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When we were first hearing of the prototypes and codenames that would eventually be the HTC One phones, the HTC Ville ended up being the One S. The One S ended up being the mid-range phone of the One series as compared to the One X and One V, but it looks like HTC has another phone up their sleeve with the leak of the Ville C’s specs.

Billed as “a cheaper One S” this phone has some specs that would seem to contradict that. Sense 4.5 is apparently already in the works and billed for this phone, rocking a 4.3″AMOLED screen with qHD resolution. 1GB of RAM and a Snapdragon S3 processor that say is clocked at 1.7GHz, but we’re hearing it’s supposed to be 1.2 and that is a typo. It has Android 4.0 already on-board and a 8MP camera that can shoot 1080p video. A lot of power for a “cheaper One S” so we’ll have to see what this phone is all about. We’ll keep you updated as we hear more.

Via: BriefMobile

The guys over at TechnoBuffalo have come across a report that says in moving towards a strategy to cut costs, Sprint will no longer offer early upgrades to their customers. The policy that is dying is the fact that if you were within two weeks of your upgrade, Sprint would let you do it early, but that will soon exist no longer. Sprint says the practice was to help customers with broken phones but they now have other services for that. I hope that no one was planning on using this for the EVO 4G LTE, who knows when that will officially be on sale now.

Via: TechnoBuffalo

More of a reminder than anything because we reported on it a few days ago, but if you have an HTC Sensation 4G from T-Mobile check your system update menu as soon as possible. Android 4.0 is waiting for you on the other side with huge improvements to your phone, and an upgrade to Sense as well. Why are you still reading? Go!

The other question remains about the HTC Amaze 4G, and we have heard news since earlier this week. The Amaze is slated to get the bump to ICS on May 21st. If you can wait one week you can enjoy Android 4.0 and all the awesome that it brings.

Via: TmoNews

Apple certainly threw a wrench in Sprint’s plan to launch the HTC EVO 4G LTE this week. Previously slated to launch May 18, an ITC investigation into HTC’s alleged infringements upon Apple patents has held up shipments at customs until some ruling is reached. Sprint has come out and confirmed that the launch is delayed, but they urge customers to stay on-board, especially those who pre-ordered the device:

Sprint will maintain the promise for the preorder customers that they will be among the first to receive their HTC EVO 4G LTE units.

This is unfortunate for the launch of the HTC One X in the US, since it has been so highly praised. Let’s hope that this doesn’t drag out and keep fantastic devices out of people’s hands.

Via: Sprint

Hot on the heels of T-Mobile announcing today that the HTC Sensation 4G would be getting Ice Cream Sandwich May 16, CyanogenMod 9 has hit the device officially. In case you wanted stock ICS over the Sense 3.6 infused upgrade that T-Mobile has coming you can get the download hot off the preses now at their download center.

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According to the above image, Sprint is to drop the price via mail in rebate of two popular devices on May 18 to possibly make way for the HTC EVO 4G LTE, which is to launch on that same day. The devices getting dropped a bit are the Samsung Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy SII variant) and the HTC EVO Design 4G. If the Epic 4G Touch was on your shopping list, now would be the time.

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The HTC One S has only bee out for a short time but already the modding community has got its hands on the thing and started going through its code. One small patch that has come from this is one that controls the auto-brightness of the phone. XDA user he_stheone64 looked through some of the levels and did some tweaking between 10 and 20% less bright than what HTC had originally. Since the biggest battery sucker on all phones is the screen, this can save you an estimated 10% of battery life on a charge. Not bad. Full instructions including a “back to stock” zip await you at XDA below. But please, always make a back-up before you do anything crazy.

Via: XDA