Last year, HTC had brought back its Wildfire series from the past by announcing the budget-friendly Wildfire X smartphone in India. Today, the Taiwanese company unveiled a new Wildfire phone called Wildfire R70 in the country. Some of its major highlights include large-sized display with waterdrop notch, triple rear cameras and a big battery.

HTC Wildfire R70 specifications

The Wildfire R70 comes with a 6.53-inch IPS LCD display that produces 720 x 1560 pixels and a tall aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The 16nm Helio P23 chipset from 2017 powers the device with 2 GB of RAM. The phone offers a native storage of 32 GB. Users can expand the storage by adding a microSD to the device.

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The Android 9 Pie OS that is customized with HTC Sense UI comes loaded on the HTC Wildfire R70. The rear shell of the smartphone has a triple camera system. It comprises of an f/1.75 aperture 16-megapixel primary shooter, a 2-megapixel macro lens with f/2.4 apertures and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. The AI driven triple cameras offer features like Pro mode, Macro mode, HDR, Beauty mode, Portrait mode and AR stickers. The front notch is the home for the phone’s f/2.0 aperture 8-megapixel selfie camera. It supports Beauty mode, Portrait mode, AR stickers and full HD video recording.

The Wildfire R70 has a 4,000mAh battery that supports 10W charging. The usual connectivity features like dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, microUSB and 3.5mm audio jack are available on the Wildfire R70. The rear shell of the smartphone features a fingerprint reader. The phone measures 163.2 x 77.8 x 8.9mm and it weighs 189 grams.

HTC is yet confirm the pricing and availability of the Wildfire R70 smartphone. When available, it can be purchased in color editions like Aurora Blue and Nigh Black.

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Last month, HTC revived its Wildfire line in India. It announced the Wildfire X, a mid-range phone powered by the Helio P22 chipset and with triple rear cameras. Before the launch, other Wildfire phones such as the Wildfire E and Wildfire E Plus were certified but only the Wildfire X was announced.

A few days ago, Thailand’s NBTC certified an HTC phone called the Wildfire R70. The certificate revealed the phone is manufactured in Taiwan by HTC but it also lists Lava International (Thailand) Company Limited as the operator.

The Wildfire X sold in India might have HTC’s name on it but it isn’t technically HTC’s phone. The brand name is actually licensed to InOne Smart Technology who own the Lava brand. We want to believe the same applies to the upcoming Wildfire R70. It will come with HTC’s branding and get listed on HTC’s website but all these are actually part of the agreement with InOne (Lava).

The specs of the Wildfire R70 are currently unknown but we expect more details will surface soon.

Licensing a brand name isn’t a new thing in the mobile industry. The Nokia brand is currently licensed to the Finnish company, HMD Global Oy. The BlackBerry brand is (or is it was now) also licensed to TCL and Optiemus Infracom.

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