HTC added yet another high-end smartphone to its Asia-only models by unveiling the HTC One ME Dual SIM in China.
The company neither revealed the price nor the availability details of the device. Moreover, HTC did not even reveal if it will be released outside the region.
HTC One ME Dual SIM's most distinguishing feature is the 64-bit MediaTek Helio X10 processor, which debuted during MWC2015 in March. Plus, the HTC One ME Dual SIM also seems to be the first handset announced to be powered by the Helio X10 processor. The SoC features eight Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and is coupled with 3GB of RAM, according to records on NDTV Gadgets.
HTC One ME features a 5.2-inch WQHD (1440x2560 pixels) resolution display and runs HTC Sense UI on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop. No details about the Sense UI version on One ME were mentioned on the listing page. In addition, the HTC One ME, comes with a 32GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded up to 2TB via microSD card, just like the HTC One M9.
In fact, the HTC One ME is basically an M9+ with less metal and Duo camera as rumors suggested. The ME sports a polycarbonate body with a metal with a metal frame, just like the 5.5-inch E9+, Engadget noted.
The Dual-SIM smartphone also features a fingerprint sensor along with an ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, digital compass, gyroscope, and 20MP (non-Duo) rear/Ultrapixel front cameras.
The handset comes with a 2,804mAh battery that delivers up to 23.3 hours of talk time and 598 hours of standby time on 3G network.
In terms of connectivity, the HTC One ME includes Micro-USB 2.0 connectivity, DLNA, dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 1/b/g/n/ac, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and A-GPS. In addition, the handset features HTC Boomsound dual front speakers powered by Dolby Audio.
Weighing 155 grams, the device measures 150.99x71.99x9.75mm and will come in three color variants including Rose Gold, Gold Sepia and Meteor.
The new smartphone joins HTC's array of awe-inspiring devices such as the HTC One M9, M9+, E9 and E9+ models.
