So, it's official. HTC will bring its much-awaited HTC 10 flagship phone to India. Controversy began when the India website of the company listed the Snapdragon 652/3GB RAM toting Lifestyle variant the day the HTC 10 officially went live. The company has finally cleared the air on all the fiasco.

"We are pleased to announce that global flagship HTC 10 is coming soon to India. Stay tuned for the announcement and the availability date," Faisal Siddiqui, president HTC South Asia said in a statement to IndiaToday.in.



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Although the company failed to mention a clear cut timeline (and possible pricing) for the HTC 10 India launch, it's good that the company has finally put to rest long-standing rumours regarding its next-generation flagship. As for the Lifestyle variant, it has now been removed from the HTC India website and replaced with the HTC 10. Whether or not it would be coming to India at all is yet to be seen. The company has accepted the fact that the HTC 10 Lifestyle is real, but declined to comment about its future for now.

Launched on April 12, the HTC 10 is the Taiwanese company's answer to Samsung's Galaxy S7 (and S7 Edge) and LG's G5. The phone boasts of a new metal design, better camera, improved performance and possibly better battery life over its predecessor phone, the One M9 (M9+). The phone has been launched at a starting price of $699 (which roughly translates to Rs 46,413).

The HTC 10 comes with a full-metal unibody with distinct chamfers. The front is carved out of Corning Gorilla Glass 4 and is pretty reminiscent of the HTC One A9, a phone that drew quite a controversy for resembling a certain iPhone.

The phone comes with a fingerprint scanner and a USB Type-C port for charging and data syncing purposes. It boasts of a 5.2-inch QuadHD super LCD 5 display with a 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution and is powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB internal memory which is further expandable by up to 2TB via microSD card. The phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based Sense 7 UI and supports 4G LTE connectivity.



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The HTC 10 sports a 12-megapixel (UltraPixel) camera on the rear with f/1.8 aperture, laser autofocus, Optical Image Stabilisation and dualLED flash. There's also a 5-megapixel camera on the front with f/1.8 aperture, autofocus, Optical Image Stabilisation and a screen flash.

The phone supports BoomSound Hi-Fi with Dolby Audio. It has a dual speaker layout boasting of a separate tweeter and woofer design along with a dedicated amplifier for each.

The HTC 10 is backed by a 3,000mAh battery which is non-removable.

