HTC Corporation, a leading Taiwanese multinational manufacturer of smart phones and tablets, has unveiled the new HTC One M9 Prime camera edition smart phone in India priced at INR 23,990. The new HTC One M9+ Prime smart phone comes with an octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 which is clocked at 2.2 GHz. It also comes with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of onboard storage. The internal memory can be further expanded via a microSD card up to 2 TB. The device also sports 4 UltraPixel front facing camera with BSI sensor for better low-light performance. Last week, the company had announced the launch of its much-awaited flagship devices in India, viz., the HTC 10 and HTC 10 Lifestyle. The HTC 10 boasts of two colour variants – Carbon Grey and Topaz Gold. The smart phone is expected to be available for sale from 5 June priced at INR 52,990.
The features of HTC One M9+ Prime are as follows:
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| Announced | 2016, May |
| Status | Available. Released 2016, May |
| Dimensions | 144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm (5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in) |
| Weight | 158 g (5.57 oz) |
| SIM | Nano-SIM |
| Type | Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.0 inches (~68.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 1920 pixels (~441 ppi pixel density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) |
| – HTC Sense UI 7.0 |
| OS | Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) |
| Chipset | Mediatek MT6795T Helio X10 |
| CPU | Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 |
| GPU | PowerVR G6200 |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal | 16 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| Primary | 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm, autofocus, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| Secondary | 4 MP, f/2.0, 27mm, 1/3″ sensor size, 2µm pixel size, 1080p@30fps, HDR |
| Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| – 24-bit/192kHz audio – Dolby audio |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v4.1, A2DP, aptX |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio, RDS |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3.0 TV-out), USB Host |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| Java | No |
| – Google Drive (100 GB cloud storage) – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player – MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player – Document editor – Photo/video editor |