The smartphone could be announced on September 1

Aug 29, 2016 17:22 GMT  ·  By

HTC released the One A9 smartphone last year, and it seems that the company might be working on a successor to the device. Recently, images of the HTC One A9s have surfaced online, showing that the handset will have a design similar to Apple's iPhones.

The images surfaced over at Venture Beat and they seem to show that the smartphone is similar to its predecessor, the HTC One A9 which bares a striking resemblance to Apple's iPhone 6. The One A9 came with a 5-inch display with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution and had an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, coupled with Adreno 405 graphics processing unit.

Aside from this, it came in two variants, one with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, while the second had 3GB of RAM and 32GB of memory. Rear camera capacity reached 13MP with f/2.0 aperture, while the front camera had 4MP capacity.

The smartphone came with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and it's on the list of devices that HTC intends to update to Android 7.0 Nougat. Battery capacity reached 2,150mAh and the phone came with a fingerprint scanner.

HTC One A9s could come with a 13MP rear camera

HTC One A9s could come with roughly the same specs, considering that it's a variant of the One A9. The report also mentions that One A9s will have a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front shooter. It will seemingly be available in multiple colors including black, gold, silver and white.

The smartphone comes with some design changes compared to the One A9, the rear camera and flash were repositioned from the center to the left-hand corner on the One A9s. In addition, HTC removed the branding from the front of the phone, providing the device with a clean look.

The smartphone is rumored to be unveiled on September 1, one day before IFA 2016 starts.