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Just when we thought Chinese tech news has died down ahead of China’s National Day on October 1st, a seemingly reliable HTC leak from there just had to ruin the fun. According to Weiphone, these are apparently the screens of the Butterfly 2, a new flagship device that’s been rumored to carry a larger 5.2-inch 1080p display, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC, an UltraPixel camera and BoomSound front-facing stereo speakers. Like the Windows Phone-powered 8XT, this alleged Butterfly 2 disguises its bottom speaker as a short black bar in between the Android soft keys, and it also utilizes a similar two-tone color scheme — for its front side, at least. ePrice reported earlier that the new phone could be waterproof-certified at IPX7 or above, but we won’t find out until January 2014 the earliest. One more shot after the break.

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Source: Weiphone, ePrice

OK, HTC, we’re starting to see a pattern here. Following the One, the Desire 600 (including China’s 606w and 608t) and the much anticipated One Mini, it’s no surprise that Peter Chou is keen to spread some BoomSound love to more devices. This will apparently include the upcoming Butterfly S, according to the above photos obtained by our friends over at VR-Zone. The leak claims to confirm that the display is still a 5-inch 1080p panel, and naturally, the old loudspeaker on the back has been made redundant by the new front-facing stereo speakers. There’s of course Sense 5 as well, as evidenced by BlinkFeed in the above shots, but we’re uncertain of whether the camera’s been swapped with an UltraPixel version. Well, we shall find out at the launch event in Taiwan next week.

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Via: Engadget Chinese

Source: VR-Zone (Chinese)