Is HTC working on a 5-inch flagship smartphone?

Now, this isn't the first time we hear about HTC working on a handset with such specs. Back in April, a leaked Verizon roadmap hinted that HTC was working on a 5-inch, 1080p smartphone. Furthermore, a mysterious HTC device with a 1080p screen and a Snapdragon S4 Pro processor was revealed on the GLBenchmark web site less than a month ago. Again, that beast of a smartphone was said to be bound for Verizon.

Could the pieces of the puzzle be slowly coming together? Is HTC really going to launch a 5-inch flagship this fall? It is all rumors and speculations for now, but if the company really has such a device on its agenda, it will definitely be facing some serious competition. Currently, the 5-inch market is dominated by Samsung with its 5.3-inch Galaxy Note, not to mention that a successor – the Galaxy Note II, is to be announced later this month. On the other hand, if that HTC 5-incher really exists and if its specs are as mindblowing as it is rumored, we might be looking at a worthy competitor to Samsung's "phablet" offerings.