Key features of the HTC One: All you need to know

HTC launched its much-awaited device, codenamed M7, and called the HTC One in New York, yesterday. The smartphone has been widely called HTC’s last shot at trying to regain it lost glory in the smartphone market. HTC was not in the list of top five smartphone device manufacturers for 2012 in the latest IDC report. Key features of the device are as follows: • It has a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor with 2GB of RAM. • 32 to 64GB of storage space. • Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, LTE and a 2300mAh battery. It will support LTE as well. [caption id=“attachment_632112” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The new HTC One. Reuters[/caption] • The screen size is 4.7 inches with 1080p display which comes to 468 pixels per inch. • It runs Android 4.1.2 but don’t get too excited as it also comes with a rather generous helping of the newer version of HTC’s Sense User Interface. According Computer World, the new User Interface, this isn’t stock Android — but rather far from it. When you first boot up the HTC One, you’re taken to a new tile-centric screen known as BlinkFeed. This looks a lot like Flipboard and serves as an aggregator for news and social media updates. • HTC One features two speakers, at the top and bottom of the screen, producing a stereo effect when the phone is turned on its side for movie viewing. Another unusual feature is an infrared diode that lets the phone serve as a universal remote for a TV or media center. • The camera: The device has a 4 megapixel camera but these are not really megapixels. As Gizmodo points out, according to HTC’s marketing folks, it isn’t megapixels but UltraPixels with each allowing 300 percent more light.