HTC has started the year by launching two new handsets and rumors have been spreading that there will be another one to be released soon. The new HTC flagship smartphone is said to be revealed later this year.

There is no official statement yet from HTC regarding this upcoming smartphone but a bunch of rumors and leaks continues to spread all over the internet. One of latest leaks showed the supposed render of the new HTC device.

The new HTC flagship smartphone is named HTC U. It is speculated to be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with Andreno 540 graphics processor. Its screen will have a 5.5 inch and 1440 x 2560 pixel resolution display and with a 4GB RAM and up to 12GB storage. The new device may come with a 12MP rear camera and a 16 MP front camera.

Some leaked images may show the upcoming HTC phone but something is quite muddled. Obviously, the physical home button, the power button, and the volume controls are not seen on it and this is quite intriguing. The USB Type-C port is located between the dual speakers at the bottom of the new phone.

Apparently, the phone as shown in the renders does not reflect what has been leaked in video materials by serial leaker Evan Blass. It can be recalled that the video showed no HTC logo nor fingerprint sensor on the bottom bezel at all. However, analysis from HTC Source's Nick Gray reveals that the layout of the leaked render was most was likely have been twisted from one for the HTC U-Play.

Through the rigorous competition in the mobile market, maybe HTC finally unveil the fact that buttons on mobile phones are not necessary anymore. Until then, these will just remain speculations until the day the new HTC flagship smartphone will be launched.