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WSJ confirms HTC One Max fingerprint sensor, says debut coming Oct. 15

Published Oct 8th, 2013 8:00AM EDT
HTC One Max Release Date

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Seeing isn’t always believing so for those who weren’t convinced by the dozen or so leaked photos showing a fingerprint scanner HTC’s upcoming One Max, The Wall Street Journal has you covered. The paper on Tuesday morning reported that HTC is getting ready to take the wraps off of its latest phablet. It confirms the name “HTC One Max” and also confirms that the supersized smartphone will include a 5.9-inch display and an integrated fingerprint scanner, though WSJ isn’t quite sure exactly how the scanner will be used. According to the report, HTC plans to unveil the HTC One Max on October 15th, though no details on pricing or a release date were provided. An earlier report suggested that HTC One Max specs include a full HD 1080p display, a quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon processor, up to 64GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and a 3,200 mAh battery.

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