HTC’s 10 has been a hot topic of discussion lately. As information about the device trickles out, rumours regarding the device also start to heat up and one of the more interesting ones is that there may be two processor variants of the HTC 10 — a Snapdragon 820 variant and one that’s powered by a Snapdragon 652 octa-core processor.
That’s a pretty shocking jump in processing power no matter how you spin it. Although manufacturers have been known to release lower-end versions of their flagship devices, these devices often featuring either lower-clocked processors or slightly less RAM.
HTC, on the other hand, seems to have gone down an interesting path with its choice of smartphone variants opting for a completely different SoC. This is pretty similar to the rumoured LG G5 “Lite” which is also a Snapdragon 652-powered G5.
The low-spec HTC 10 is said to pack 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage to go along with the new Snapdragon chip. That’s quite a limited amount of space for a device bearing the flagship name — especially in 2016. On the other hand, the Snapdragon 820-powered devices are said to be packing either 3GB of RAM plus 32GB of storage or 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
HTC’s 10 does seem to pack a punch though as recent AnTuTu benchmarks reveal a smashing score of 156.091 which completely beats everything else in the market right now. Considering this incredible performance, HTC must have worked some magic on their device’s optimisation because a similarly spec-ed Xiaomi Mi 5 is only capable of scoring 142,000 points.
With this optimisation, it begs the question of how well the Snapdragon 652 variant would fair. We certainly wouldn’t expect another record-breaking score, but it should be pretty interesting to see.
What is a little troubling to see is the rumoured price that the HTC 10 is said to retail at. According to phoneradar, the Snapdragon 652 variant will be priced at CNY3,799 (around RM2,343) while the higher Snapdragon 820 variants will be priced at CNY4,999 (around RM3,083) and CNY5,888 (around RM3,631).
Other specifications rumoured for the HTC 10 are a 5.1-inch Quad HD Super LCD 5 display, a world class camera, a large 3,000 mAh battery and a new kind of BoomSound audio experience.
How many variants HTC will really launch and what will be powering each device still remains unconfirmed so take it with a grain of salt. The good news is that the wait won’t be much longer as all will be revealed on 12th April 2016.
