If you have been waiting to hear any news about HTC's next plan, here it is... The Taiwanese smartphone maker is contemplating a new phone supposedly called HTC One XXL, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor with Krait cores, extra-large specs and features, which is likely to be in race with Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

The smartphone makers have been pushing the boundaries and raising the bar in building mobile phone technology, every passing day, as they come up with better plans, providing giant specifications.

According to a post on Smartdroid, HTC makers are in the process of engineering a phone, One XXL, with mind-boggling specifications to rival Samsung Galaxy S3.

 If the leaked reports are true than the phone will be boasting specs that can even outsmart the much-talked-about S3 Android-phone.

HTC One XXL specs leaked
HTC One XXL specs leaked

HTC One XXL is believed to be the successor of Taiwanese's flagship phone HTC One X. One X is touted as a worthy competitor to Galaxy S3, though the Samsung's flagship phone has been received well compared to One X.  

Speculated features of HTC One XXL are: 4.7-inch 720p display, quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor with Krait cores, 2GB of RAM, 8MP rear camera and 1.8MP front facing camera. Sources added that the makers could expand the display upto 5.5 inches, surpassing the size of the display of Galaxy Note 2.  

Key specifications of new Samsung Galaxy S3, just in case you're planning to buy one:

Display: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (306 ppi pixel density), multitouch, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, TouchWiz UI v4.0.

Size and Weight: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm dimensions, weighing 133 grams.

OS: Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Processor: Exynos 4212 Quad chipset, Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, Mail-400MP GPU.

Camera: 8-megapixel with 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and image stabilization.

In addition, there's also a 1.9-megapixel secondary camera, 720p@30fps.

Memory: In-built memory 16/GB storage and expandable upto 32 GB via MicroSD, 1 GB RAM.

Network: 2G Network (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), 3G Network.

(HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100), 4G Network LTE (regional).

Data Speed: HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, EDR.