The HTC One M9+ Smartphone

Kuala Lumpur – April 28, 2015 – HTC, a global leader in innovation and design, today unveiled one of the most advanced imaging and audio technologies ever in an HTC smartphone, the luxuriously designed HTC One M9+.

Combining world-class brilliance in the dual spheres of brilliant design and technologically advanced engineering, the HTC One M9+ perfectly embodies HTC’s philosophy to connect people to their passions and empower them in their own pursuits of brilliance.

The HTC One M9+ leverages HTC’s iconic all-metal design and combines it with significant new enhancements, including a 13.20 cm (5.2”) 2K display with a new Fingerprint authentication, HTC BoomSound™ with Dolby Audio™ surround sound for exhilarating multimedia experiences; HTC’s new and improved Duo Camera for professional-looking photos, delivering the finest detail with the highest quality and flexibility; and support for up to 2TB microSD storage to store your life’s treasured memories and take them wherever you go.

"We are thrilled to bring the luxuriously designed HTC One M9+ to our customers in Malaysia.” said Faisal Siddiqui, President, HTC South Asia. “The new HTC One M9+ delivers a combination of amazing imaging with the new and improved iconic Duo Camera that we pioneered; a new 2K display for viewing brilliance; exhilarating sound through HTC BoomSound with Dolby Audio; and our latest Fingerprint sensor, giving our customers a peace of mind and a truly HTC One experience.”

A complete celebration of design

Building on a three-year pursuit of excellence, the HTC One M9+ melds the best of the award-winning HTC One M7 and HTC One M8 into a stunning, iconic design. Distinct metal edges combine perfectly with graceful curves for a jewellery-grade look. The all-metal unibody design is a combination of precision manufacturing and high-end craftsmanship with a stunning luxurious look. Its dual-tone silver and rose gold finish, an industry first, is as distinctive as it is durable. With polished gold sides cascade effortlessly into a hairline brushed silver back, encasing a bright and vivid display.

Incredible imaging: Helping you create your best memories

With the best camera being the one you carry in your pocket, your smartphone should make it a breeze to take brilliant, creative and fun images. The HTC One M9+’s cameras are designed to capture every moment in amazing quality, allowing you to relive those moments again and again. The technology of the depth sensor captures detailed depth information from a scene and enables you to select the point of focus, thus allowing you to create professional-looking portraits with UFocus™. Copy & Paste lets you paste a person from one photo to another and Dimension Plus™ presents a unique perspective on your photos by letting you view your photos from a different angle by simply tilting the screen, giving you a 3D experience much to the delight of your family and friends.

The best moments take you by surprise and spontaneity often doesn’t come fully lit. The ultimate companion of the impulsive snapper, the HTC One M9+ addresses low-light shots  with the new and improved HTC UltraPixel™ front-facing selfie camera with dynamic auto exposure, delivering sharper, more natural and balanced self-portraits in any lighting conditions.

The HTC One M9+ comes with a 20 megapixel duo camera that accentuates every intricate detail in addition to a sapphire glass lens cover that protects it from scratches. For vivid video that looks like the latest blockbuster, the camera also shoots movies in 4K resolution.

HTC Sense™ 7 with HTC’s EYE™ Experience software makes taking creative pictures easy. A host of new editing effects, including Shapes, Prismatic and Elements, allows you to add a little bit of individual artistry into every shot. The Zoe™ app can then automatically create amazing home movies on the fly, adding your choice of music² and letting friends remix it with their own shots to create a shared celebration from every moment.

With so many incredible images, quickly showing your friends those brilliant shots is a breeze. Wherever they’re stored, the new HTC One Gallery makes it easy to search through your entire photo library, viewing images saved on the smartphone, on social media, and on select cloud platforms. The gallery puts your whole image library at your fingertips, searching by date, location, event, album or even the images themselves with Image Match.

Exhilarating audio: Hear the difference

A truly great viewing experience deserves sound that puts you on the front row. The HTC One M9+ guarantees a larger-than-life soundtrack courtesy of HTC BoomSound. The HTC One family’s iconic dual front-facing speakers, now combined with 5.1 channel Dolby Audio surround sound3 simulation, get you even closer to the action, delivering extraordinary, multidimensional cinematic listening. Uniting HTC BoomSound and Dolby Audio creates total audio immersion, so you can enjoy movies with theatre-like sound even without connecting headphones or external speakers. Whether listening via the stereo speakers or headphones, even the most discerning music fans will be blown away by the phone’s support for perfect, 24-bit high-definition sound that surpasses even CD quality. HTC’s unique combination of HTC BoomSound, Dolby Audio, and a finely tuned sound profile, gives all of your music and movies an unmistakable HTC One M9+ flavour.

Accessories

For a standout look, the HTC One M9+ will be available with a range of unique and customisable accessories including the second generation HTC Dot View™ case, which adds more retro personalisation thanks to a host of new features and colour options. A transparent back keeps your smartphone pristine without hiding it from the world, with the case injecting fun into even the most tedious commute by transforming into a mini games arcade. The new HTC Dot View case won’t even get in the way of your favourite apps such as Instagram and WhatsApp with through-the-case notifications alerting you to the latest photos, messages and check-ins.

