Dual-SIM HTC One Arrives in the UK, on Sale for 490 ($800/590) Outright

The dual-SIM version of HTC One was officially released last summer in China and a few other countries, but customers in the UK have been left out from the initial launch of the smartphone.

Luckily, Android fans in the UK looking for a high-end smartphone that will allow them to fit two SIM cards inside instead of one will be pleased to know that Clove has them covered with the HTC One Dual SIM.

The UK-based retailer has just announced that it has received the first stock of HTC One Dual SIM and customers can now order the smartphone via its PGEgdGFyZ2V0PSJfYmxhbmsiIHJlbD0ibm9mb2xsb3ciPm9ubGluZSBzdG9yZTwvYT4gZm9yIG5vIGxlc3MgdGhhbiAmcG91bmQ7NDkwICgkODAwLyZldXJvOzU5MCkgdXBmcm9udC48YnIgLz4gPGJyIC8+IEFjY29yZGlu ZyB0byA8YSB0YXJnZXQ9Il9ibGFuayIgcmVsPSJub2ZvbGxvdyI+Q2xvdmU8L2E+, the first HTC One Dual SIM orders will ship beginning January 7, so those who purchase it today will probably receive in within the next few days.

Aside from the fact that it comes with dual-SIM support, the HTC One Dual SIM also packs microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 64GB), something that the single-SIM version doesn’t offer.

For the time being, it’s unclear what version of Android the HTC One Dual SIM will ship with, but the Taiwanese company has already confirmed that this model will eventually receive an Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade in the future.

HTC One Dual SIM doesn’t support 4G connectivity, but offers users both HSPA (21Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76Mbps). Other connectivity options include: Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, microUSB, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS, as well as NFC (Near Field Communications).

On the inside, the smartphone is equipped with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor clocked at 1.7GHz, an Adreno 320 graphics processing unit and 2GB of RAM.

It also comes with 32GB of storage, 4.7-inch Super LCD3 full HD (1080p) capacitive touchscreen display, 4-UltraPixel rear camera and 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls.