HTC CEO Peter Chou shows the new HTC One M8 phone
IN PHOTO: HTC CEO Peter Chou shows the new HTC One M8 phone during a launch event in New York March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Reuters/Brendan McDermid

The HTC One M9 is believed to the flagship smartphone that the Taiwanese tech giant is poised to announce this year. HTC is speculated to release not one but two flagships this year, the HTC One M9 and the HTC One M9 Plus. The famous leakster, Evan Blass has revealed leaked official images through Twitter.

According to GSM Arena, the leaked photo reveals that the front panel of both the handsets, the HTC Hima (HTC One M9) and the HTC Hima Ace Plus (HTC One M9 Plus) entirely features glass. On the HTC One Plus, the manufacturers have packed in a physical Home button that houses the fingerprint sensor.

Because of the all-glass frontal, the manufacturers had to redesign the position of the frontal speakers. Since the HTC One M9 Plus features fingerprint sensor, the bottom speaker at the front has been axed. However, both the handsets feature a Google Nexus 9 kind of speaker slits.

The HTC One M9 does not feature a physical Home button which shows that it may not feature the fingerprint sensor. GSM Arena says that the center-mounted camera on the front suggest that both the smartphones may feature a 13 MP front-facing.

The HTC One M9 is codenamed as HTC HIma and the HTC One M9 Plus is codenamed as HTC Hima Plus. As of this writing, HTC is yet to announce the official names of both the devices. Some other rumours reveal that the HTC One M9 Plus is also being referred to as HTC One M9 Max.

HTC One M9 Plus rumours reveal that the handset will feature a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 810 chip, 3 GB of RAM, dual-tone LED flash enabled 20.7 MP camera, 13 MP front-facing camera and many more. On the other hand, the HTC One M9 houses a 5-inch full HD screen. Here is a comparison between the HTC One M9 and the HTC One M9 Plus.

HTC is yet to confirm on the specifications of both the devices. The Taiwanese tech giant is expected to unveil its flagship on Mar. 1 through a dedicated launch event.

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