HTC Wildfire: Three Entry-Level Android Phones Leak…
HTC has not had any flagship devices worth mentioning for years. Instead, it is satisfied with the occasional production of entry-level and mid-range mobile phones but doesn’t make too much of a fuss about them.
At the beginning of August 2020, the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC released the entry-level mobile phone HTC Wildfire E2 without prior notice. Now there are indications of other models.
The HTC Wildfire E2 costs around €115 and offers solid but basic equipment. It seems to be just one of several planned cheap devices from HTC to be released this year.
HTC Wildfire Specification
- Operating system: Android 10.0
- Display: 6.22″, 1560×720 pixels, 16 million colors, IPS, capacitive touchscreen, recess
- Rear camera: 16.0MP, f / 2.2, phase comparison-AF, LED flash, videos @ 1080p / 30fps (camera 1); 2.0MP, f / 2.2, depth of field (camera 2)
- Front camera: 8.0MP, f / 2.2
- Interfaces: USB-C 2.0 (OTG), 3.5mm jack, WLAN 802.11a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.2
- Sensors: Acceleration sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor, compass, fingerprint sensor (rear)
- SoC: Mediatek MT6762D Helio P22, 64bit
- CPU: 4x 1.80GHz Cortex-A53 + 4x 1.50GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: PowerVR GE8320
- RAM: 4GB
- Storage: 64GB, microSD slot (shared, up to 128GB)
- Navigation: A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
- Modem: GSM (0.2Mbps / 0.1Mbps), UMTS (42Mbps / 5.76Mbps)
- Network standards: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA +, LTE-A
- Battery: 4000mAh
- Dimensions: 158.4×75.9×8.95mm
- Weight: 173.5g
- SIM form factor: Nano-SIM (1x shared)
- Extras: Dual SIM
Three Upcoming HTC Wildfire Phones
According to a media report, the database of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) lists three other HTC Wildfire smartphones that look to be released shortly.
The names released were “HTC Wildfire E Lite”, “HTC Wildfire E Ultra” and “HTC Wildfire E Star”. According to the report, the mobile phone trio serves the entry-level segment, although technical details are currently in short supply.
It is also not known when and in which countries the devices will be launched – there is no official statement from HTC. It seems certain, however, that the models will be available at least in selected European regions.
What We Know About Wildfire E Lite
The HTC Wildfire E Lite has just shown up in the Google Play Console and is to be an even cheaper, much more basic handset to the Wildfire E2 smartphone.
The listing in Google Play Console tells is that the phone will have a screen of 720×1440 resolution. It will also have a now uncommon aspect ratio of 18:9. Unlike most handset manufacturers now, HTC has chosen to use the top and bottom bezel rather than a notch or hole-punch front.
It is going to be powered by MediaTek’s Helio A20 chipset, and with a quadcore Cortex-A53 CPU the Wildfire E Lite is as entry-level of a handset as you can get. It won’t come as a shock to know that the performance of this device will not be groundbreaking, however, this could be reflected in the price.
