According to a report on a site identifying itself as Phone Report, HTC’s South African MD Quinton Leigh came out with a huge shopping list of next-gen features the smartphone giant is planning to add to its forthcoming models.
There are three future hardware innovations he pinpointed while addressing attendees at the South African launch of the HTC Legend, Desire and Smart:
- 1080p video recording in HTC handsets by Q2 2011
– 5.1 mobile surround sound tech created by Yamaha
– Hints of an Android-powered tablet
Sadly, that’s all we have. We thought there’d be more MEAT to this story when we started writing it, seeing as there’s a whole heap of words over on Phone Report’s page, but that’s it. HTC might be planning an Android tablet. That’s what got us excited.
Here’s an entirely unrelated photo from the HTC back catalogue:
That’s the HTC Touch Cruise. HTC didn’t always have the special touch.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
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/ April 16, 20101080p video recording and 5.1 mobile surround sound – this should become the standard for all major smartphone makers, including Apple and Nokia.