That would make it fatter (as expected) than the 12.3-mm iPhone but skinnier (and a hair wider) than the 18.1-mm HTC Touch Pro and 17-mm Xperia X1.
The end of the month gets a 2.3 combo of Gingerbread phones as the Samsung Illusion (codenamed Viper), and HTC Bliss touch down on the 29th.
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First off, it's alleged that this monster is going to be called the Touch ZINE HD, and considering the phone's uncanny resemblance to HTC's Touch HD, the name seems a little too close for comfort.
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Anyone remotely familiar with the HTC or Sprint Touch will feel right at home with Verizon's version, the XV6900.
In the past year visits via iPad to Forbes have gone up an order of magnitude. (The top 5 devices that connect to our site are the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, HTC Aria and the Motorola Droid).
HTC's soft-touch Windows Phone 8X is more reassuring.
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So what if HTC were to announce its own multi-touch device -- based on the lovely Elf -- just days before the iPhone's release?
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Camera performance is said to be better than the Touch Pro's, though both HTC and Sony Ericsson (via HTC, ironically) still have plenty of time to tweak that via a well-placed firmware update or two.
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The HTC Merge smartphone combines a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard with the power of Android 2.2, the HTC Sense experience, a large 3.8-inch touch-screen display and a 5 megapixel camera to create a complete mobile experience for those looking for a truly complete smartphone.
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Signature design true to HTC's heritage, the HTC One SV, with its 4.3 inch super LCD-2 touch screen, is perfect for those who like to have ample screen to play games, watch streaming video, and browse the web.
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Nokia's N95 and N96 phones also support video conferencing outside the U.S. HTC makes several high-end phones with front-facing cameras for video conferencing, including the Touch Diamond, Touch Pro and Touch HD.
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