HTC One new mics sourced

 

Regular readers may remember an ongoing dispute between Nokia and HTC that we recently reported on regarding the flagship HTC One. It looked as though there may be future delays ahead for the HTC One following Nokia’s win of a preliminary injunction involving the microphones on the HTC One. HTC has now stated that it will use a new supplier for improved mics and that this should not affect future supplies of the phone.

The mics under dispute are made by ST Microelectronics and an Amsterdam court judge recently granted the preliminary injunction against the supply of the mics to anyone but Nokia. HTC expressed disappointment and said it would look for alternative solutions and has now confirmed that the injunction filed by Nokia was not actually against HTC but rather against ST Microelectronics.

HTC has issued a press release regarding the injunction and stated that Nokia has failed in its bid to also gain a recall of those microphones already supplied to the company. This was because HTC could not have had previous knowledge of the exclusive agreement between ST Microelectronics and Nokia. The ruling therefore stated that any of the HDR (high-dynamic range) microphones involved that HTC already had in its inventory could continue to be used.

 

However HTC says it will now work on an improved microphone for the HTC One and will be sourcing another mic producer for when its current stock runs out. We certainly hope that HTC is correct in its assertion that this situation will not impact on future supplies of the HTC One and it will be interesting to see how this pans out. What are your thoughts on HTC’s clarification on this matter.


The HTC One is one of the hottest Android smartphones available with high-end specs and a beautifully stylish design. The phone comes in three different color options, black, silver or red although not all carriers will carry all of these. However if you’re in the US and want the black version of the HTC One we can tell you that it is now available on Sprint.

The HTC One in the silver option was already on sale through Sprint but those who have been waiting to get their hands on the black model should be pleased to hear of its availability now. While there is no difference at all to the specs of the HTC One in black from the silver version it’s good to know that it is available in both choices now. Sprint has beaten AT&T to the starting line with the HTC One in black, another smartphone able to use its 4G LTE network.

The HTC One in black at Sprint is the 32GB model. However if you want the 64GB variant of the HTC One in black you’ll still have to wait for it to arrive at AT&T as the carrier has an exclusive for that, at least initially. The 32GB model though is a good price at Sprint at $99 on the usual contract for new customers. You can check out the details or order it at this Sprint page.



 

If you want a reminder of HTC One specs then it has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 4.7-inch Super LCD3 display, UltraPixel rear camera, Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2, 2GB of RAM and much more to delight. If you want to see more on this then why not check out our earlier HTC One vs. Galaxy S4 comparison.


There is no doubting that the HTC One is an excellent smartphone that will be giving the competition in 2013 a run for their money, and that includes anything that Apple or Samsung brings to the table. Now a new version of the HTC One with Dual SIM and MicroSD support has had its release date set.

The HTC One has been widely praised by consumers that already have the device in their hands, while some users have been seeing a software update to improve the camera even further. Now a new version has been officially announced after leaking earlier this month that has dual SIM and microSD support.

Unfortunately this version is only going to be available in China and on all major carriers in the country, and is set to be available directly from HTC on April 26th. The rear cover comes off the device to reveal the slots for the various cards but it doesn’t seem that the battery is removable by the user.

At the time of writing no pricing has been set for the device but having microSD support will be welcome news for some potential purchasers of the handset. Having no option of extending the internal memory further is arguably the only criticism that can be levelled at the HTC One, and it’s not known if this version will have different microphone technology after the recent injunction Nokia won against the smartphone.