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HTC has been pushing out some pretty powerful phones, but the options have been pretty underwhelming over at T-Mobile. The Samsung Galaxy S II has been pretty much ruling the T-Mobile flagship phone department, but a rumor flying around could put that to the test. We are hearing that the not-yet-official T-Mobile G4x may not be the new LG phone but rather the HTC One X re-branded for T-Mobile. Until the latest rumor, the word on the blogosphere is that LG was be responsible for the G4x. This could have been a replacement to last year’s G2x, which was pretty much an off-the-shelf disappointment. Our own Judie and Dan were at the HTC even a few days ago and reported on the HTC One X for AT&T with the HTC One S as the only option for T-Mobile. Unfortunately the US version of AT&T will reportedly not be sporting a quad-core CPU like the X will be overseas, only a new dual core probably due to the LTE limitations.
“The HTC One X smartphone will launch on Sprint and T-Mobile this summer. Like AT&T’s variant, Sprint’s version will also use the dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor with integrated LTE. T-Mobile will go with the quad-core Tegra 3 processor that supports HSPA+, similar to the global version of the device.
We don’t know the final name of the Sprint version, but it is believed to be a part of the EVO family. Rumored names include the EVO LTE, EVO HD, and EVO 3. T-Mobile will call their version the G4x and it will offer stock Android 4.0 like their other G-series devices.” -Android and Me
If this pans out for T-Mobile then I may indeed be taking a look into HTC’s camp which I left a few years back after the HD2. The G-Series offered in the past for T-Mobile were all a stock Android experience, let’s hope that holds true if the G4x ever sees the light of day. The G4X could also be running with a Tegra 3 Quad core inside, likely at 1.5GHz instead of the AT&T and Sprint dual core counterparts. I am quite excited about the rumored Samsung Galaxy S III and it’s near bezel free design, but I would love to get my hands on a solid metallic unibody phone with no Sense, and 4 cores running ICS. These are all just rumors but I can tell you that our current option (One S) is not a 2012 flagship caliber phone despite it’s S4 dual cores and decent set of features. More to come as this little rumor unravels, hopefully CTIA yields an actual announcement.
Our Coverage of the HTC One Event
via: AndroidandMe, Source: Android and Me secret informant
