AmanHTC is rumored to be working on its next flagship device in the “One M series” called the HTC One M10 code named ‘perfume’. The device is expected to launch in the MWC 2016 where Taiwan’s smartphone manufacturer is also expected to launch other devices as well. Unannounced HTC Desire 530 has just made its appearance on a Dutch retailer centralpoint, however, no images and specifications details of the device were available on the listing which is currently taken down. But we have took a screenshot from the listing which is available below.
The retailer listing confirms the launch date of the device to be February 23 which means HTC may announce it in the MWC event and we may expect an official announcement from HTC for this HTC event in the upcoming days. The device is listed in the Stratus White color option and no other details were available in the listing.
In a separate leak, the leakster LlabTooFeR posted on his Twitter account that HTC will launch two new Desire series smartphones in the Desire 500 and Desire 800 series before HTC One M10 launch. The Desire 500 series phone is codenamed A16 and the Desire 800 series phone is codenamed A56. The Desire 500 series phone will be definitely the HTC Desire 530 smartphone we discussed above. Both the Desire series phones will have Dual SIM variants as well. He also confirmed that both the new Desire series phones will run on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of the box with Sense 7.0_g and will get the update to Sense 8.0 after HTC One M10 (Perfume) release.
We are going to see 2 new Desire phones before Perfume release:
A16 – Desire 5xx
A56 – Desire 8xxBoth will have Single/Dual SIM models…
— LlabTooFeR (@LlabTooFeR) February 2, 2016
The HTC Desire 530 is expected to be priced around €190 according to the retailer listing and will be positioned in the lower mid-range category. It will be available in Stratus White and Graphite Gray color options according to the listing. But the Desire 800 series smartphone is still a mystery and the name of the phone and its specs are still unknown. Just a few weeks left for the MWC event that is going to be held in Barcelona and we will get more details in the upcoming days for these two devices.
HTC launched the Desire 526 last year that comes with a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.1GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor with Adreno 304 GPU and 1.5GB RAM. other specs includes 8GB internal storage that is expandable with micro SD card, Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HTC Sense UI, 8MP rear camera with LED Flash and BSI sensor, 2MP front-facing camera, 2000mAh battery, 4G LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, GLONASS connectivity options.
Stay tuned fore news and updates.
Mckay Jonson
