BARCELONA: HTC has launched a new Android-based smartphone, the HTC One, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The HTC One X will the the first in a new line of devices, and it will be called simply HTC One.
It was unveiled by the company CEO Peter Chou.
It is a 4.7-inch, quad core Tegra 3-powered beast in a polycarbonate white shell.
HTC one brings a vastly improved camera experience, called Image Sense. The camera takes photos quickly — in 0.7 seconds. It has 8 megapixels and uses an f/2.0 lens, which captures more light than any other HTC smartphone camera. It also takes great photos in unfavorable light conditions using HDR algorithm.
HTC is providing a bunch of extras with the HTC One: 25 GB of free Dropbox-powered storage, Beats Audio sound and a feature called Media Link, which takes photos and videos from the smartphone to the TV with a three-finger swipe on the smartphone’s screen.