Following its announcement at MWC 2015, the HTC One M9 will be released first at their home ground Taiwan. It will be available for purchase at HTC outlets in Taiwan starting next Monday, 16th March, followed by its local telcos on 23rd March onwards.
In terms of price, the HTC One M9 with 32GB on-board storage is going for 21,900 Taiwan Dollars which is about RM2,556. Another surprise is its bigger 64GB model, which is priced at 23,900 Taiwan Dollars, which is equivalent to RM2,790 if converted directly. The HTC One M9 will come with 3 colours and the gold colour unit is said to be available only in the following month.
To recap the specs, the HTC One M9 retains a similar 5.0″ Full HD Super LCD 3 display as its predecessor and it runs on a 64-bit Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core processor with 3GB of RAM. Like its predecessor, it gets a microSD slot supporting up to 128GB cards and its famed BoomSound front facing stereo speakers. For taking pictures, its main camera gets upsized to a 20MP shooter and its own Ultrapixel camera has been moved to the front for selfie duties. The battery has been upgraded slightly to a larger 2,840mAh capacity unit which is also non-removable. While the front appearance remains unchanged from the previous One M8, HTC has made some slight design revisions at the sides where it gets a dual-tone look.
So far no word on its Malaysian availability yet but we sure hope HTC would bring this in soon considering its rival Samsung would be pushing its new Galaxy S6 flagship worldwide starting next month. If you haven’t seen it yet, do check out our first impression and hands-on video of the HTC One M9 here.
