Dubai: HTC launched its premium smartphone — HTC One M8 — in Dubai on Wednesday evening at an event held at Atlantis, The Palm.

The five-inch device houses Super LCD3 touch screen with Gorilla Glass 3 and HTC’s new interface — Sense 6.

It is powered by Quad-core 2.3 GHz processor with 2GB of RAM and 16/32GB internal storage capacity. The M8 has a micro SD slot which supports up to 128GB capacity. Most of the phones in the market support 64GB capacity.

The M8 features a metal body and number of innovations including dual rear facing camera for capturing the depth of the image and a 5MP front-facing camera as well as introducing a new version of its Android UI, Sense 6. While there is no 3G version, the HTC One M8 4G LTE is priced at Dh2750, and will be available from Friday.