According to renowned source of HTC leaks, LlabTooFeR, HTC’s latest Desire 8 smartphone could find a home in the U.S. soon — thanks to its support for AT&T’s and Sprint’s wireless bands.
Isn’t it frustrating when Android device manufacturers ship new releases with older versions of Google’s operating system? Well the search giant may be about to put an end to it. According to a leaked Google memo, it could soon start forcing manufacturers to ship new devices with the latest KitKat firmware.
With HTC’s rumored “One Plus” (M8) unveiling just weeks away now, the leaks are coming thick and fast. We already have a good idea of what the device will look like, but new hands-on images that have surfaced today provide a nice reminder, and give us a first glimpse at the One Plus’s super shiny side.
Two new HTC smartphones have appeared in AnTuTu benchmarks ahead of their official unveilings — and one of them is packing a super-fact octa-core (eight-core) MediaTek processor. Don’t let that fool you, though; it’s certainly not a high-end flagship.
In their Reddit AMAA, HTC was very transparent about how updates work, why it could not bring Android 4.4 KitKat to the One X/X+ and more. The company also revealed in their AMAA the (very unique) reason as to why it has been delaying the Android 4.3 update for the Sprint EVO 4G LTE, which is essentially a variant of the international One X with a kickstand.
