Today HTC, together with the Japanese telecom operator KDDI, presented its flagship smartphone J Butterfly with a record resolution of 1920×1080 pixels for a five-inch screen.
Accordingly, the density of dots per square inch of the gadget is also a record – 440. However, as for the rest of the characteristics, then everything is not so innovative. The device’s characteristics are close to Samsung Galaxy Note II: a 4-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz, an 8 MP camera, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of flash memory, an HDMI port, an infrared port, as well as Bluetooth 4.0 wireless adapters, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, and the NFC chip Runs “butterfly” on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
Perhaps HTC itself considered this gadget as a “killer” of an extremely successful monster from Samsung, the first generation of which sold 5 million units.
And it is the bright, large HTC device that is needed now more than ever, because the company’s financial affairs are not going in the best way. HTC’s net profit for the third quarter of 2012 was $133 million, which is 79% less than the profit for the same period last year. This is the lowest result in the entire history of the company since 2006.
J Butterfly is not the first attempt of the company to reverse the situation in the smartphone market (moreover, it is currently being released only in Japan). This spring, HTC released an updated line of devices, in which the classic design of the Taiwanese manufacturer’s devices was radically revised. However, the activation of Samsung mid-range and business-class devices on the market, as well as the lack of competitive budget-level solutions against the background of the activation of young Chinese vendors in this segment, led to a drop in demand for HTC devices.
So it is unlikely that J Butterfly will be a way out of this situation if it enters the world market. Yes, it is surprising that HTC has equipped such a powerful device with a battery of only 2020 mAh. For Samsung Galaxy Note II, it reaches 3100 mAh.