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As HTC smart phone sales drop dramatically, the company needs something to save their brand. Only a flagship that stands out and meets many requirements from users can do it. Therefore, just earlier today, HTC announces their next high end device – HTC O2. However, what makes this phone special?

According to many Chinese sources, HTC O2 display is a huge 2K. This means HTC O2 will join the QHD team upon release. The display is a 6’’ screen, thus the pixel density will be 490ppi. Moreover, with this device, HTC may change their flagship series name. Maybe the brand just does not think One series will make it.

HTC One M9+ may be the last of the One series

HTC O2 sounds fresher, since everyone needs O2 to live

The Taiwanese manufacturer also equips a lot of new, most powerful hardware for HTC O2 specs. HTC O2 will probably sport Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 & Hydra quad core, which will be shipped at the end of this year. However, as the device is rumored to be out in October, this might not be the most reliable specs. Additionally, HTC O2 will be equipped with an Adreno 530 for its GPU.

The phone also has a 4GB RAM with 64 or 128Gb internal storage. HTC O2 battery is 3500mAH, which is quite impressive.

HTC O2 camera is a massive 21MP sensor on the back. With this camera, HTC O2 can be on spar with the Xperia series or other high end flagships from bigger brands. However, the front sensor is only 5MP, which is not quite appealing to selfie lovers. Even mid range phones have at least 8MP for front camera.

What’s even more interesting is that HTC O2 will have an IP certificate. This means there will be waterproof and dustproof features for the first time on an HTC phone.

This Taiwanese brand is quite popular even in Philippines. However, as their sales keep dropping, will HTC O2 save the entire brand name? Hopefully, when HTC O2 releases in Philippines, it will make a big boom. Since HTC One M9 costs around 27k right now, so HTC O2 price in Philippines will be likely around PHP 30k to 40k.

August is a month for flagships, yes. A lot of new phones coming out already and August 13, tomorrow, will be the unveiling of the ever trending Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. Let us see, with so many phones being released, which phones are still popular and still on top of Antutu benchmark list for August. Below is Price Pony’s recommended list of top Antutu benchmark smart phones for this month.

5 highest Antutu benchmark smart phones for August

1.. HTC One M9

Though HTC seems to be in a crisis with its smart phone sales, HTC One M9 is still a top phone. Scoring 57900 on Antutu, HTC One M9 specs definitely prove its power.

HTC One M9 specs

2. Oneplus 2

Released not too long ago, Oneplus 2 scores above 63k on Antutu, which is very amazing. You can check out Oneplus 2 price in the Philippines here.

Oneplus 2 specs

3. Xiaomi Mi Note Pro

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro scores more than 63k on Antutu and is still in top ten. It seems Xiaomi will still do well with more and more flagships coming.

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro specs

4.  Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Scoring nearly 70k on Antutu has make this flagship from Samsung even hotter.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 specs

5. LG Nexus 5

Some leaked info revealed that the Nexus 5 (2015) scores more than 85k on Antutu, what will Google have for us in store?

Nexus 5 specs (partial)

In the time when every mobile producer is focusing on launching new smartphones, HTC may come back to the tablet market this year. From last month, we have heard about a table called HTC Volantis (aka Flounder). However, only until now did we see very new and interesting details leaked over the internet

According to the leakings from @Evleaks, HTC Volantis tablet may pack a HUGE 5GB of RAM that can make the internet go crazy. Since 4GB RAM is a beast spec that can help any smartphone sells well these days, if this 5GB RAM tablet comes true, there is no doubt it can make great business.

Other HTC Volantis specs we know for now include:

– A 8.9 inch display with 2,560 x 1,600 pixels

– BoomSound speakers

– 5MP / 8MP rear camera

–  Silver aluminum unibody

–  64GB of ROM, and a 64-bit Nvidia Tegra K1 processor

Also from the leaks, @evleaks shared an “HTC Volantis macro shot”, suggesting the device’s code name is Flounder. It also mentioned a line reads “Android Silver OS Alpha 1.4”. Android Silver is Google’s future program that has not even been announced yet. Let’s wait and see if this HTC Volantis tablet will be featuring the brand new OS.

HTC has not announced any further about the Volantis release date, pricing or availability yet. However, it is very much likely that we can see this new HTC tablet in Q4 2015, at the high sales season.

With the disappointing sales from the featured flagship One M9, the Taiwan company, HTC is working hard to save the day. It has been announced about a brand new smartphones, known as HTC Aero, which is scheduled to launch in October. It is no surprise that HTC will develop this Aero device with everything that the HTC One M9 failed to offer.

Although we don’t know much further rather than an announcement from HTC CEO – Cher Wang about launching a new “hero device” for ending of this year, there have already been a lot of leaking and rumors surrounding the flagship. It seemed that HTC has already learnt their lesson and this Aero smartphone is going to be a very  nice surprise that is worth waiting for.

HTC is good at making everyone curious by revealing small leaks times after times. Although we don’t know much about HTC Aero official specs yet, what has been talked about is quite intriguing.

In this post, we want to introduce to you very nice HTC Aero render design by famous product designer Kasan Haymak. From what he envisioned, the Aero smartphone from HTC will have a front panel free of side bezels. Meanwhile, the back panel is a bit curved and very shiny, which looks similar to a fashion sports car.

HTC Aero special camera

This upcoming HTC Aero camera sensor is also what gives the phone much attention. HTC said they would give the device advanced rear camera with f/1.9 aperture and support for RAW photo quality, which is only found in professional cameras.

Which makes Hasan Kaymak’s render appealing and somehow controversial is the volume buttons. Different from usual position on one of the side rear, in Hasan’s design, they are placed on the bottom. Overall, we don’t know how this HTC Aero render will finally turn out in real life, but the design looks really exciting.

HTC Aero partial features we know so far:

– 5”+ Quad HD display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560

– Corning Gorillaz Glass 4 with curved 2.5D surface

– Enhanced camera that capture RAW pictures

Official Video about HTC Aero render by Hasan Kaymak

https://youtu.be/bi7tykmB1Z4

More of HTC Aero render by Hasan Kaymak

Lately, the smartphone competitions have been upgraded to a whole new level. There are more and more new devices launched to the market with better and better specs to win consumers’ hearts. Beautiful design and appropriate display sizes are absolutely important also. However, one more thing that many people concern about in a smartphone is their display density.

The pixel density is measured by a PPI calculator, and the bigger the result is, the more condensed images are displayed and the better everything looks on the screen.

Here is a list of 6 smartphones with highest display density, all above 530ppi.

1. Samsung Galaxy S6 – 576ppi display density

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2. HTC One M9+ – 565ppi display density

~~> HTC One M9 competing for “best smartphone of 2015” tittle

Sony Xperia Z4v – 565ppi display density

~> 5 most amazing Sony Xperia smartphones

4. Meizu MX4 Pro – 543ppi display density

~~> Read about Meizu MX4 Ubuntu version

5. Oppo Find 7 – 538ppi display density

~~> Oppo R7 is the world’s 1st bezel-less smartphone

6. LG G3 – 534ppi display density

~~> LG G3 vs Galaxy S5 specs comparison

Featuring an awesome combination of powerful specs and premium design, the HTC Hima Ace, aka HTC One M9 is competing hard for the title of “best phone of 2015”

Actually, while official announcement has not been finalized yet, the HTC One M9 leaking news has been everywhere over the internet recently.

The HTC Hima Ace: beautiful and powerful

HTC Hima price and options here

The HTC Hima Ace is powered by 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 810 and latest 4K support. In terms of specs, the HTC One M9 sports 3GB RAM and Android 5.0 Lollipop

The device will also support some of the latest and greatest mobile data technology including VoLTE, carrier aggregation and LTE Category 6, which could boost your download speeds up to 300Mbps. HTC One M9 camera is also a reason why people are loving it, featuring a fancy 20.7Mp main camera. However, the front snapper is not that impressive when packs only 4MP.

HTC Hima Ace premium design

Talking about design, the HTC Hima Ace packs a metal uni-body, with very slim bezel. This 5.0” device looks great in your hands and give a super feeling of elegance and delicacy.

HTC Hima Ace specs

The HTC Hima Ace release date was earlier in March 2015. HTC One M9 price is 579 pounds, which is equivalent to PHP 40,000. Hm, what do you think about that price compare to all the HTC One M9 specs the device offer? But there is one thing we can not deny, that the HTC Hima Ace design is premium and very elegant, do you agree?

Yesterday, there is a spy photo about our long-awaited HTC Hima (or HTC”M9″). This is not the first time having a leaked pic of its mystery phone. And i feel really excited and curious about its phone much. And although these frankly haven’t been officially announced yet, but they do look pretty believable.

Its phone is expected to introduce at MWC 2015. It might be a long time for us. This device appears incredibly similar to its latest generation – the HTC M8 therefore, its phone is alleged to be named as HTC M9 (as logically) but some rumours call it as HTC Hima. While our yesterday photo can’t show too much about its phone, this spy image can make us much more clearly. It is a comparison shot, therein, our mytery phone is in the left and old HTC’s generation – M8 is center.

Having a quick glance at this pic might make you think that the Hima highly seems a bit smaller than its sibling. We don’t know this is a real pic for sure or not. But we can easily realize that its expected phone has much obvious smaller bezels so if the screen size still keep the same at 5″, meaning the Hima could at least be narrower, if not a tad shorter.

Another thing is about the speaker grille underneath the screen has be different somewhat, compared to its last generations. Moreover  the front-facing flash shows a touch larger as well.

This leaked photo might be fake, meaning a concept rendering. It’s more necessary to see this phone in more reliable look, official design. But, wait, we need to stay tuned.

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