HTC One M9 to be available in U.S. starting April 10th

HTC announced earlier today that they were launching a new UH OH Protection program to help ease the mind of customers who invest in the new HTC One M9 smartphone. In a webcast announcing this new program, HTC Americas president Jason Mackenzie also took some time to field questions. During this stage of the webcast, he indicated April 10th is the date HTC has targeted to make the HTC One M9 available to U.S. customers.

Unfortunately, Mackenzie did not share any additional details, so it is not entirely clear what “available” might entail. The smartphone is slated to be offered by all of the major carriers. HTC likely hopes the devices are in retail stores and offered online by all of the carriers to compete with Samsung as the date corresponds with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S 6 and Galaxy S 6 edge.

HTC has already had trouble meeting their target release date for the HTC One M9 in Taiwan. They indicated that issue was related to a software glitch that had to be addressed. Mackenzie did spend time discussing reports about overheating issues with the Snapdragon 810 chips. He indicated any concerns had been addressed as HTC would not release a phone that it didn’t think would meet the quality expectations of its customers.

Now that an official with HTC has let a date out of the bag, we should probably see announcements from carriers in the very near future regarding their plans to offer the device.

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