AT&T announced today that the HTC One 32GB will be released on Friday April, 19 and sell for $199.99 with a contract. The 64GB HTC One will sell (AT&T- exclusive)for $299.99 with a contract.
Presales will start at 1:00pm CT on April 4. As an added bonus for preordering, AT&T is offering a free HTC Media Link HD wireless HDMI adapter (a $90 value), which lets you wirelessly share content from your phone to your HD television.
The presales date is only 11 days before presales for the Samsung Galaxy S 4 start. While T-Mobile announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will go on sale May 1.
A YouTube video highlights all the features of the HTC One, it also claims "The newest addition to the HTC family which will make you rethink the way you experience your mobile phone. ....This phone lets you re imagine your mobile experience with HTC Sense. ...Reinvent your mobile experience."
Let's recap the new hardware found on the HTC One:
- 4.7" HD 1080p 468ppi touchscreen.
- 1.7 GHz quad-core processor using Android.
- Ultra Pixel Camera - new sensors gather 300 percent more light than traditional smartphone camera sensors improving low-light shooting and minimizing motion blur. The Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) stabilizes video.
- Dual-Front Facing Speakers -. the sound is not muffled when you set your phone down. HTC BoomSound on the HTC One provides richer, clearer sound with less distortion, as well as the authentic sound experience from built-in Beats by Dr. Dre Audio
- Dual Mics with Dual Membranes - for better voice quality in noisy places.
- Zero Gap Construction Body - to make it light and thin.
- 2300 mAh battery, 2GB RAM, Wi-Fi, DLNA, micro USB, HDMI(with MHL adapter) and Bluetooth.
- (Compare to Droid DNA)
HTC Sense 5 Software
- BlinkFeed similar to Windows Phone Tiles or Flipboard aggregates content from various places, real-time updates streamed live on your home screen.
- SenseTV-universal remote app to ability to access program guides and control a set-top box and home theatre.
- Zoe Camera Software- Press the shutter to automatically capture up to 20 photos and a 3-second video for a living gallery. There's no need for PhotoShop because there is Retouch with Object Removal, Group Retouch, and Sequence Shot
- Music Player with Beats Audio amplifier.
We will compare the Samsung Galaxy S 4 to the HTC One closer to launch days. For those who have learned to love HTC Sense, the HTC One makes sense. Early benchmark tests show the HTC One processor to be slightly slower than the Samsung Galaxy S 4. The HTC One was not yet announced to be on Verizon network because Verizon already offers the Droid DNA.