HTC Raider 4G LTE Headed to Bell

Rumors about the upcoming release of the HTC Raider 4G LTE at Bell emerged back in August, but no confirmation has been received until recently.

The handset is expected to arrive in the United States via AT&T in the next few weeks. However, the American carrier will offer the device as HTC Holiday, while Bell will release it as HTC Raider 4G LTE.

The Raider 4G LTE was initially slated for a release at both Rogers and Bell carriers, but launch dates have not been confirmed until now.

An upcoming flyer from Bell's retail store, which was leaked by the guys over at MobileSyrup (via tipster), reveals that the HTC Raider 4G LTE is en-route to Bell's shelves.

This would be the second LTE smartphone tipped for Bell, after the carrier posted a video presentation of the LG Eye (LG Optimus LTE) device on YouTube.

Obviously, the phone will be included in Bell's “Superphone” category, along with other high-end handsets.

While the leaked flyer does not mention any details regarding the phone's price, rumors has it that the HTC Raider 4G LTE will be available for as low as $169.95 (120 EUR) with a new three-year agreement, or $499.95 (357 EUR) outright.

The HTC Raider 4G LTE offers users extremely high data speeds via Bell's LTE network, but also features HSDPA+ support for those who do not live in areas with LTE coverage.

The superphone comes with a large 4.5-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors support and 540 x 960 pixels resolution.

On the inside, the phone is a beast. It comes equipped with a powerful 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 16GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM and microSD card slot for memory expansion.

HTC Raider 4G LTE runs Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform with HTC Sense user interface on top.