Htc One In China To Have Microsd Card Slot, Despite Previous Htc Claim

[Jozi]

HTC is offering its flagship smartphone the HTC One in China with a microSD card slot, according to its own advertising, contradicting earlier claims by the company that it was unable to include one, leaving many around the world without the feature.

 

The HTC One comes in two versions, a standard 32GB model and a 64GB one for developers. That is not enough space for many, however, and what seems like a standard feature on Android phones, room for a microSD card, was never employed.

 

HTC claimed the reason for this was because of the phone's unique, gap-free design, which did not allow for such expansion. In fact, that is also the alleged reason users cannot remove the battery.

 

 

Chinese users are getting half their prayers answered, however, as it looks like HTC is allowing microSD card expansion, likely due to being forced to provide dual-SIM support. The trade-off is that the phone is no longer “gap-free,” but has a removable back. However, this still will not allow access to the battery.

 

Many customers outside China, however, might feel a little cheated that they are not getting this basic feature. While Apple got in trouble in China for its different warranty policies, it seems HTC might instead be in trouble with the rest of the world.

 

 

http://vr-zone.com/articles/htc-one-in-china-to-have-microsd-card-slot-despite-previous-htc-claim/19812.html

 

 

[LinusTech]

Holy crap. This is awesome. I want a Chinese One....

[Zaker172]

Hmm.. Is there any way I could make them ship me one to Europe? Probably the only way would be to buy from someone on ebay. I could really use more space, I tend to have lots of music, movies or other stuff on my phone.

[AndrewReaganM]

Awesome! Linus, if you go to China pick me One up too! :p

[akoDITO]

COOL! More music and movies for your smartphone. I want this Chinese one.

[Nexus]

It should be standard on every phone tbh. Although personally i've never been able to fill the 32Gb on my one x, so i wouldn't make a difference to me.

[TimeLine2Point0]

Noow I want one... Cant. Good thing i like my razr maxx, tho

[mgsstar]

Having Dual Sim and SD expansion slot makes the HTC One an amazing phone! But won't having a removable back makes it easier for the back cover to bend and become unusable when dropped?

[orangecat]

I wonder is this version would be in Chinese or offer English.

[perplex]

i recently backed a kickstarter project that gives you extra storage via the charging port

 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta?ref=popular

 

maybe it might be handy for some of you guys :P

[Nicktrance]

They did the exact same thing with the Butterfly (AKA DNA) some markets got LTE some markets got a microSD slot.

[bedro]

cool!

[Spartan0804]

Id probably pick one up for meself. This phone looks boss and with the micro SD in it, thats so much more space. I live in Hong Kong so I dont have much of a problem. BUT DAMN!

[Snyper]

Ok first of this is awesome. My question is though why does china need or get these features is it something specifically that china has to have? Totally perplexed..