A shop attendant arranges HTC phones in a mobile phone store in Taipei November 24, 2011.
A shop attendant arranges HTC phones in a mobile phone store in Taipei November 24, 2011.Reuters

The alleged pictures of the much awaited HTC One Max smartphone have hit the internet for the first time, ever since the reports of its existence came to the fore.

Chinese website ePrice has leaked the purported snapshots of HTC One Max which looks like an elongated version of the original HTC One with the same design frame. [To view the HTC One Max images, Click Here]

The website claims that the HTC phablet features a thin bezel and sports a 5.9-inch Full HD (1920x1080p) screen.

The HTC One Max is rumoured to sport a superior 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series quad-core processor with Adreno 330 graphics engine, a notch up from its 4.7-inch sibling HTC One which packs a Snapdragon 600 series chipset.

The upcoming phablet is expected to run on the latest Android v4.3 Jelly Bean with 2GB, 16GB memory with options of further expansion via microSD card. It may also come with a high-capacity 3200 mAh battery for longer battery life.

According to reports, HTC One Max might get launched in September, the very month when rivals Sony and Samsung are also reported to unveil the Camera centric smartphone Xperia i1/Honami and Galaxy Note 3 phablet, respectively.

Rumoured specifications of HTC One Max:

Model HTC One Max
Display 6.0-inch Super LCD 3 display with Full HD 1920x1080presolution
OS Latest Android version with Sense 5 UI on top of the primary OS
Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series quad-core processor with2.3GHz CPU speed
GPU Adreno 330 graphics engine
RAM 2GB
Storage capacity 16GB, memory expandable via microSD card 
Battery 3200 mAh