Sprint HTC One Max to launch on November 15, for $249.99 on-contract

After being accidentally listed by Best Buy and Sprint a few hours ago, the HTC One Max has been confirmed to arrive on the Now Network on November 15 for $249.99 on-contract.

The carrier also sells one of the HTC One Max’s main rivals, the Galaxy Note 3 for $249.99 with new contracts.

The phone can be pre-ordered from Best Buy (check out the Source link below), with the retailer listing it for $249.99 with new two-year contracts from Sprint, and $749.99 off-contract. Sprint is only taking pre-registrations at this time...

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HTC One Max tipped for 15 October debut

HTC's rumoured One Max smart phone could be with us in a matter of weeks, fresh rumours suggest.

Mark 15 October in your calendars, tech fans, as that's the date that Android-centric site Android Central says it spied on Chinese-language blogging site Weibo, further claiming that the site tallies with its own anonymous sources.

Take that rumoured date with a pinch or two of salt, as there's no way of knowing yet whether it's genuine or not. It does broadly tally with an earlier report however, in which an HTC executive supposedly divulged that a variant of the HTC One was planned for the last three months of 2013...

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Mysterious HTC Zara to arrive alongside HTC One Max?

As Samsung prepares for the release of its Note 3, HTC is also getting ready to unleash two new devices of its own. The first of the handsets is known as the HTC One Max and is designed to compete directly against the Note series. The second is a previously unheard of handset by the name of Zara.

We’ll start by talking about the One Max, which we already know a great deal about.

For starters, the phone will feature a premium metal-body design similar to the HTC One. The handset is also said to have a 5.9-inch FullHD display, a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, UltraPixel camera and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

What about the HTC Zara? The latest report from China Times suggests that the handset will arrive in September alongside the One Max. Unlike the One Max, the HTC Zara trades in the premium metal body for a plastic design that is probably more akin to Samsung devices.

Unfortunately, beyond its plastic shell, next to nothing is known about the Zara. We can’t say what markets it is being aimed at, its pricing or even what kind of hardware or screen size the phone might possess.

What we do know is that September is shaping up to be an interesting month. Not only will we see Samsung’s latest Note, but now we have two interesting HTC devices to look forward to as well.

With HTC’s push towards higher-end metal bodies, would you still consider a plastic-bodied HTC handset if the specs were right for the money?

Source: Android Authority