After launching the One A9s, HTC has released a teaser on Twitter confirming the grand unveil on September 20. The teaser hints that the rumoured Desire 10 series smartphones, the Desire 10 Lifestyle and Desire 10 Pro, could be launched on this date.
The teaser shows glimpses of a metal bodied smartphone resembling the renders of the Desire 10 Pro that leaked earlier this month. Alongside the Desire 10 Pro, the Desire 10 Lifestyle was also leaked indicating that HTC may unveil both the Desire 10 smartphones on September 20.
Noted tipster Evan Blass had earlier indicated that HTC will announce the Desire 10 smartphones in the third quarter. Later he narrowed it down to the end of September, and the display screen of the leaked renders had further hinted the launch date to be September 20.
The Desire 10 will launch in two variants – HTC Desire 10 Lifestyle and HTC Desire 10 Pro. Blass shed light on the specification details of the HTC Desire 10 Lifestyle, and claims that it runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It is expected to feature a 5.5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core SoC, and come in two memory/ inbuilt storage bundles – 3GB of RAM/ 32GB of storage and 2GB of RAM/ 16GB of storage. Optics include a 13-megapixel rear camera with a BSI sensor and a single-LED flash. It also offers a 5-megapixel selfie camera with 1080p video recording. It will be launched in many solid matte colour options, and reportedly support Boomsound Hi-Fi Edition stereo speakers with 24-bit system audio..
The HTC Desire 10 Pro is said to be the premium version of the two, and will come with better specifications. The pricing details remain unknown, however both smartphones are expected to compete in the mid-range segment.
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