HTC One M8 EYE with 13MP rear camera goes official in China

HTC unveiled the Desire EYE at the Double Exposure event in New York earlier this week, but it did not announce the One M8 EYE that was leaked recently. Now  the smartphone has gone official in China on the official website. Specifications of the smartphone are similar to the HTC One M8, but this has a 13-megapixel rear camera instead of the Ultrapixel camera, similar to the Butterfly 2. It has the same 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the One M8.

HTC One M8 EYE Specifications

  • 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 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
  • Secondary rear camera to capture depth information
  • 5MP front-facing camera with BSI sensor, 1080p Full HD video recording
  • Dimensions: 146.36×70.6×9.35mm; weight 160 grams
  • 3.5 mm headset jack, Dual front-facing stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers
  • Infrared LED for remote control
  • 2 GB RAM, 16GB 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, and GPS with GLONASS
  • 2600 mAh battery

The HTC One M8 EYE comes in Gunmetal Gray and Glacial Silver colors and is priced at 3999 Yuan (Rs. 39900 approx.). It is available for pre-order in China and is would go on sale in the country on October 15th. No word on the global roll out yet.


Srivatsan Sridhar: Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram
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