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The long-awaited Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for the HTC One has already been rolled out in Taiwan and China, and now just a few days later, its started to touch down in parts of Europe. The 465MB update is being rolled out in stages to 4G LTE versions of the phone, with the 3G update following some time in the near future.

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While the U.S. market has been the biggest measure for success with handset makers over the last few years, all of that may soon change as the U.S. smartphone market quickly gets dwarfed by China and others.

According to a new report from ABI Research, China will displace the U.S. as the largest smartphone market by the end of 2013, but just five years later both India and Brazil will pass the U.S. too:

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Android rules the worldwide smartphone market when it comes to market share, and its dominance in China could have a lot to do with that. At the end of the first quarter of 2013, Google’s platform claimed a whopping 51.4% share of all smartphones owned in China.

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The HTC 606w, an unannounced Android smartphone with an UltraPixel camera, has been leaked gaining regulatory approval in China. The midrange device is said to be a “spiffed up version of the HTC First” — the first smartphone with Facebook Home.

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If you’re disappointed that your HTC One didn’t come with a microSD card slot, then you’re going to be extremely jealous of users in China. Not only will the device have a removable back cover and a microSD card slot when it launches there, but it’s also have two SIM card slots as well.

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