This month has been a mix of good and bad for HTC. First, it was announced that the Taiwanese company no longer sell its phones in the UK as a result of a patent dispute with the Munich-based company, IPCom. The patent in question is related to a wireless technology developed for car phones. While UK fans of the company mourn the unavailability of HTC phones, those in India are celebrating the company’s plan to return to the Indian market.
Today, HTC India released a teaser confirming its return to the country. The video chronicles HTC’s achievements – from the first touch-centric phone in 2007 to the first Android phone in 2018 and the first smartphone with a metal body in 2013 and more.
Hello India! Our journey of innovation continues.
Can you guess what's coming next?#htcIndia pic.twitter.com/bTavBjvcUw
— HTC India (@HTC_IN) August 12, 2019
The last few seconds of the thirty-six-second video shows a sketch of the phone launching in India this year. The only detail it reveals is that the phone will have a waterdrop notch.
The phone is believed to be the HTC Wildfire (2019), which according to leaks, will sport a 6.2-inch HD+ display, an Helio P23 processor, 16MP + 5MP dual rear cameras, and a 3500mAh battery. It will also have 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
As you can see in the teaser, the phone isn’t the only product teased. There is a smaller device with a wrist strap. We have no idea what the second product is but we have a guess. We think it is a power bank or a portable battery pack.
HTC has made power banks in the past but we haven’t heard of a new model in a while. It makes sense if it also plans to revive its accessory business alongside its smartphone business in India.
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