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| HTC wants to return to the tablet market |
Since selling the majority of its mobile phone business to Google in 2017, HTC has grown into a small player in the Android smartphone space. It's hard to remember the last time the company released a tablet. But it looks like an all-new tablet might hit the market soon.
It is not clear if it was manufactured by HTC or its licensor. But the HTC A100 tablet is Android ready.
When released, this tablet will be HTC's first consumer tablet since HTC partnered with Google in 2014 to create the Nexus 9.
Android tablets are not one of the most popular technologies. Especially off the list of the best Android tablets.
Equipped with a 10.1-inch screen, the device has recently appeared on the Google Play console and a number of product listings on websites that connect Chinese hardware suppliers with global buyers.
According to these sites, the new tablet has a 1920 x 1200 pixel screen, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
It is also powered by a Unisoc T618 processor, a 12nm quad-core chipset with two ARM Cortex-A75 cores clocked at 2GHz and an ARM Cortex-A55 core clocked at 1.8GHz and dual-core ARM Mali-G52 graphics.
This tablet uses an aluminum frame, measures approximately 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches, and weighs approximately 1.2 pounds.
HTC A100 has a 13MP + 2MP camera on the back and a 5MP front camera.
HTC in the tablet business
Other features include a 7000mAh battery, a microSD card reader, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB-C port.
Support WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, some models support 4G LTE cellular network.
There is no information about the cost of the tablet. But the choice of a Unisoc processor, along with the lack of features like fingerprint readers or NFC support, suggest it's likely a mid-range device.
According to the listing on the Made in China website. A company called Blands World Technology is looking for partners to sell this tablet and other HTC branded products. In South Africa, North Africa, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, CIS countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. He did not mention North America or Western Europe.