14 DAY TRIAL // Today, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation officially announced the upcoming availability of its HTC One smartphone on shelves in Australia, confirming that it would be released on all major networks there.
Starting with April 23, users in the country will be able to purchase the new device from Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile, with pre-orders expected to kick off this week.
In fact, as Ausdroid notes in a recent post, the HTC One is already listed on this page on Vodafone’s website, and should appear here on Virgin Mobile’s online store as well, though this won't happen until tomorrow.
Wireless carrier Telstra also published a registration page for the new device, while Optus is expected to begin pre-sales of the smartphone tomorrow.
In addition to officially confirming the availability of this handset on their networks, carriers in Australia also offered specific info on the pricing of the smartphone.
Vodafone, for example, will have it available on its $60 per month plan with a $3 monthly payment for the handset, for a total minimum cost of $1,512 over a 24-month contract. Optus’ offering looks exactly the same, it seems.
At the same time, Virgin Mobile will release it on its $59/month plan, also with $3 monthly payments, with a total cost $1,488 over a two-year contract agreement.
At Telstra, the smartphone will be a bit more expensive, as it will require a $10 per month handset repayment on the carrier’s $60/month plan, for a total cost of $1,680. However, the carrier will also make the phone available contract-free through it stores, at $768.
Made official back in February, HTC One arrives on shelves with a 4.7-inch full HD screen, a quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor inside, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory, a 4MP UltraPixel photo snapper on the back, front camera for video calling, and Google’s Android Jelly Bean OS loaded on top.