HTC's freshly unveiled HTC One smart phone will be out in the UK in a number of weeks, slated to hit shops on 15 March.
The Taiwanese phone-maker's newest smart phone, which has a 4.7-inch 1080p display and a 9mm metal chassis, will be lining the shelves of British brick-and-mortar shops in less than a month, HTC has confirmed to CNET.
The One will be available through every single operator in the UK and Ireland and every single phone retailer, I was told, so you should be able to get your mitts on 2013's first major mobile wherever you like to shop, or whichever network you're allied with.
You'll pay a hefty price for this slab of smart phone, however. With a quad-core processor, high-resolution screen and lots of other hardware gubbins, the One will be the preserve of those with plenty of cash to splash.
When asked in a briefing I attended, HTC said the One's pricing would be comparable to that of the One X when it was released in 2012. The One X (released at roughly the same time last year) cost £500 SIM-free, so expect an unlocked HTC One to bear a similar price tag.
The HTC One is running Android version 4.1.2. That's not the latest version of Jelly Bean, so let's hope an update is forthcoming. In the meantime phone fans will want to get to grips with the new Sense 5 interface, which includes Blinkfeed -- a Flipboard-style home screen mosaic of news stories and social updates.
The HTC One also has a 4-megapixel 'Ultrapixel' camera. The firm has made much of the bigger pixels that a lower-megapixel sensor allows for, claiming the phone will excel when it comes to low-light performance.
You can read my full hands-on preview here.
Is the One the one, or are you holding out to see what Samsung has up its sleeves? Let me know in the comments, or on our Facebook wall.
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CaptainPicard 20 February, 2013 00:24
I can't really say much about the phone, other than the fact I really like BlinkFeed and hope One X owners get Sense 5 soon.
HTC should've really got this phone to market the day or one week after it was unveiled (like BlackBerry). The Sony Xperia Z will be out before the end month, and more importantly the Galaxy S4 might be unveiled on March 14, a day before HTC's new phone goes on sale - the Galaxy S4 will receive a lot of coverage from the mainstream media including the BBC and Sky, basically free adverts... HTC are missing an opportunity.
anonymous 20 February, 2013 15:32
Looks like it'll be a good phone even if it does look soo similar to the z10 and iphone5, but its going to be likely the masses will probably get lost in the hype of the galaxy s4 and amazing value of the nexus 4. I think things are going to get much worst for HTC and as a previously HTC owner its sad to see. Also does anyone else think 1080p is a bit over overkill for a screen this size because now I've jumped into the nexus 4 boat and couldn't imagine it possible for the screen to look sharper. Rant over :-P
anonymous 22 February, 2013 14:34
Like the look (and specs) of it so much, as soon as it became available to pre-order on Three, I cancelled my Xperia Z order (sorry Sony) and placed one for the HTC One, on Three's One Plan (rather neat that).
Of course you can never really tell until you've had a chance to handle and use a phone for a few weeks, but it looks awesome and I can't wait for the 15th March.