the HTC One (E8).

From the specs standpoint, the HTC One (E8) doesn’t differ much from its metal-clad sibling. It’s equipped with the same engine consisting of Snapdragon 801 processor with 2GB of RAM and an expandable 16GB of on-board storage which, of course, are now encased inside a polycarbonate chassis.

But in order to create a slight distinction between the two, HTC has dropped some of the features found on its current torchbearer like the IR Blaster and the use of a 13MP BSI camera with f/2.2 lens for the One (E8)’s rear camera instead of the dual-lens setup seen on the M8.

However, in exchange for these the HTC One (E8) got an extra SIM card slot which is a more preferred feature for the specific market that it’ll cater to.

HTC One (E8) specs:
5-inch full HD Super LCD3 @ 1080×1920 pixels, 441ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2.45GHz quad-core CPU
Adreno 330 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 128GB via microSD
13MP rear camera with LED flash
1080p video recording @30fps
5 megapixel front-facing camera
1080p video recording @30fps
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
LTE, HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi Direct, DLNA, WiFi hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0 w/ A2DP
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
HTC BoomSound
Android 4.4.2 Kitkat w/ HTC Sense UI 6
Li-Ion 2,600mAh battery
146.4 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm (dimension)
145 grams (weight)
White, Black, Red and Blue (colors)

HTC didn’t mention anything about the One (E8)’s price, but they stated that it’ll be available in select markets later this month.