HTC Bolt - the first Android without a classic headphone jack

Although Apple faced a lot of criticism after introducing the iPhone 7 without the classic headphone jack, Androids are now apparently following suit. HTC was the first to dare and present the HTC Bolt smartphone, which, like the first Android, remained without the classic headphone jack. It was replaced by the increasingly popular USB Type-C data interface.

HTC it follows the steps Apple, as it introduced a smartphone that does not have a 3.5 mm headphone jack (HTC Bolt). If there is iPhone 7 replaced with a connector Lightning, HTC has replaced it with its Android equivalent, the dock USB Type-C. HTC's move is due to the fact that the organization USB Implementers Forum recently adopted a new standard that specifies the transmission of sound via the USB Type-C interface (Audio Device Class 3.0). So this kind of move by Android was only a matter of time.

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HTC Bolt borrows its name from the fastest man in the world.

Of course, the fact that it is also HTC ditched the classic headphone jack, is not the main selling point of HTC's HTC Bolt model. These are the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 5.5-in QHD-screen with a resolution of 2K, protected by glass Gorilla Glass 5, 3 GB of system memory, 32 GB of storage space that can be used with a memory card microSD expandable up to 2 TB, the ability to capture images in resolution 4K (the last resolution camera takes care of this 16 million pixels), resolution webcam 8MP, which enables high-quality video conferencing, a battery with capacity 3200 mAh (HTC promises more than 24 hours of use between charges), the charging speed provided by the technology Qualcomm QuickCharge 2.0, with a modem X10 LTE (3 x 20 MHz), which develops incredible transfer speeds, justifies the name Bolt. The engineers gave it the latest version of the Android operating system, OS Android 7.0 Nougat.

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HTC connoisseurs may have noticed that most things waterproof Bolt (IP57 standard) shares with the models HTC M9 and Nexus 6P. For it you will have to deduct (calculated) 555 euros.