HTC Pyramid – Android 4G Smartphone With qHD Display Coming To T-Mobile In June

HTC Pyramid

With the unrest in Egypt, HTC seems to have come up with a related name for one of their latest smartphones. They named it the Pyramid. This is of course a code name, but quite the timing nevertheless. Get a closer look at some of the information on this smartphone with the Egyptian reference here in this quick article.
HTC is known for making big bold smartphones with decent processors inside. The HTC Pyramid will be one to make history for them, if the rumors are true. Depending on who you listen to, this is going to be the first smartphone from HTC to have a dual core processor. Since HTC and Qualcomm have worked closely together in the past, it is not a far fetched idea to think that the new dual-core 1.2 gigahertz Snapdragon processor, machinated as “MSM8260″, will be in the Pyramid. That is what some are saying, anyway. The GPU ( Graphical Processing Unit ) will be the Adreno 220.
The screen for this new beast of a phone will be strikingly clear and favorably large. The display is slated for 4.3 inches in size. That is one of those smartphones that stretches across the hand and is stubborn to get into pockets. It is one small step under a “tablet” screen. The resolution of the HTC Pyramid display will be 960 by 540 pixels of power. For comparison, the iPhone 4 has 640 by 960 pixels of resolution, but in a smaller screen ( 3.5 inches ). The Pyramid resolution has been given a name; qHD. That stands for “quarter high definition”. It is the same screen resolution of the Motorola Atrix.

HTC Pyramid Spec:

Dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor
4.3″ SuperLCD display
960 x 540 qHD display
768MB of processor RAM
8 MP Rear camera
1.3 MP VGA front camera
HSPA+ (14.4 Mbps)
Android 2.4 OS
DLNA
HTC Sense 3.0

With a lively processor and a clarion display, the HTC Pyramid is loaded for bear. Thanks to the chosen processor and GPU, this smartphone will be able to do some uncommon stunts. One is that it will be able to handle a 16 megapixel camera. Will it actually have one with that large of a specification ? Only HTC knows for sure. Other things the Pyramid will be able to do is to handle HSPA+ networks. This is like 4G but faster. The numbers are; 14 megabits per second for download and 5.6 megabits for upload. The T-Mobile network is slated to receive this HTC smartphone and they are already looking at 21 megabits per second speeds for a Samsung model. All the other “normal” wireless networks can also be supported like; EDGE, GPRS and GSM.

HTC Pyramid

With the powerful Qualcomm dual core processor the HTC Pyramid will be able to record and playback in 1080p high definition format. The HTC HD7 is already for sale over at T-Mobile. It runs the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system and also has a 4.3 inch screen. It is assumed that this HTC Pyramid will add some spice to the mix and be running Android, hopefully in the latest Android 2.3 gingerbread version but it may possible that HTC Pyramid comes with Android 2.4 OS. This is the gingerbread version and supports things like NFC ( Near Field Communications ) accounts. Nokia has this in their phones and Samsung put it into the last Google Phone. NFC is going to be big, but there is no guarantee the Pyramid will have it. As from TMO, HTC Pyramid set June release timeframe though the actual date is unknown.