HTC One M9 officially launches on March 16, 64 GB variant (including its price) now confirmed

posted by Florin T. / Mar 12, 2015, 4:58 PM

HTC One M9 officially launches on March 16, 64 GB variant (including its price) now confirmed

HTC today announced that the One M9 - it's newest flagship smartphone - will be first available in its home country, Taiwan. The handset will be released there early next week, on March 16, and should reach other markets shortly after that.

HTC confirmed that there are two One M9 variants: one with 32 GB, and one with 64 GB of internal memory. In Taiwan, the M9 32 GB will cost 21,900 TWD (around $693), while the 64 GB model will be sold for 23,900 TWD (about $756). As you can see, the price difference between the two variants is of only $63.

Unfortunately, it's not clear if both the 32 GB and 64 GB versions of the One M9 will be available globally. In any case, both have microSD card support, so storage space shouldn't be a problem.

Running Android 5.0 Lollipop with Sense 7 UI, the One M9 is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor, and features a 5-inch 1080p display, 20 MP rear camera, 3 GB of RAM, and a 2840 mAh battery. You'll find out more about the handset by checking out our HTC One M9 hands on.

HTC One M9

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33 Comments

1. Phonecall01 unregistered

Nice... Looking good. I should get myself one of those... I might consider getting the M9 too.. ...giggity!

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 5:07 PM 10

6. engineer-1701d unregistered

wow thats a high price for only having front speakers. nothing really else. everytime i see the back of the m9 i cringe from how ugly it is.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 6:10 PM 5

8. Hyperreal

Posts: 361; Member since: Oct 08, 2013

you must have a terrible taste.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 6:23 PM 12

10. Awalker

Posts: 1973; Member since: Aug 15, 2013

For me it's just a stale design.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 6:54 PM 5

17. ilani

Posts: 90; Member since: Dec 23, 2011

yes, exactly. Nicely put. Stale. Like the S5 was last year!

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:53 PM 1

19. Phonecall01 unregistered

Remember how much people were complaining about the S5 being super ugly after seeing photo??

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 8:08 PM 0

23. dancheung77

Posts: 202; Member since: Jan 28, 2015

consider people making minimum of 22k there and thats a month salary for some just to support their own (made in taiwan ). no wonder HTC not even that popular in their country, people rather spend the same amount on other brands

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 10:15 PM 0

24. dancheung77

Giggity giggity

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 10:17 PM 0

25. KParks23

Posts: 722; Member since: Oct 13, 2010

Ill take the one on the right and u can have the one on the left i like the lighter color..... Of the phone. ha ha all right!

posted on Mar 13, 2015, 1:36 AM 0

2. Rick_Deckard

Posts: 27; Member since: Oct 31, 2014

Wow... Releasing earlier than Samsung, it makes sense... I was debating myself about the M9 or S6... Unfortunately, the M9's camera is getting a bad vibe, with the Toshiba Sensor... Getting the S6, since my favorite feature is camera... :-)

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 5:39 PM 5

9. bur60

Posts: 981; Member since: Jul 07, 2014

Cant say anything yet. We will see the comparisons

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 6:45 PM 3

3. thunderc8

Posts: 98; Member since: Dec 15, 2014

I was going for s6 to replace my s5 but without sd card I'll go for M9 when the LG G4 cones out . I will choose one of those 2.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 5:40 PM 7

7. engineer-1701d unregistered

kate what do you use sd card for in s5 i have a 64gb in my gs3 and i have not taken it out in a year since i switched back from root.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 6:12 PM 2

11. TAMARETTE

Posts: 182; Member since: Jun 15, 2014

Good luck with that choice. You definitely are going LG even knowing that there may be overheating issues with the Snapdragon 810. If it's true, your G4 will be throttling so much you won't even notice the piss poor speeds on your sd card. Hey, it might even be faster! LG can even run ads about how much faster it's SD card is than internal memory.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:03 PM 4

16. true1984

Posts: 864; Member since: May 23, 2012

what are you talking about?

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:35 PM 0

29. seven7dust unregistered

Wow Samsung fans forcing people to buy samsung , ya they are the best in the world. only their opinions matter.

posted on Mar 13, 2015, 4:39 AM 1

4. realjjj

Posts: 375; Member since: Jan 28, 2014

Looks like the black bands above and bellow the screen are shrinked in these renders vs your hands on real life pics

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 5:45 PM 0

5. PootisMan

Posts: 266; Member since: Aug 02, 2013

Still waiting for the Xperia Z4.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 5:49 PM 1

12. tiara6918

Posts: 2263; Member since: Apr 26, 2012

I want it. But I'm having a hard time selling my m8 at a high price that will allow me to upgrade to an m9.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:06 PM 1

13. newbey123

Posts: 700; Member since: Mar 19, 2012

Can't wait to upgrade to the M9, best android now that they fixed the camera!

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:08 PM 1

22. rsiders

Posts: 1934; Member since: Nov 17, 2011

We hope they fixed the camera. HTC has been really quiet on camera performance after Barcelona. If they get it right though, it's a winner.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 10:05 PM 1

14. jmonteiro829

Posts: 261; Member since: Feb 13, 2012

Geez.. every year the price goes up.... at this rate in 3 years the norm will be a grand for a flagship!

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:21 PM 0

15. bugsbunny00

Posts: 2262; Member since: Jun 07, 2013

still feels like m8 looks like m8.

posted on Mar 12, 2015, 7:30 PM 1

18. ilani

Coming off of an M7, i can't imagine myself looking at,basically the same phone exterior for 2 more years. All HTC had to do to get my money was offer something fresh! I can't believe HTC pulled Samsung's S5 mistake ! Too bad.....