HTC One M8s unveiled: a 2015 rendition of the One M8 with no UltraPixel camera and a 64-bit chip

Just as the brand new HTC One M9 is starting to arrive on store shelves, HTC has unveiled the One M8s: a phone that looks practically identical to last year’s One M8, but does feature a new, 64-bit system chip and does away with the UltraPixel main camera.

Apart from those two big changes, the HTC One M8s sports the same brushed aluminum unibody and styling, a 5-inch 1080 x 1920-pixel LCD screen, and pretty much all else has remained identical.

Here is a quick peek of the specs:

• Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense
• 146.36 x 70.6 x 9.55mm, 5.64oz (160 grams)
• 5-inch 1080 x 1920-pixel LCD display
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC (4x Cortex A53 @ 1.7GHz, 4x Cortex A53 @ 1GHz)
• 2GB of RAM
• 13-megapixel f/2.0 main camera with dual rear camera setup, 5-megapixel front, selfie cam
• 16GB internal storage with microSD card expansion option
• 2840mAh battery (slightly larger than the battery on the One M8)

With all the reports about the overheating Snapdragon 810, it's interesting to see how this new comparatively under-clocked Snapdragon 615 system chip will perform. We should also keep in mind that this new HTC One M8s is considered an upper mid-range, a more affordable device than the flagship One M9.