Specs of the HTC One M8i surface, Snapdragon 615 inside

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Specs of the HTC One M8i surface, Snapdragon 615 inside

The HTC One M9 and its launch are headlining the mobile press, but it seems the company will have more up its sleeve for MWC 2015. @upleakshas outed almost the entire spec sheet of the HTC One M8i, a mid-range alternative to the One (M8).

As such, the One M8i reportedly will keep the physical characteristics of its flagship brother and has almost the same dimensions and weight as the One (M8). The 5" 1080p display, 2GB of DDR4 RAM, BoomSound speakers and microSD slot remain unchanged. What's different is the chipset, as the One M8i will carry a Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) chip with two sets of four Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.7GHz and 1.0GHz, respectively.

At the back, there's a 13MP + 2MP camera configuration with dual LED flash, while at the front a 5MP snapper is in charge of selfies. Connectivity includes NFC and Bluetooth 4.1. The battery is allegedly less than 3,000mAh, but a specific information isn't available. The phone will run Android 5.0 with Sense 7.0 out of the box.

The phone will launch in Asia, China and Europe. Color options are the same as the One (M8) including gray, gold and silver. More information should be available at the company'sMWC 2015 event in Barcelona on March 1.

Huawei C199S metal-clad phablet powered by Snapdragon 615 for 370 $

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Huawei C199S metal-clad phablet powered by Snapdragon 615 for 370 $

Huawei updated its C199 metal-clad phablet with a new 64-bit processor and a gold color option. The Huawei C199S has a 5.5" IPS screen with 720p resolution and a Snapdragon 615 chipset. The phone has dual-SIM and LTE connectivity.

The updated phablet has eight Cortex-A53 cores, 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat with EMUI 3 on top. The storage is 16GB out of the box (12GB user-available) and there's a microSD card slot.

  
Huawei C199S in Gold

The Huawei C199S has a 13MP main camera that shoots 1080p video, while the 5MP selfie camera can record 720p. Besides the LTE, there's 3G and 2G (with CDMA and EVDO), Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and posisitoning from A-GPS/GLONASS/Beidou.

The aluminum unibody of the 5.5" phablet measures 7.6mm thick and weighs 167g. Inside is a 3,000mAh battery.

The phablet is available for CNY 2,300, which is the equivalent of $370/€325. The C199S is available on China's Vmall right now, but it's not clear if it will get a worldwide launch or not.