Rumored HTC & Verizon phablet surfaces at GLBenchmark

There have been many phablets (phone+tablet that have very large screens) that have been sold around the world, but Samsung basically conquers the phablet space with the Samsung Galaxy Note. LG has also attempted it with the Vu, but it is only available in Korea, and it is a very terrible rendition of a phablet. Rumors for a five inch HTC smartphone have been going around the internet for awhile, and this device looks like it will fit the bill. An entry for a HTC 6435LVW that surfaced at GLBenchmark.com seems to look a lot like the features you would find in a phablet. This device is supposed to have a 1.5GHZ dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (probably with the Sense 4.0 or 4.1 skin), and the biggest feature of the device, a 1,794 x 1,080 display. The whole display could be 1,920 x 1,080 to fit the three onscreen Android buttons that are available in Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. So far, HTC's Ice Cream Sandwich devices have had capacitive buttons that are not on the screen, but the new Sense 4.1 skin that is supposed to be released soon, could bring onscreen buttons. This device looks to have the specs of a premium smartphone, and it will probably be advertised as one. If HTC does release this phablet, it will have to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Note II that is supposed to be announced at IFA this year. We think that this device will be branded as a One series device, or it will be branded as an extra large version of the HTC One X. Want more information on HTC's rumored phablet? Check out the links below for more information.

Via: Engadget
Source; GLBenchmark, CNET

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