Although the release time frame of HTC's rumored One M8 Max phablet's is still a mystery, it appears the device is going to be one monster phablet if the latest specs leak is true.
A new report from Chinese website MyDrivers (via BGR) has revealed the purported device for a 5.5-inch 2K display, Snapdragon 805 quad-core 2.7MHz processor, 3GB of RAM, 3,000mAh battery, an 18-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and Android L.
As BGR notes, these specs are very similar to those previously leaked for what was being dubbed the HTC One M8 Prime, which the Taiwanese tech giant reportedly decided to suspend indefinitely earlier this year.
No matter the name it releases with, a device with these specs would surely become a legitimate competitor to the market's current phablet lineup, including Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung's Galaxy Note 4.
Trusted leaker @evleaks previously reported that HTC is planning on launching an M9 and M9 Prime in early 2015, with the M9 serving as the direct follow-up to the M8 and the M9 Prime packing the rumored specs improvements tied to the M8 Prime, plus whatever else HTC comes up with.
However, @evleaks does make the interesting claim that the M9 Prime would release before the M9, ExpertReviews notes.
According to the evleaks tweets, the e M9 Prime will be waterproof and designed from an "exotic material: composite of aluminum and liquid silicone," with specs including a high speed Cat. 6 LTE radio, a quad-core Snapdragon 805 SoC clocked at 2.5GHz, a USB 3.0 port, a 5.5-inch QHD resolution screen and 3GB of RAM, BGR reports.
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