It seems like not a day goes by when we don’t get more information about the upcoming HTC M7. Last week we learned that the mysterious device might be released much sooner than originally anticipated - March 8, to be precise – and now we have a probable name, and even a new press image.
First, the name: Late last week, it surfaced that the M7 would actually be released as the HTC One – not the One X++, or the One Z or One Y, or any other combination of letters, pluses, or other symbols that you can imagine. It will be known simply as the HTC One. And this is definitely a good thing!
I always knew that the M7 would never hit the market with such a boring, forgettable name. But perhaps more importantly, calling this new device simply the HTC One may signify that HTC is finally taking its own previously announced goals to heart – maybe it is finally really going to produce one phone for all carriers, like the HTC One series was originally supposed to do, but ended up still being incredibly fragmented. Maybe HTC will finally realize that it has stretched itself too thinly, and will focus on this single flagship device, providing timely updates and developer support. Maybe, just maybe, we can dream, and it will turn out to be more than a dream.
And perhaps this will also mean an end to the EVO name and franchise – or maybe not. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Second, the picture: The notorious source of all kinds of leaks in the past, @evleaks has taken to Twitter yet again, releasing the picture you see on the right. Interestingly, it appears here that HTC has kept only two hardware buttons this time: a back button and a home button. @evleaks has also posted a test shot that was supposedly taken with the HTC One, which appears below.
We will definitely be keeping our eyes open as this story develops and we get information on HTC’s current worst kept secret.
[Android Community | Twitter via Androinica | Flickr]
I am in love! hopefully it ends up looking like this render or something similar
I’m not sold on the style of the UI, from what I see. It looks very tile-like. Seems like an Xbox or Windows phone.
lol @ comments about 100 HTC One brand names.
I just don’t know if I want this though. HTC pretends to be nice to the Android community. I might be more interested in a Nexus at this point. Just have to wait and see.
I don’t like the icons, they look…meh, boring. I don’t mind tiles at all (queue the people telling me to get a Window’s phone.) And I’ve grown accustom to the 3 buttons down from the four…now they’re going to strike away another one? Pretty soon it’ll have just one button…like some OTHER phone I know.
I’m not such a fan of just calling it the HTC One. First, it almost seems to pre-date the One X and One S. Secondly, how do you increment from here? The HTC One 2 (Two)? I like Samsung’s model: Galaxy S[ver number]. Even the iPhone numbering isn’t bad. Numbers for major releases, S’s for incremental or minor tweaks.
I’ll also add that not having a more distinguishable name makes searching for it harder. I would imagine even a query with “HTC One -x -s” in google would still deliver some unpredictable results.
I’m of the belief that that’s Emperor Palpatine’s daughter shown in the picture
Aww man I was really liking the recent apps button. I think the phone looks really cool. Does anyone know if maybe Sense 5 is gonna come to older HTC phones? Like perhaps the EVO 4g lte? The icons look a lot more google like.
I really I hope you dont have to have Facebook friends as your background. Personally I can’t stand Facebook and I would much rather have a simple wallpaper.
Looks like it has a metal trim around the edges. Or shiny shaved edge either way it looks nice. kind of like the iPhone 5 edge. Hmmm.
Maybe it has stereo sound?? That’s The only use I can think of for the bar on the Bottom
Does anyone know if the M7 or one what ever is going to have an sd lot.