HTC plans 4G smartphones priced over Rs 10,000

Taiwanese smartphone brand HTC is reportedly planning to expand its Desire range in India. According to a report in Economic Times, the company is planning to introduce a 4G VoLTE-enabled smartphone above Rs 10,000 under its Desire range.

The report further says that the company will launch the new Desire range smartphone in the second half of this year. HTC's South Asia president Faisal Siddiqui told the publication that India is a strategic smartphone market for the company and it is working on creating a strong product portfolio for the same.

HTC recently, launched its much-teased flagship smartphone for the year 2017, HTC U 11. The USP of the device is its Edge Sense feature, which promises to offer new interactivity features to the users.

Running HTC Edge Sense user interface based on Android 7.1 Nougat, the smartphone comes with 8 sensors on the side bezels to register the squeeze. These sensors are integrated with the Edge Sense and lets users to long press to launch any app. The feature can be customised inside the settings.

The HTC U 11 comes with a 5.5-inch QHD (2560x1440 pixels) Super LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 coating. The screen is also operational using gloves. It sports a 'Liquid Surface' design with mirror-like reflection.

The smartphone is powered by the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor along with 6GB or 4GB RAM. The 6GB RAM version comes with 128GB storage, while the 4GB RAM version includes 64GB inbuilt storage. Like with previous flagship models, the HTC U 11 too supports microSD card up to 2TB.

On the camera front, the device includes 12MP autofocus rear camera with f/1.7 aperture and Dual Pixel tech and there is a 16MP front-facing camera with 16MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture.