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You thought HTC was done duplicating the HTC One M8? Here’s another — it’s the HTC One M8s. It’s identical to the HTC One M8, save for the chipset inside: it’s sporting a Snapdragon 615 compared to the Snapdragon 801 found in the original.
Going with a mid-range chipset is an odd choice for a refresh of yesteryear’s flagship, but we imagine HTC did it for the 64-bit compatibility it brings. It’s also not a terrible chipset performance wise, though it’s our understanding that it’s weaker in benchmarks compared to the Snapdragon 801.
Nearly everything else about the HTC One M8s remains the same, though HTC is now using a 13 megapixel rear sensor to go along with the secondary duo camera on the rear, while the front enjoys a 5 megapixel sensor. Here are the rest of its specs:
- 5-inch 1080p display
- 2GB of RAM
- 16GB of internal storage w/ microSD card slot
- 2,840mAh battery
- GPS w/ GLONASS, WiFi AC 2.4GHz + 5GHz, Bluetooth 4.1 and NFC
- BoomSound Speakers
- 146.41 x 70.61 x 9.55mm
- 160 grams
The HTC One M8s will see a launch in Europe, though there’s no indication it’ll make its way anywhere else. We’re not sure what compelled HTC to make this handset over simply offering a discounted HTC One M8, but there it is anyway.
Between us, we’re just about ready for something that doesn’t look identical to what the company has made for the past 3 years and we hope this is the last device on that long train.
LOL wtf is HTC doing?
HTC? What are you doing, HTC? HTC? STAHP!!!
Hopefully this isn’t a sign of HTC going back to their old business practices, how many versions were there of the original One before the M7? Too many, that’s how many. HTC was on the right track and having basically only one M7, M8, and M9 (Play editions don’t count)
You seem to have forgotten the HTC One Mini, HTC One Max, HTC One Mini 2 and the HTC One M8d.
Touche’ I did forget about those devices but didn’t they share that same internals as the M8? The only one that didn’t that I can think of was the Mini. All I remember in the pre M7 days that the One had a rather confusing lineup for consumers.
Perhaps.
One X – up to 32 GB
One X+ – up to 64 GB
One XL – added LTE
Evo 4G LTE – One X w/sd card on Sprint
One S – the sort of mini
One V – the budget model
So, three price points with carrier variations for the flagship. And I have no idea why no one explained the X variations simply, as you can see, it wasn’t that hard to categorize.
And naturally Verizon got something later that didn’t match anything.
Meanwhile, there were and are still carrier variations for the M7, M8 and M9, they just stopped with memory changes and name variations for LTE carriers.
Touche’ I did forget about those devices but didn’t they share that same internals as the M8? The only one that didn’t that I can think of was the Mini. All I remember in the pre M7 days that the One had a rather confusing lineup for consumers.
Agreed!
But given that the M9 detractors have made the M8s meme a reality, HTC now has a product to exploit that.
I had the same initial reaction as you but maybe marketing with get the last laugh.
“M9? Isn’t this really just an M8s? I read about it on the Internet.”
“Oh no ma’am/sir, this one is the M8s!”
An M8s MAX w/this chipset wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility either.
One can hope,but,ot gonna hold my breath.
You’re absolutely right though,these things keep people talking about HTC.
Scrambling? Using up leftover pieces?
I suppose this will have better battery life but if cost isn’t a factor I don’t see any real reason to get this.
OR I could just get on ebay, buy the m8, for less than what this might be, and call it a day. Smh I bet the 4mgp camera is better than the 13 ?
and they wonder why they lose money every year!
This also has a larger battery (2840mAh vs the OG M8 2600mAh).
Paired w/the newer processor,it might actually be a huge improvement w/better battery life.
I’d sell my M9 Dev Edition tomorrow if this proved to be a significant improvement in battery life & available for US consumption on 4GLTE.