HTC Amaze NFC Android phone heading to AT&T
RumorPosted by Seth Planck
November 10th, 2011 at 12:38 PM Filed Under Latest News, Rumor
HTC Amaze NFC Android phone heading to AT&T
NFC Rumors has learned that AT&T is planning to add the HTC Amaze to its growing list of NFC capable smartphones within the next few weeks. The HTC Amaze has already been on T-Mobile since October 10th, and it now appears that AT&T wants in on some of the well specified HTC Amaze action for its own network. However, like every other NFC smartphone that goes on Ma’ Bell, it is not clear at this point whether NFC will be enabled at the time of launch. AT&T has disabled Near Field Communication chips in every NFC phone so far, but rumors are suggesting the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus may be changing things over at the number two MNO.
Just this last week two NFC capable phones were launched on AT&T with NFC disabled which were, of course, the mighty Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and HTC Vivid. However, we reported last week that AT&T is starting to feel the heat because T-Mobile, Sprint and now Verizon will all have NFC enabled devices on their networks. What is most surprising about AT&T is that the MNO has purposely brought on NFC smartphones to then disable them. The HTC Amaze has its NFC enabled on T-Mobile and it will be a sign of the times to see how AT&T handles the introduction of this phone.
HTC Amaze NFC phone specifications
Specifications for the HTC Amaze NFC phone put it up there with the best. We have heard great things about the performance of the NFC in the smartphone and see no reason why that would change on AT&T’s network. The following HTC Amaze NFC phone specifications are for the T-Mobile version as a guide. AT&T could well have some changes up their sleeve.
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 1700 / 2100 | |
| Announced | 2011, September | |
| Status | Available. Released 2011, October |
| SIZE | Dimensions | 130 x 65.6 x 11.8 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 172.9 g |
| DISPLAY | Type | S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density) | |
| - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - HTC Sense v3.0 UI - Touch-sensitive controls |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| - SRS sound enhancement |
| MEMORY | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | Practically unlimited | |
| Internal | 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Yes | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 |
| CAMERA | Primary | 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch-focus, face detection, SmartShot, BurstShot, SweepShot, ClearShot | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p | |
| Secondary | Yes, 2 MP |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 1.5 GHz Scorpion dual-core processor, Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 chipset | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Games | Yes + downloadable | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - NFC support - Digital compass - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - SNS integration - Google Search, Maps, Gmail - YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - Organizer - Document viewer - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input |
| BATTERY | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1730 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | ||
| Talk time |
Purely speculation, but an interesting value proposition for AT&T would be to have the HTC Amaze tricked out with some LTE goodness. We haven’t heard this to be the case from our sources, but it may make sense for AT&T to try to differentiate its HTC Amaze offering from T-Mobile’s. Because at the end of the day, a plan is cheaper on T-Mobile. We await to see what happens with NFC in the AT&T HTC Amaze as well as pricing and a firm release date and will bring you details as soon as we have them.