HTC leaks Edge smartphone with quad-core chip

TAIWANESE SMARTPHONE MAKER HTC's Edge smartphone might be the world's first quad-core handset.

The HTC Edge is set for a launch in the first half of next year and will have an Nvidia Tegra 3 Kal-el quad-core processor, according to Pocketnow. The handset looks similar to the Titan but will run Android instead of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

The only device we know of that will definitely come with the Tegra 3 chip is the upcoming Transformer Prime tablet and notebook that Asus will unveil tomorrow.

The Edge will have the same size screen as the Titan at a rather large 4.7in with HD 720p resolution. Other specifications include 1GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, an 8MP rear facing camera and Bluetooth 4.0.

It is unclear which version of Android the phone will run but HTC has announced that its most recent device will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich early next year, so we expect that a new handset will come pre-loaded with the latest version. However, this is not always the case.

The Edge could come with version 4.0 of Sense and a bunch of HTC services such as 'Listen', 'Read' and 'Play' for music, books and games, respectively. HTC 'Watch', its film rental service will offer high definition content.

HTC doesn't comment on rumours or speculations so we'll have to wait and see if any of this information turns out to be true. µ