Aug 01
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Jul 27
HTC One X might drop to $100 on contract at AT&T, tempt our wallets (update: confirmed)
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HTC might have turned green having seen the Galaxy S III steal the Android spotlight at AT&T, but it could be poised to use a classic trick to get the One X front and center once again: a price drop. An AT&T staff leak at XDA-Developers suggests the carrier is cutting the One X contract price in half to $100 on July 29th, putting it well under its Samsung rival and giving the similarly-priced Atrix HD no small amount of heat. Nothing’s confirmed unless AT&T pulls the trigger, of course. If it does, we could see at least some shoppers deciding that HTC just makes more Sense (4.0) in the end.
Update: We’ve confirmed directly with AT&T that the price cut is official and part of the company’s back-to-school promos.
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HTC One X might drop to $100 on contract at AT&T, tempt our wallets (update: confirmed) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 12
HTC Vertex pops up in benchmarks, might bring a slice of One X muscle to tablets
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HTC has been stoking the fires of anticipation for its return to tablets, and that small flame is quickly turning into a full conflagration. A slab nicknamed the Vertex has surfaced in benchmarks with a 1.3GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 and a 1,280 x 752 usable resolution that’s noticeably wider than the similarly Tegra 3-equipped One X’s 720p display. Other than Android 4.0 (and a probably Sense 4.0), however, there’s scant else to go on. The last murmurs of a Vertex from the fall had it carrying a rear 2-megapixel camera and a front 1.3-megapixel shooter, but it’s been long enough now that we wouldn’t count on that still being true — or that the new benchmarks necessarily reflect what we might get. Let’s just hope that the resulting device is more competitive than the pricey Jetstream.
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HTC Vertex pops up in benchmarks, might bring a slice of One X muscle to tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 05
PSA: HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE lands in Verizon stores, gets us tongue-tied
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If you’re willing to embrace its mouthful of a name, the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE has at last reached shops. The sequel to one of Verizon’s most enduring brands will, as promised, set you back $150 on contract once you’ve taken advantage of that $50 rebate. Its name already reinforces what’s new in data speeds, but if the heat of summer has left your memory hazy about everything else, just remember that it’s the closest the carrier will get in the near future to having a One series phone. The most incredible of Droids has a Snapdragon S4, 960 x 540 screen, 8-megapixel camera and Sense 4.0 like the One S over at T-Mobile. What’s lost in the lower 1.2GHz clock speed and dropping the speedy ImageSense chip is gained through a more pleasing Super LCD, a removable battery and a micro-SD slot. Sound off on any initial impressions of your own purchases in the comments, and hit the store link below to buy one if the upcoming Verizon Galaxy S III just leaves you feeling cold.
PSA: HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE lands in Verizon stores, gets us tongue-tied originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 28
HTC One V quietly pops up at Virgin Mobile USA for $200, iPhone tags along for online orders
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HTC had broadcast its intentions to bring the One V to the US this summer, and that’s exactly what it’s doing, even if it’s keeping the formalities to a minimum. Virgin Mobile has started selling the entry Android 4.0 phone without fanfare at a very tempting $200 contract-free — certainly the lowest American price we’ve seen so far for joining the Sense 4.0 party. The hardware still won’t floor anyone, but Virgin Mobile Live is tossed in to perk up the experience. Should Google’s platform just not be your bag, you’ll also be glad to know that Virgin has recently started taking online orders for its prepaid iPhones, which officially hit the shops on Friday. With their $550 and $650 no-contract prices, though, some may question just how Retina their displays really need to be.
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HTC One V quietly pops up at Virgin Mobile USA for $200, iPhone tags along for online orders originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 26
Among all the Android-powered smartphones out there with an additional layer running on top of the standard Android user interface, many people claim that HTC’s Sense certainly trumps the rest of the competition – including Samsung’s TouchWiz. Well, I say that this is very personal, but for those who agree that HTC Sense remains at the top of the heap, you might be pleased to hear that HTC Sense 4.0 has arrived on the Samsung Galaxy S2. This is not an official version though, as it is the first of potentially many custom ROMs that will boot on the international version of the custom ROM.
This particular Sense 4.0 ROM is the sweat and blood of the Sense4All team who have managed to successfully enabled the handset to boot with Sense 4.0 in place. Not everything is working fine and dandy of course, as there is still a whole lot more work to be done. There is no final list as to what is running, and what needs to be worked on, but we do know that voice calls and data connectivity have yet to be up and running, so you can forget about a public release of the ROM in the immediate future.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: HTC Sense 3.5 shown off on video, Gingerbread coming to ThunderBolt and EVO 4G,
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