Coming soon: HTC One M8 Prime

Smartphone screens just aren’t big enough these days. HTC is stretching to 5.5in with its One M8 Prime

The HTC One M8 Prime is HTC’s replacement for the HTC One Max: a large-screened phablet with a beautiful display, intended to replace both your phone and your tablet.

According to the internet rumour mill, fuelled principally by generally credible HTC-watching sites such as EVLeaks, HTCSoku and GSM Arena, the HTC One M8 Prime will have a massive 5.5in display, with a 2K full-HD resolution. Expect a super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen boasting 16M colours, with a massive 534ppi pixel density.

On the design front it will supposedly be made of a combination of aluminum and liquid silicone. Matching the Galaxy S5 and Xperia Z2, it will also be dustand waterproof.

Performance is also likely to be immense: expect 3GB of RAM to be paired with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 or 810 CPU.