HTC Desire EYE could be available starting the next few weeks (at least in Asia)

HTC announced the Desire EYE on October 9, without saying exactly when the smartphone will be released. According to Focus Taiwan, however, the new Desire could be launched “in the coming weeks” in Taiwan, following its certification by local authorities. This means that the handset might also be available in other markets pretty soon.

In the US, AT&T will be the exclusive carrier of the Desire EYE, planning to offer it “this holiday season.” While AT&T didn’t reveal pricing details, we know that the new smartphone will cost about as much as the HTC One (M8) in Europe.

The Desire EYE has the largest front-facing camera ever seen on a smartphone: a 13 MP unit with 28mm wide-angle lens, f/2.2 aperture, and dual LED flash - so you should be able to take great selfies with it. On the back of the handset, we can also find a 13 MP camera with dual LED flash, this one offering an f/2.0 aperture.

Cameras aside, the HTC Desire EYE features Android 4.4 KitKat with Sense 6, BoomSound speakers, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of expandable internal memory. The handset’s display is a 5.2-inch IPS one with 1080 x 1920 pixels. Any takers?