Device availability & pricing

The HTC One M9+ comes with 3GB RAM and 32GB on-board storage version and expandable memory up to 2TB via microSD storage. HTC One M9+ will be available in Gold on Silver and Gunmetal Gray from 30 April 2015 onwards, while the Gold on Gold variant will be available later this year. The recommended retail price (RRP) for the HTC One M9+ is RM2,599 inclusive of GST.

The HTC Desire 826 Dual SIM Smartphone

Kuala Lumpur, 28 April 2015 – Today's consumers desire uncompromising mobile experiences to bring out the best of “me.” They seek ways to better capture, share and cherish their special moments. Harnessing the most innovative technology in the world today, HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced the HTC Desire 826, helping people create the best possible mobile experiences by capturing the best of “me” in photos, enjoying your best personal moments with stunning surround sound audio, and expressing the best of “me” with bold design, colors and materials.

HTC BoomSound™, now even more engaging with Dolby Audio™

When enjoying a personal moment of watching a video or listening to music on your phone, the sound environment must be high quality for a great experience. Just as stereo sound revolutionized how we experience music, films and TV, HTC revolutionized mobile audio with the first dual front-facing stereo speakers on a smartphone, bringing a great listening experience wherever you go. Now, HTC is raising the bar for mobile audio yet again with the HTC Desire 826, bringing truly immersive HTC BoomSound with Dolby Audio surround sound to your phone for an experience unlike anything you've heard before on a smartphone.

HTC is the first smartphone company to combine dual front-facing stereo speakers, a finely tuned sound profile and Dolby’s decoding technology to deliver an end-to-end multi-channel audio solution. Listeners can experience sonic depth and breadth not previously heard on a mobile device, giving every media experience an epic, true-to-life sound that jumps out of the speakers and off the screen. The package also includes an audiophile-grade headset that is carefully tuned for HTC BoomSound with Dolby Audio, delivering the cinematic surround sound experience wherever you are.

Incredible sound deserves a brilliant screen, so the HTC Desire 826 offers a vivid, 5.5” Full HD 1080p display that brings cinematic quality to your mobile world and means that those instantly streamed or downloaded tracks and movies have never looked better.

Capture, Share and Cherish the Best of “Me”

Taking a self-portrait while celebrating a friend's birthday at a popular nightclub or a special moment at a favorite candle-lit restaurant requires a powerful front camera to capture and share the best of “me” anytime, anywhere, and at any moment. For the first time, HTC is bringing the HTC UltraPixel™ camera to the front of the phone, helping you take stunning self-portraits in any light condition. Together with HTC’s acclaimed HTC EYE™ Experience, the incredible front and 13 megapixel rear cameras capture cherished moments in stunning quality so you can look your best.

When taking a photo with the back camera, you want “me” to be part of it to truly capture your personal moment. HTC’s Split Capture combines photos and videos taken on the front and back cameras into one split-screen image or video. Live Makeup allows you to adjust the level of portrait beautification even before the image is captured, ensuring you always show the best of “me.” Or create fun and funny moments to share with friends with Face Fusion, allowing you to merge your self-portrait with the face of a friend or celebrity for a completely original look. You can also wow your friends by snapping images and shooting video without touching a single button thanks to Auto and Voice Selfie. The HTC Desire 826 is also available with a 13 megapixel front-facing camera that captures amazing, fine detail.

Express the Best of “Me” in Design, Colors and Materials

Just as your clothes represent your unique style and individualism, you want your phone to express the best of “me” in a personal way. The HTC Desire 826’s simple yet bold, dual-tone color and dual finish expresses your individualism through vivid colors such as White Birch, Blue Lagoon, Purple Fire and more3. The unique colors and materials pop from the phone to express your own personal style.

Gorgeous, soft-touch matte sides make the phone comfortable and easy to grip while giving peace of mind that your memories are safe in your hand. Subtle speaker grills disappear into the design to maintain the phone’s clean lines for an unrivalled audio experience that enhances the look of the device. The award-winning HTC Dot View™ case is also available for the HTC Desire 826, so your phone can be dressed up with an additional splash of color and style that catches the eye as much as it protects your phone and the cherished experiences inside.

Underneath the stylish design is more than enough power for your mobile life: the HTC Desire 826 features an all-new Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 615 octa-core 1.7GHz 64-bit processor that enables instant, seamless multitasking, gaming, and 4G LTE4 streaming to get the most out of the latest Android™ Lollipop software with HTC Sense®.

Price & Availability

The HTC Desire 826 will be available with mobile operators and major retailers in Malaysia from 30 April 2015 at the recommended retail price (RRP) of RM1,359, inclusive of GST.

A range of accessories including the HTC Dot View case will also be available for the HTC Desire 826.

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