Display and specs

There are a lot of conflicting reports about what class device the One A9 is going to be and none seem to be prevailing. Early rumors claimed that it will bear MediaTek’s deca-core Helio X20 MT6797 SoC, paired with 4 GB of RAM. The display was said to have a 5″ diagonal and a 1080 x 1920 resolution. This leak is also reinforced by what seems to be a blooper by a Dutch retailer, who listed the One A9 early on its website, clearly stating a 5″ screen and 4 GB of RAM, with a price-tag equivalent of $792.

Now, all of these leaks gathered paint the picture of a powerful, top-tier device. However, more recent leaks, first ignited by serial leakster @evleaks, showed us a different painting – one of a midrange smartphone. Indeed, according to the latest reports the HTC One A9 will have a midrange Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 humming under its hood, paired with just 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, and powered by a 2,150 mAh battery. In the camera dapertment, it will have a 13 MP main snapper, and a 4 MP ultra-pixel selfie cam. As far as the display goes – this information hasn’t changed, thankfully, it is still expected to have a 5″ diagonal with a 1080 x 1920 resolution, resulting in the crisp 441 ppi pixel density.

You think the conflicting reports are done? Well no – not quite so, as an AnTuTu Benchmark report leaked the One A9 to bear a Snapdragon 620 under its hood, and 3 GB of RAM. In this case, all other leaked specs remain the same, safe for the internal storage, which has also been boosted up to 32 GB.

Quite confusing thus far, though, we do believe it’s safe to say that the chances for the HTC One A9 to actually be a super-powered top-tier device are pretty slim. Earlier leaks could’ve been either wishful thinking, scrapped ideas, other HTC projects, or any mixture of the three. Of course, there’s also the chance that the A9 will arrive in a few variants, though, we don’t believe they will range all the way from a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 to a MediaTek Helio x20.