HTC One ME is the first smartphone powered by MediaTek's Helio X10

It's also the company’s first phone with QHD (2560x1440) display.

Arkadiusz Piasek, Published 06/04/2015

HTC has just announced the launch of its new smartphone. With a polycarbonate body surrounded by a metal frame, HTC One ME may not have the premium design of One M9, but it does come with some high-end features, including a 5.2-inch, 2560x1440 display with pixel density of 565 ppi. It’s the first QHD screen in an HTC smartphone. It also sports a fingerprint scanner underneath the screen, just like the one on Samsung Galaxy S6.

Under the hood, we’ll find the new MediaTek, 64-bit, 2.2 Ghz, octa-core Helio X10 chip supported by 3 GB of RAM. The 32 GB of on-board storage space can be expanded via micro-SD card reader. The battery’s capacity is 2840 mAh. The HTC One ME also offers LTE connectivity.

As for the cameras, the main one uses a 20 MP sensor and comes with dual-LED flash and 4K video capture capability. The front shooter is a 4 MP UltraPixel one.

The One ME runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC’s Sense 7.0 user interface. The handset comes in three colors, „meteor grey”, „gold sepia” and „rose gold”. It will only be available in China at launch. No information on pricing or availability in other countries has been unveiled yet.