According to a senior Telstra exec., HTC is planning to release a touch-centric, iPhone/Pre competitor killer in Q2 2009. The device is said to operate on a combination of Android and some HTC-made Linux tie-ins, and is expected to have the largest screen to date on any HTC device (currently 3.8″ is the biggest).
In response to seeing Palm’s newest darling - Pre - at CES 2009, Telstra executives (who claim to have already seen HTC’s yet to be released/announced mobile) said HTC’s upcoming handset is “better and more functional” and “will be a real competitor to the iPhone and the Pre.” HTC executives in attendance @ CES declined to comment.
On a side note, it is pretty amazing that the yet-to-be-released-for-6-months Palm Pre is already being grouped together with Apple’s seemingly untouchable touch phone. Although when one device wins “Best in Show” and received the most votes in a “people’s choice” Internet poll, and was also named best product in the mobile phone and smartphone category, maybe there is some justification for the hype.
[via SmartHouse]
eh…sounds like hype to me.
Can’t wait to see the Pre-Killer. See http://technmarketing.com/ for more details on this story.
Well, it seems to me that Telstra might not be the best source for the information.
I remember Sony saying the PS2 would “blow us away,” and I remember Sony saying the same about the PS3 graphics… No such outcome either time.
I’ll wait to see the production models before I comment on what phone is “the best for me.” That is, of course, all any of us can say…
Stop using the the name Killer, unless you truely believe it is going to do so. No phone is an iPhone killer. Apple products are above all other brand names and that is not going to change any time in the near future. All the other touch phones are a joke as far as I am concerned. Nothing has come even close and nothing ever will until they learn the genius behind marketing their products the way apple does and then backing it up with a product that delivers.
will u gowithme