The New HTC One M8 is Official, Available to Order Online Now

Earlier this morning HTC hosted an event to announce the anticipated HTC One (M8). The follow up device to the HTC One (M7) that the released last year. Unfortunately we missed the live stream. It is hard for these manufacturers to really surprise people anymore when there are always a multitude of leaks leading up to the final announcement. However, speculation and leaks can sometimes be wrong. Most weren’t though. So what is the HTC One (M8) packing? Here is a spec list for you to mull over.

5-inch full HD, 440 PPI display
-Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core CPUs
-Duo camera
-Primary camera: HTC UltraPixelâ„¢ camera , BSI sensor, pixel size 2.0 um, sensor size 1/3â€, f/2.0, 28mm lens
HTC ImageChip 2. 1080p Full HD video recording with HDR video
Secondary camera: capture depth information
-Front camera: 5MP, BSI sensor, wide angle lens. with HDR capability, 1080p Full HD video recording
Gallery with UFocusâ„¢, Dimension Plusâ„¢, Seasons, Foregrounder, Image match
-Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers
-2GB RAM
-16 or 32GB models
-Micro SD slot
-Bluetooth 4.0/WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5 GHz)
-Motion Launch
-Extreme Power Saving Mode
-Sense 6
-Zoe
-Sense TV
-Gunmetal Gray Hairline Finish
-40% longer battery than M7
-Size: 146.36 x 70.6 x 9.35 mm
-Weight: 160g
-2600 mAh embedded rechargeable Li-polymer battery

We were aware of most of the specs listed above. The smaller details, like the focus being a mere 300 milliseconds as compared to the original of 600 milliseconds is a nice improvement. Along with the camera modes like Dual Capture, Selfie (yes, it is more than a term now, and customizable manual modes. They also talked about how they tweaked the speaker chambers and software tweaks to improve the sound quality from the front facing speakers.

Along with all the “upping” they did to the camera and software from the previous model, HTC also announced that they are opening up the Blinkfeed homescreen to developers with the release of the SDK. Foursquare will be one of the first partners to take advantage of the SDK. Fitbit is also coming in to the picture too. There will be plenty of apps to follow.

Where HTC really stepped up the game though is not even just the announcement of the device, but also announcing that is available today. You can order one from HTC right now in fact.Â You will choose one of three carriers, AT&T, Sprint or Verizon. T-Mobile does’t appear to be listed. They also have the developer edition. The dev edition will set you back $649.99 in Grey. AT&T, Sprint and Verizon are all $199.99. Verizon has the additional Glacial Silver color option where as Sprint and AT&T only have the Grey color option.