HTC is preparing a special version of One (M8) with music brand harman / kardon

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has decided not to abandon launched in 2011 a campaign to promote products through cooperation with companies , to create a fashionable audio equipment. 

This time his partner is harman / kardon, whose name will appear in a special version of the software HTC One (M8).

First musical collaboration on the brand and manufacturer of smartphones told known Twitter- account @ evleaks, specializing in leaks . He said that special harman / kardon- version HTC One ( although M8 was not specified , it is implied flagship 2014) will be available only in the U.S. operator Sprint.

What's different about this version of the smartphone from the usual? After lifting the topics on the forum XDA independent developers revealed that the option of harman / kardon in hidden form is also standard in the firmware version of the flagship Sprint- HTC.

To show it , enough to hold the simplest manipulation xml- files. Item is located in the main settings directly under BoomSound and consists of two switches . One of them activates the Clari-Fi - presented this year feature to "restore the quality of compressed files" , as the harman / kardon. 

The second , named LifeStage, judging by the name and icon , includes certain analog Sound Surround (« Surround Sound ").

A small but important digression on the latest signature switch : «harman / kardon AE-S in-ear». On its basis, we can assume this version than One (M8) is different from the usual. It seems that it will be bundled with earphones delivered " gag » harman / kardon AE.

But back to the activation function in the standard proprietary firmware One (M8) for Sprint. Unfortunately, her appearance does not affect the sound, ie in system software harman / kardon- variant expect some unique library.

While information about the HTC partnership with the American brand of music outside of the USA. However, to exclude the probability of similar harman / kardon- Version One (M8) in Europe or Asia can not .

PS: By the way, the firmware is also similar to a hidden item Beats Audio. Its activation does not affect the sound , but hints at a possible collaboration with HTC finally sold last year brand. Although it is likely that it is part of Sense 6 and left for porting shell on last year's smartphones .