Twitter user @Football4PDA has leaked several devices in the past, such as the HTC One X+, and he’s proven to be a reliable source of information. His latest tweet says HTC is going to announce a new phone called DLX. It’s highlight feature will be a 5 inch 1080p display. Under the hood there’s supposed to be a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, and on the back of the device there should be a 12 megapixel camera.
When exactly will HTC officially announce this thing? Rumors say November. According to Unwired View, there’s already a version of DLX that’s been tested and certified to run on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, so that means we can’t be too far off from an unveiling. It should also be noted that there are rumors floating around the internets that suggest there’s going to be a Nexus version of this phone. Yes, we know that photos of the LG Optimus Nexus have already surfaced, but this year we’re expecting to hear about multiple Nexus devices.
Is a 5 inch phone too big? Not necessarily. Earlier this year we saw a device announced in South Korea called the Vega S5. It’ll never be sold outside the country, which is why hardly anyone paid any attention to it, but we carefully examined the specifications and noticed that despite having a 5 inch display, it was actually smaller than Samsung’s Galaxy S III.
How can a 5 inch phone be smaller than a 4.8 inch phone? Simple. Pantech’s engineers minimized the size of the bezels around their device. That’s how Samsung managed to fit a 5.5 inch screen inside the Note II, despite it being physically smaller than the original 5.3 inch Note.
We’re looking forward to getting more information about the DLX, it has the potential to easily be the best smartphone to come out the year.