HTC Edge will Release in March or April 2012

Alongside the HTC Ville, the company is also preparing another Ice Cream Sandwich based smartphone called the HTC Edge that leaked this week. The HTC Edge is claimed as the first smartphones with the new NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core platform and runs on Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Samsung, Motorola, LG, and Asus have all already committed to NVIDIA Tegra 3. The upcoming HTC Edge will be using an advanced 4.7-inch S-LCD 2 capacitive touchscreen display that relies on optical lamination, where the panel itself is bonded to the fascia glass for improved visuals. Do you know, the smartphone would feature a remarkably thin of just 8.8-millimeter unibody case. It uses cutting-edge technology, actually cutting-edge technology and a super slim profile are probably the two reasons why HTC named it as Edge. The latest HTC Edge will probably debut at CES 2012 in January and then MWC 2012 in February.

HTC Edge Features

Display:

• 4.7-inch capacitive touchscreen 16M colors display
• Display resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, (~312 ppi pixel density)
• HTC Sense UI
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• Multi-touch input method
• Gyroscope sensor
• Touch-sensitive controls

Performance:

• Runs on Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• Powered by Quad-core 1.5 GHz processor
• 1GB RAM, and supports up to 32GB microSD
• Standard Li-Ion battery

Camera:

• 8 megapixel rear facing camera with back-illuminated sensor
• Camera resolution of 3264×2448 pixels
• Autofocus with LED flash
• Geo-tagging, and face detection
• Record video at 1080p
• 720p front-facing camera for video chat

Multimedia:

• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
• MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Beats audio

Connectivity:

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G Network)
• HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 (3G Network)
• GPRS and EDGE supports
• 3G downloading speed of up to 21 Mbps
• Up to 5.76 Mbps of uploading speed
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, and Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, EDR technology
• GPS with A-GPS support
• NFC capability
• Uses microUSB v2.0 ports

Others:

• SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
• HTML browser
• Java via Java MIDP emulator
• Digital compass
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
• YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
• Facebook and Twitter integration
• Document viewer/editor
• Adobe Flash support
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• Predictive text input

Price & Release:

Reportedly, the HTC Edge Ice Cream Sandwich based smartphone will be released sometime in March or April 2012. It’s expected that, the smartphone will cost you around $830.