The HTC One V – the latest in the Taiwanese manufacturer’s new flagship line of smartphones – will go on sale in the UK later this month, according to online reports.
The Android-powered mobile will be available for free on monthly price plans from Orange, O2, and Vodafone from April 23.
Prices will start from a very attractive £13.50 a month on a two-year contract on 02, which gets you 250 cross-network minutes, 250 texts and 100MB of mobile internet usage per month, as well as access to O2’s Priority Moments offers scheme.
The HTC One V is the third smartphone in the new One series. The One X is the flagship in the line, with a huge HD screen and a super-fast quad-core processor, while the One S is the middle of the trio, packing an 8MP camera, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and Ice Cream Sandwich.
While the One V doesn’t boast the same high-end features, it does pack a 1GHz 1GHz Qualcomm processor, an impressive 3.7-inch touchscreen with 480 x 800 resolution, a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash, 4GB of internal memory (expandable via microSD) and 25GB GB of free cloud storage for two years.
It also runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich, together with HTC’s own Sense 4.0 UI, and is the cheapest HTC handset to feature Beats by Dre Audio technology.
