HTC has finally announced the Butterfly 2 for the Asian markets, after several rumors. It was unveiled for Japan’s KDDI as J Butterfly (HTL23) last month, today the company has officially unveiled the smartphone at an event in Japan. The HTC Butterfly 2 was also announced simultaneously in Taiwan. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Sense 6 UI.
It comes with Water ( IPX5 / IPX7) and dust resistance (IP5X) body, has a 13-megapixel camera and duo camera arrangement, where the 2-megapixel camera captures the depth information. It has the same 5-megapixel front-facing camera, HTC BoomSound and Dual front-facing stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers, similar to the HTC One M8.
HTC has tied up with HARMAN for JBL LiveStage Signal Processing Technology for better audio output. It comes bundled with exclusively designed JBL in-ear-headphones in Japan.
HTC Butterfly 2 Specifications
- 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super LCD 3 display
- 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6 UI
- 13MP primary rear camera with dual LED Flash, f/2.0, 28mm lens
- 2MP secondary rear camera to capture depth information
- 5MP front-facing camera with BSI sensor, 1080p Full HD video recording
- 9.99 mm thick and weighs 151 grams
- IPX5 / IPX7 for dust and water resistance
- 3.5 mm headset jack, Dual front-facing stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers
- Infrared LED for remote control
- 2 GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n (2.4 and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX codec, NFC and GPS with GLONASS
- 2700 mAh battery
The HTC Butterfly 2 comes comes in Red, White and Blue colors and would go on sale in Taiwan starting September 2nd. HTC would also launch the smartphone in Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.