HTC Windows Phone 8 roadmap leaks out, 3 models in tow

HTC's Windows Phone 8 roadmap has leaked out, revealing three models with the freshly announcedMicrosoft OS in the pipeline. In a fashion, similar to the Android running HTC One series, the Taiwanese company will release an entry-level, upper mid-range, and a full-blown flagship handsets.

The HTC "Rio" will sit at the bottom of the range. The entry-level device is expected to sport a 4" WVGA display, 5MP camera and 14.4Mbps HSPA. The CPU will from the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 line, coupled with 512MB of RAM.

The HTC "Accord" will sit in the upper tiers of mid-range devices. It will feature a 4.3-inch 720p Super LCD 2, 8MP camera with 1080p video capture, 42Mbps HSPA+, and NFC support. The CPU in this one will be a dual-core Snapdragon S4 silicon, to go with a gig of RAM.

The HTC "Zenith" will sit on top of the company's Windows Phone 8 range. It will feature a 4.7" S-LCD2 display and 42Mbps HSPA+. The CPU will reportedly be a yet to be announced quad-core beast from Qualcomm. The rest of the "Zenith" specs will be in line with those of the "Accord".

All in all, it looks like an exciting Fall season in the making for all HTC and Windows Phone fans out there. As always, we'll keep our ears to the ground for more info on these devices.

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Rumor: HTC One XXL to be like One XL, but with quad-core Krait

Android users have become power-hungry - dual-core processors no longer cut it. If you're among that crowd, this next rumor should give you a twitch of excitement - an HTC One XXL with two extra cores than the XL, better graphics and more RAM.

A couple of leaked screenshots show some of the specs of this purported beast - a 4.7" 720p screen, 8MP main and 1.8MP secondary cameras and a codename, "Closurexxl".

The chipset specs of the One XXL are more interesting though - a quad-core processor (reportedly a Snapdragon S4 with Krait cores), 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 320 GPU plus LTE connectivity.

One chipset matches the description - the Qualcomm APQ8064. There's an old rumor of the HTC Zetawith that chipset and roughly similar specs, but that's from before the HTC One series came to be.

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