HTC One Release Date ATT & Sprint April 19, Preorders at $199; TMobile Following But Not Verizon? [VIDEO]
AT&T announced it will carry the HTC One on April 19, with the 32GB model starting at $199.99 with a two-year contract.
AT&T HTC One pre-orders on AT&T began Thursday. Uers who pre-order the phone from AT&T will receive a free HTC Media Link HD wireless adaptor that will allow streaming of videos, music, photos and other media files to television sets without connecting a HDMI cable to the phone.
The 32GB model of the HTC One starts at $199.99 and AT&T will also sell the 64GB model for $299.99. The 32GB model is $50 cheaper than the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S4 on AT&T, which is open for pre-orders beginning April 16.
Sprint released an official press statement Tuesday announcing that the HTC One release date is set for April 19th and that the device will be priced $199.99 with a two-year contract with them. The HTC One is available for both new and existing users, and pre-orders began Friday. Sprint will sell the 32 GB variant of the HTC One.
Sprint's Everything Data plan with Any Mobile, Anytime includes unlimited Web, texting and calling to and from any mobile device in America on the Sprint Network. The package starts at $79.99 per month for smartphones.
T-Mobile confirmed that it will support the Samsung Galaxy S4 created a pre-registration page for the smartphone on its website, according to PC Tablet. The carrier also said it will start selling the handset on May 1st.
Verizon Wireless is rumored to not be a carrier of the HTC One in the U.S. HTC reportedly tweeted earlier that the One will not be released by Verizon in the U.S. but later on they deleted the tweets, leaving subscribers unsure of the situation.
With a full aluminum and live home screen, the upcoming HTC device has a 4.7-inch full HD 1080 pixel display with 468 ppi. Memory options are 32 GB or 64GB and the phone's platform is Android with HTC Sense and HTC BlinkFeed. The latter allows users to pick the social networking sites, news and feeds they want to stay updated on and they will all stream live to the phone's home screen. The front camera has 2.1 mega pixels and there is also 1080p full HD video recording. Sense TV allows synching with a television or remote control.
