Rumor: HTC is working on a 5.9″ smartphone with Snapdragon 800-soc

HTC would have a large smartphone in the planning that has a 5.9 “screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. The device would also have the high-end Snapdragon 800-soc from Qualcomm.

That is the claim of the person behind the Twitter account @Evleaks, who spread the rumor on the site TheUnlockr published. In the past, @Evleaks was more likely to be the first to know about unannounced smartphones. The device, which can be seen as both a smartphone and a tablet due to its size, would have the code name T6. The Snapdragon 800-soc that would run in the housing does its job at 2.3GHz. There would be 2GB of ram and 16GB of storage memory, which, unlike previous HTC smartphones, can be expanded with micro SD cards.

For photos, HTC has built in an UltraPixel camera with an unknown number of megapixels. The UltraPixel principle was introduced by HTC with the One, the current Android flagship of the Taiwanese manufacturer. In addition, there is a 2.1-megapixel front camera for video calling. The battery has a capacity of 3300mAh.

The software would be based on an Android version from the as yet unannounced Key Lime Pie series. It may be Android version 5.0, which Google has reportedly been working on for some time. Incidentally, the internet giant is planning to announce Android 4.3 on June 10, which has yet to be released in the Jelly Bean series. HTC has, as usual, laid its own Sense skin over Google’s OS.

HTC would plan to include a touchscreen pen with a thin tip. The manufacturer would also work on a case that has its own battery with a capacity of 1250mAh. Finally, a fingerprint reader would be built into the back; this allows the device to be unlocked as soon as it is grabbed by the user.

With the T6, HTC seems to want to compete with Samsung’s large smartphones, such as the Galaxy Note series and Galaxy Mega. Recently, the demand for ‘giant smartphones’ has increased. For the time being it is unclear when HTC wants to announce the device with the code name T6.