HTC has finally put its hand in the arena of the Phablets
with the HTC Droid DNA and the recently announced HTC Buttefly. It seems that
the Taiwanese manufacturer is ready to go head to head with the rest of the
5-inchers in the market today like the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the LG Optimus
Vu.
The HTC Buttefly is practically the GSM version of the HTC
Droid DNA and offers almost identical specs with the CDMA phone from Verizon.
For starters, the Butterfly packs a 5.0-inch LCD3 capacitive touchscreen with a
resolution of 1080x1920 pixels and a pixel density of approximately 441 ppi
which is protected by a layer of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2.
The Butterfly is powered by a 1.5 GHz Krait Quad core
processor with an Adreno 320 GPU. It will run on Android 4.1 Jellybean and will
have 16 GB of storage (11 GB user available) and 2 GB or RAM.
Connectivity on the other hand is your typical smartphone
full house with Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
hotspot. Connectivity speeds are available in HSPA+ and up to LTE speeds. The
camera of the Butterfly has an 8MP image sensor, capable of capturing images with
a maximum resolution of 3264x2448 pixels. The rear facing camera will also have
autofocus, LED flash, and will be capable of recording simulataneous HD video and
image recording, geo tagging, and face & smile detection.
There is also a 2.1 MP front facing camera that will enable
users to make video calls with the quality of the video at a resolution of
1080p at 30fps. On the other hand, video recording on the rear camera is around
1080p at 30fps, with stereo sound recording and video stabilization.
Last but definitely not the least, the HTC Butterfly will
feature a built-in accelerometer, gyro sensor, proximity sensor and compass.
There’s also A-GPS support and GLONASS, HTML5 support for the mobile browser,
TV-out and 25 GB worth of Dropbox storage.
