Prior to the announcement of the HTC RE camera, the company announced the new Desire EYE. Which was a follow-up announcement to the EYE software that we will get into a bit later. The Desire EYE though is a new phone that has a lot going for itself. It is plastic, but it is a unibody dual color molded plastic. No back covers here. The real kicker to the device aren’t the internal specs, while they are still very nice, or some 4k screen. Nope, the Desire EYE’s main attraction is the 13MP wide-angle front facing camera with color LED flashes. Yes, a front facing camera with some oomph and a set of LED flashes. I might not be a selfie taker, but I certainly do get tired of seeing super dark selies from the bar show up on social feeds.
Beyond the front camera and flash, the Desire EYE brings you a 5.2-inch 1920 x 1080 display, quad-core Qualcomm 801 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz, 2GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage with SD card slot, BoomSound, and an embedded 2400 mAh battery. The device is also IPX7 waterproof rated as well. Not to mention the rear 13MP camera with dual LED flash also.
Beyond the hardware you have a feature set of software that takes full advantage of the dual cameras. It is called the Eye Experience. The same software will be finding its way to the HTC One M8, possibly the M7, with an update over the next month or so. The Eye Experience lets you take front and rear photos/videos at the same time. You can also do some double exposure work and take your image and place it on the scene, or in someones pocket, whatever. You will be able to crop and scale to your heart’s content. There is also, what they call, the Auto Selfie. Near as I could tell, a timer for selfies that is set for 2 seconds. It does over voice commands like “Say Cheese.” for photos and “Action” to start a video. There is a bit more in the Eye Experience that we will cover in a separate post since it will be making its way to other HTC devices soon.
The HTC Desire Eye is  set for launch exclusively with AT&T. Colors, dates and pricing aren’t available yet. At least none that I found or heard.We will keep you posted on those. You can signup for more information about the Desire Eye through HTC’s website at your leisure.
