Continuing with the extra large superphone trend that led to phablets like the Galaxy Note II and LG Intuition, the HTC J Butterfly also has more to offer than just its super-sized Super LCD 3 display. Under the hood is a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor (1.5GHz), a full two gigs of RAM, 16GB internal storage, microSD expansion, 2020mAh battery, Wi-Fi tethering for up to 8 devices, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, HDMI out, and BEATS audio. It also ships with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean right out of the box, overlaid with HTC Sense 4+.

The camera on the back looks like it’s going to be really good too, following in the footsteps of the flagship HTC One X superphone. There’s an 8MP CMOS shooter back there with a wide F2.0 aperture for better low-light performance. There’s also a front-facing 2MP camera for video chats and self portraits. All of this is housed in a phablet that’s just 9.1mm thick and 140 grams.

That’s all good news, except it comes with one giant caveat. It appears that the J Butterfly is being offered exclusively in Japan via KDDI. It’ll use their 4G LTE network that is capable of download speeds of up to 75Mbps. HTC might offer a variant to other markets eventually, but the Japanese model will ship in early December in your choice of black, white or red.

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Maybe you don’t want the Motorola Droid RAZR. That’s fine, because the Rezound packs a wallop. For starters, it’s one of the few phones that uses HTC’s Beats Audio technology. What’s more, it rocks out with support for Verizon’s 4G LTE network and gets more than enough juice by way of the 1.5GHz dual core processor.

The 4.3-inch touchscreen display may look like its par for the superphone course, but you get a 1280×720 pixel HD resolution on here. That’s the same as the Nexus Galaxy. While it ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Rezound will be getting a tasty upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich in “early” 2012. Rounding out the specs are the 1GB of RAM, bundled Beats headphones, 16GB internal memory, GPS/aGPS, and Bluetooth 3.0. Expect to pay $299.99 on a two-year agreement.

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