The HTC Butterfly is an Android-based, 4G

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-capable

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designed and developed by

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. First announced for release in Japan by Japanese carrier

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as the HTC J Butterfly (HTL21), the J Butterfly was released in Japan on 9 December 2012 as the successor to the HTC J. Outside Japan, in other Asian countries, the phone was released as the HTC Butterfly (X920d) and in China and Russia as the HTC Butterfly (X920e). The Chinese/Russian and US versions of the Butterfly do not have a microSD slot. In the United States, the Butterfly was released as the HTC Droid DNA as a

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exclusive, supporting wireless charging. The DNA would become Verizon's final non-Motorola Droid smartphone; following its replacement in August 2013 by the

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and Droid Maxx, the carrier announced that all future Droid phones would be built exclusively by

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. In June 2013, the Butterfly was succeeded by the HTC Butterfly S. It is the second smartphone in the world to be announced with a

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display, after

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's Find 5, and the first phone to be released with one. The phone has Android version 4.1, a quad-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, an 8-megapixel rear camera, and a 2.1-megapixel front camera. It comes with 2 GB of RAM and a 2020 mAh battery. The Butterfly is water resistant with an IP rating of X5 and has a 5-inch " Super LCD 3" display with full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels). This translates to a

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of 440 ppi. In comparison, The

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offers 312 ppi. The Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX HD (HD has 720p display) at 312ppi, the

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's "

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", 326 ppi, and the

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, 332 ppi. The display is manufactured by Sharp, JDI. In India it was launched at a price of 44,900, making it the most expensive Android smartphone in India at the time. However, after the launch of Vertu Ti for 600,000, it lost that title. In summer of 2013, the Butterfly was succeeded by the HTC Butterfly S in Asia. The Butterfly S was never released in Japan. The J Butterfly was succeeded by a phone of the same name in summer of 2014, later released as the Butterfly 2 in other Asian markets.

References

External links

Official website for the HTC J Butterfly (HTL21)

Official website for the HTC Droid DNA

Official website for the HTC Butterfly (India) (X920d)

Official website for the HTC Butterfly (Singapore) (X920d)

Official website for the HTC Butterfly (Taiwan) (X920d)

Official website for the HTC Butterfly (Thailand) (X920d)

Official website for the HTC Butterfly (China) (X920e)

Official website for the HTC Butterfly (Russia) (X920e)
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