Last year HTC was too busy introducing as many handsets as they could into their smartphone line up and that strategy ended up confusing all the customers. HTC seems to have learned their lesson and has announced that their newly unveiled HTC One will be the only flagship smartphone from the company for this year.

The new strategy will certainly help them as they can finally focus on marketing one handset across different carriers, instead of launching different phones and then getting busy with tons of research and updates. Of course this does not mean that there won’t be any other mid range handsets from the company, but we definitely won’t see an HTC One+something anytime in 2013.

But then what about Verizon? The One has been confirmed to be heading to AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in the near future, but no announcements regarding a launch on Verizon, though there are rumors that the leaked HTC DLXPLUS is Big Red’s One. Or maybe both the carrier and the company are satisfied with the performance of the DROID DNA.

Whatever happens, it seems that things may finally be getting better for HTC this year, if they play their cards right. So, do you want to play with the HTC One? Or are you looking forward to the GS 4? Or maybe something big?

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As expected, HTC has just introduced their Quad-core Tegra 3 handset and the flagship phone appears to be one of the most impressive Android devices ever designed. The One X, which will be part of the company’s new “One” series, comes with awesome specs.

HTC’s One series is basically what the Galaxy series is to Samsung. And HTC has come out with their latest line after listening to feedback and taking a decision to change their strategy completely. And they appear to have delivered.

The HTC One X boasts a beautiful 720p 4.7-inch Super LCD2 display which provides vibrant and bright colors. The screen performed well in bright sunlight and the viewing angles are good as well. The 312ppi screen is no iPhone 4S display, but it surely is very pretty.

Gizmodo says the handset feels very comfortable in the hands as it features a curved back and is light (but strong) since its body is made out of a machined polycarbonate. The device is one of the fastest they have ever played with all thanks to its 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor. The applications were launching and running smoothly, and multi-tasking is impressive. As you might know, this is the same Tegra 3 seen in the Transformer Prime, and therefore it’s expected to do well. But we will be taking a closer look at its performance later on.

The phone also boasts Beats by Dre audio, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (and 25GB of free Dropbox storage for two years), NFC, a front-facing 1.3MP shooter (supports 720p video chat), a 1800mAh battery, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 4.0 UI, and comes with 4G LTE.

Many of you out there might not be too excited about Sense, but the new version appears to be quite interesting, although we will have to do a thorough inspection before the final verdict. The device’s rear 8MP camera has “the best optics and sensor (they’ve) ever used“. We will be checking out that later but we do know that it will do well in low light conditions with f2.0. And HTC’s new ImageChip (a secondary processor exclusively for image processing) will make sure that you shoot 1080p video while simultaneously take full resolution stills.

And if you are interested in watching a movie or playing a game on your TV using the phone, the HTC MediaLink, an HDMI dongle, will be  what does it.

HTC is promising that the ONE X will arrive within the next 60 days. It will be available in white or black exclusively from AT&T. No hints on the price, but we are expecting $200-$300 on contract.

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This comes ahead of the Mobile World Congress that’s set to take place next month. The pics were snapped in a Taipei subway station and the yet-unnamed device looks quite a bit like the old Nexus One, except without the little trackball thing in the bottom.

What we can see is a front-facing camera (complete with chrome ring) near the earpiece and an obvious installation of Google Android. Yes, HTC is dabbling in Windows Phone 7 these days too, but The Googs is still HTC’s bff, at least in the short term.

If this is the same buttonless HTC phone that was seen in the other leak, then it’ll likely have the same Droid Incredible-styled backplate too. Not that I’m complaining. It gave the phone a distinct personality, don’t you think?

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