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Why is every smartphone maker modeling their handsets after Apple Inc iPhone ? Can't they come up with something different and take the industry to a whole new level? Must it be on Apple designs. HTC shouldn't have named its flagship  the 'One A9'. Instead the HTC iPhone 6s A9. I mean the handset looks a lot like the iPhone6s. Or should I say an iPhone 6S running Android Operating system.


Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC launched its latest One smartphone, The A9, at the Barclay centre in New York, USA on Tuesday. HTC hopes its newest smartphone will make you dump your iPhone and pick up the One A9 instead. It even touts it as the iPhone killer.
The One A9 is an all-metal handset with a 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display that packs some of the features and specs HTC believes will help it compete favourably with the iPhone. It has a 13-megapixels  rear camera with optical image stabilization, 4-megapixels front-facing camera and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 64-bit octa-core processor.

The A9 handset runs on the latest version of Google's Android operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow (In fact it is the first non-Google Nexus phone to come pre-installed with the new OS) along with HTC Sense.

The handset comes in two models. There's a 16GB version with a 2GB RAM and a 32GB version with 3GB of RAM.You can increased the storage space on the 32GB version up to two terabytes. There's also a 2150mAh non-removable battery at the back of the handset to keep it running for hours.

The new iPhone 6S HTC One A9 smartphone will come on stream to customers all over the world in the first week of November. The 32GB A9 is currently selling in the United States at $400. HTC says pricing for the A9 in the US will go up ''anytime soon.''

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