From DailyTech: HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) for the most part impressed with its second-generation HTC One (M8). The phone carries a premium price despite lacking some features carried by its rivals such as optical image stabilization (although it makes up for that shortcoming with exclusive features of its own, like stereo speakers).
HTC is looking to trim roughly $150-160 USD off the cost of the HTC One by releasing a variant dubbed the HTC (M8) Ace, which will drop the costly aluminum sculpted chassis for a more pedestrian plastic body design.
The price is not official by any means, but is based on a leak from Chinese blog TMTpost which claimed to have an inside scoop pointing to a CN¥3,000 (~$480 USD) price.
While that image left more questions than answers, Engadget offered the additional detail about the plastic body design. If accurate, this gives a key clue to HTC's strategy with the much-rumored device.
Assuming the body material and price rumors are reasonably accurate, the HTC smartphone could see strong sales given that it matches most of the spec of Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) Galaxy S5, while seriously undercutting it on price.
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