The HTC One (M8) may be one of the best Android smartphones available on the market, but some may not be willing to pony up the premium price. ll, today HTC officially announced the One (E8), a variant of the M8 that keeps most of the high-end specs ditches the metal body for a polycarbonate one. icing for the smartphone is not currently available, it’s easy to guess that HTC latest offering will be cheaper than the original.

A majority of the specifications found on the original M8 remain on the new E8, but there are a few tweaks. Other than the build materials, the smartphone comes in with a 13 megapixel rear camera single D flash instead of the Duo Camera setup dual D flash on the original. 

The E8 ships with the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, 2GB RAM, BoomSound speakers,16GB internal storage, Micro SD card slot, 5 megapixel front-facing camera, 2,600 mAh battery. ile it’s region specific, there will also be a dual-SIM version of the One (E8) as well. en it comes to hard specs, little is missing on the E8 it’s a welcomed addition to the One family for the consumer on a budget.

Available in black, white, red, blue, the HTC One (E8) will be globally available in early ne, with specific markets yet to be announced.