HTC Droid DNA With 5-inch 1080p Display Press Photo Leaked, Release Date Is December 3rd

I have to admit that I was expecting a lot of buzz to be created around the launch of the first smartphone with a 1080p display, HTC J Butterfly, but the public seems to have forgotten about it soon after it debuted in Japan.

Now everybody is expecting the US variant of the HTC J Butterfly, unofficially dubbed HTC Droid DNA, a smartphone retailed by Verizon. The 5-inch phablet had leaked before, but now we have some FCC confirmation, a release date and a press photo.

The picture above presents the HTC Droid DNA and it was posted on @evleaks Twitter account, the one responsible for a lot of unreleased terminal leaks, from Nokia Lumia 920 to ASUS Padfone 2.

There were some HTC Droid DNA-related rumors a couple of weeks ago, talking about Incredible X or HTC DLX codenames. Anyway, it seems that we are dealing with a 5-inch smartphone with a 1080p display, quad-core Snapdragon processor, 2 GB of RAM and, of course, Verizon branding. The speculation market claims that this model will pack LTE connectivity and that it will debut on December 6th.

Meanwhile, this smartphone that is situated at the border between smartphone and phablet payed a visit to FCC for some tests and approvals, so its existence was confirmed. It seems that HTC Droid DNA will come with 16 or 32 GB of internal storage and that it will sport a 2,500 mAh battery.

It seems that HTC Doroid DNA will have a price of $249 with a two-year agreement with Verizon, while others say that it might even cost $199. Unfortunately, this smartphone will not be up for the Black Friday deals, because the release date was set for December.

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HTC DROID DNA render leaked

Verizon’s 5 inch phone, now believed to be heading to market as the HTC DROID DNA, has been in the news quite a lot lately. Just yesterday a page for it was discovered on a Verizon support page. The would-be page (it was linked but there was no content) suggested Verizon was close to getting the phone ready for launch because, well, it would be a mistake to launch a phone without support documents for users who need help.

Well, another piece of evidence suggests that Verizon will soon begin to market the DROID DNA. Evleaks has posted a leak of what looks to be the DROID DNA, and considering the context of the image (the device sits within some futuristic setting) it looks like this might be a snippet from one of those elaborate banner ads or a DROID DOES landing page.

Regardless, it looks like Verizon and HTC are gearing up to drop this 5 inch bomb that looks to cause more than just a few ripples this holiday season. It’ll be interesting to see what they do in terms of timing with the Galaxy Note 2 launching at the end of this month. It was said that that particular device was scheduled so late into the month in order to make room for major marketing for the DROID RAZR HD devices, though that is something we likely won’t get confirmation on.

Indications originally pointed to a November release for the DROID DNA, though @evleaks is saying to expect this one early December. It should be an interesting six weeks for Big Red should things go according to rumored plans. Is anyone waiting to see what HTC and Verizon have up their sleeves with this release or will you go a different route for your holiday smartphone purchase?

[via @evleaks]

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