One ME, HTC's third Quad HD smartphone, launches in China and India

Officially announced at the beginning of June as HTC's newest high-end smartphone, the One ME is now available to buy in China, where customers can get it for less than $500 (off contract). More exactly, the One ME costs 2,999 CNY, which means about $483.

Just like the more expensive One M9+, the One ME features a fingerprint scanner, and a 5.2-inch display with 1440 x 2560 pixels (thus being HTC's third Quad HD handset, after the M9+ and the One E9+). However, unlike the M9+, the ME is not completely made out of metal: it has a polycarbonate body with a metal frame around its edges.

Another thing that's different on the One ME is the processor: a 64-bit, 2.2 GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio X10. Moreover, the new HTC handset has a regular 20 MP rear camera, instead of the 20 MP Duo rear camera of the M9+.

Running Android Lollipop, the HTC One ME also features BoomSound speakers, a 4 MP UltraPixel front-facing camera, LTE, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of expandable internal memory, and a 2840 mAh battery. Dual SIM support is included, too.

At the moment, we don't know if the HTC One ME will be released around the world. Would you buy one?

Update: The One ME will also be available in India starting this week, but it's going to be more expensive there: about $640.


sources: HTC China (translated), GSM Arena