Eyeing that HTC phone? Now is the time to score one
If you have been eyeing the dark horse of the smartphone race – HTC and have been sitting on the fence for a while as to which side of the smartphone wars to put your money on, wait no longer as HTC has gone for a whole series of price revisions across the range for their smartphone line-up.
While the flagship HTC 10 has not had a drop in price, it’s lower end siblings in the range have. Slightly down the totem pole is HTC’s One X9 that has a 5.5-inch Full HD display, a MediaTek Helio X10 octacore processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB of storage, a rear 13-MP camera with OIS that can capture 4K video and a 3,000mAh battery. It was originally RM1,499 but it’s now repriced to RM1,399.
The HTC Desire 830, Desire 626 and Desire 526G+all enjoy a price revision of RM100 down off their listed price though the Desire 828 gets RM50 off the listed price. Some phones, such as the midrange Desire 628 and the flagship HTC 10 retain their original prices.
The selected models from HTC that enjoy a price cut are below and are effective as of 1 August at all retailers and dealers nationwide in Malaysia:
Model | Price before revision | Price after revision |
HTC One X9 | RM1,499 | RM1,399 |
HTC Desire 830 | RM1,099 | RM999 |
HTC Desire 828 | RM999 | RM949 |
HTC Desire 626 | RM699 | RM599 |
HTC Desire 526G+ | RM499 | RM399 |