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HTC One running stock Android "imminent"

Monday, June 3, 2013

Reports suggest HTC may be planning to launch a Nexus edition of its flagship smartphone.........


HTC may be planning to follow Samsung's lead and launch a version of the HTC One running stockAndroid.

Reporting in Geek, Russell Holly claims sources have said HTC are working on a version of its flagship smartphone that will ship without its Sense software.

Holly added that a US launch is "imminent".

He previously leaked that Samsung was preparing to launch an stock Android version of its Galaxy S4before it was officially announced at Google I/O last week.

However, previous comments from senior HTC executives have cast doubt on whether a device without the company's Sense software would reach phone buyers.

Speaking with The Verge last year, HTC's chief product officer Kouji Kodera said that the company is "very proud of HTC Sense" and would "like to continue shipping it on every device".

However, Kodera was one of the many employees that left HTC earlier this year.

It is unclear if Kodera left because of a change in the the management of HTC's approach to Sense or for other reasons.

While the HTC One has been well received critically and by the public, sales have still lagged significantly behind those of rivals Samsung and Apple.

The company was also forced to admit it would be postponing the launch of the HTC First in the UK. It blamed poor customer feedback in the US for the move

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