New HTC Bolt photos reveal a metal design, no 3.5mm audio jack in sight

posted by Florin T. / Oct 14, 2016, 12:28 PM

New HTC Bolt photos reveal a metal design, no 3.5mm audio jack in sight

Not long after announcing the HTC Desire 10 Pro and Desire 10 Lifestyle, HTC is now almost ready to unveil another mid-range smartphone: the HTC Bolt (codenamed Acadia). We've already seen a render of the HTC Bolt, and, today, thanks to Venture Beat, we can take a look at some new photos showing the handset in the wild.

The HTC Bolt kind of looks like the HTC 10 flagship, thanks to an all-metal design and a fingerprint scanner found on the front. However, the Bolt is slightly larger than the HTC 10, as it sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display. Another important thing to note is that the HTC Bolt does not have a 3.5mm headset jack, likely becoming HTC's first modern handset to ditch the widely used audio port. You'll have to get a pair of USB Type-C headsets to listen to music on the Bolt. With the Motorola Moto Z and the Apple iPhone 7 also coming without standard 3.5mm jacks this year, this may quickly become a trend in the smartphone world.

The HTC Bolt should run Android Nougat with Sense 8.0 UI, further featuring 3 GB of RAM, 64 GB of expandable storage space, and HTC BoomSound (though this will seemingly work only with headphones). There is no word on what processor is powering the new phone.

It's said that the HTC Bolt will be released later this month in the US (via Sprint), as well as in many markets across the globe. Pricing details are currently missing.

Do you think you'll be interested in buying HTC's first modern phone to lack a 3.5mm audio jack?

HTC Bolt

source: Venture Beat

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32 Comments

1. cwest2111

Posts: 9; Member since: Aug 01, 2012

Why would HTC make a 5.5in phone and not have it be 2560x1440 as well as 3gb of ram????? And they wonder why nobody buys HTC phones anymore.....smh....definitely not flagship quality.......

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 12:37 PM 1

2. SYSTEM_LORD

Posts: 1168; Member since: Oct 05, 2015

Tell that to OnePlus, heck, with the abysmal number of phones they're selling. /s

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 12:42 PM 6

3. Florin.T

Posts: 315; Member since: Dec 16, 2013

I assume they'll want this to be more affordable than the HTC 10. Plus, 1080p is not that bad and should lead to longer battery life.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 12:43 PM 10

10. Nine1Sickness

Posts: 896; Member since: Jan 30, 2011

A 1080p screen will also lead to less lag.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:31 PM 12

12. AmashAziz

Posts: 2898; Member since: Jun 30, 2014

Not sure about that, but u might be wrong there. Speed tests b/w a 1440p note 7 and a 720p one have shown no or negligible difference in performance. So lag must be same on a particular device too, even though more pixels need to be rendered.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:44 PM 1

21. sgtdisturbed47

Posts: 966; Member since: Feb 02, 2012

It's not about performance at lower res, it's about battery life. Besides that, I've mentioned it before but I have a 27" QHD monitor and sit about 18-24 inches away from it, maybe less. At that distance, I cannot make out individual pixels. Why on earth does a 5.5" screen need to have QHD when a screen 5x larger doesn't show individual pixels at that distance. Pointless, except for those that caress spec sheets for a good time.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 3:37 PM 3

24. wando77

Posts: 1168; Member since: Aug 23, 2012

I'm guessing you are defending 1080p on a 5.5" because the iPhone has that. Pretty sure once the Iphones have 2k screens in 8 years time you will talk about how that is the standard all phones should have

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 6:39 PM 4

4. gersont1000

Posts: 473; Member since: Mar 13, 2012

No phone without a headphone jack will get my money.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 12:51 PM 34

13. NCAAtourney

Posts: 40; Member since: Mar 15, 2016

lol we all care.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:47 PM 4

15. gersont1000

Yes, I care about your opinion too.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:58 PM 11

16. bolosantosi

Posts: 103; Member since: Sep 20, 2016

I agree

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 2:00 PM 2

25. NicAngel unregistered

Same for me.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 9:09 PM 2

5. Diego!

Posts: 866; Member since: Jun 15, 2009

Maybe it's on top of it and we don't have a picture of that side yet?

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 12:53 PM 0

6. Scarambay unregistered

HTC makes some of the fugly phones out there with humongous bezels. The last flagship worthy design was One M7 way back in 2013. That thing was a stunner.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:03 PM 9

11. Nine1Sickness

Agreed on the M7, that thing was a beauty. They screwed it up by moving to a plastic material for the M8.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:34 PM 2

17. Gatorsrule52

Posts: 103; Member since: Mar 18, 2013

They used more metal on the m8.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 2:04 PM 13

7. Joosty

Posts: 471; Member since: Mar 14, 2013

Looks incomplete and rushed. Flash placement very weird heh

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:10 PM 0

8. Fona13A unregistered

After seeing how OPPO implemented antenna slots this band thing is inexcusable.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:11 PM 1

9. XperiaFanZone

Posts: 2277; Member since: Sep 21, 2012

Stop copying Motorola's footstep!

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:26 PM 2

14. TrackPhoneUser

Posts: 256; Member since: Oct 21, 2015

Don't make a thick device and not have a headphone jack...

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 1:48 PM 7

18. LanjaKodaka

Posts: 219; Member since: Sep 27, 2016

The one A9 copied iphone 6/6S design. This one was copied from iphone 7 ?

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 2:16 PM 2

20. Clars123

Posts: 1078; Member since: Mar 16, 2015

what did I jjust read?

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 3:36 PM 3

27. LanjaKodaka

Edit : forgot to metion,it was the headphone jaaack.

posted on Oct 15, 2016, 5:02 AM 0

19. Subie

Posts: 2350; Member since: Aug 01, 2015

HTC is being courageous! This new trend will be contagious. Thus manufacturers of adapters will find this advantageous ;)

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 3:10 PM 2

22. NEWMAN1980

Posts: 11; Member since: Sep 01, 2016

I think that the Sony Xperia XZ is the smartphone of the year

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 4:49 PM 3

23. boriqua2000

Posts: 251; Member since: Mar 11, 2009

Garbage. I'll pass.

posted on Oct 14, 2016, 4:49 PM 1

26. SonyFindOneDroidple

Posts: 865; Member since: May 11, 2013

Htc was the maker of beautiful phones back then while Samsung was creating the ugliest ones. Now, Samsung got the most beautiful one which is Note 7, while HTC keeps on releasing some of the ugliest devices

posted on Oct 15, 2016, 3:41 AM 1

29. jack11141

Posts: 73; Member since: Sep 30, 2015

htc phones aren't bad but real problem is pricing. please dont compare htc to apple. If someone likes ios then there is nothing but iphones to go for but in android world of increasing competetion we have oneplus3, alcatel idols, honors and even samsung to choose. I think htc phones should be class leading not necessarily in every department but at least in some more importantly in some vital areas like camera, battery, price. Still hoping that htc will get all their glory.

posted on Oct 15, 2016, 12:19 PM 0

30. anotherfan

Posts: 62; Member since: Sep 28, 2015

Who said that it has no headphone jack, we have only saw the bottom of the handset.

posted on Oct 15, 2016, 5:59 PM 0

32. ameran

Posts: 344; Member since: Dec 04, 2013

I would fire all HTC design team, if I was the CEO. They really lost their minds and have no clue how to come up with a nice design to put all other phones in shame. I am sorry, but HTC is going down and this downfall is unstoppable.