Verizon is finally offering the HTC One and you can pick one up for $199.99 or you can get it from Jennifer Lopez and Viva Movil for $99.99.
We covered an event Verizon held during CTIA in May that brought Jennifer Lopez into yet another business venture. The wireless carrier was making a "huge" announcement that it would be entering into a partnership with a Latino company called Viva Movil. Verizon put on quite a show, dimming the lights and playing Jennifer Lopez's "Jenny From The Block;" once the lights came up, Jennifer Lopez was posing on stage and ready to begin reading off a teleprompter. She told the crowd how excited she was for the partnership with Verizon and the company said that she is now the "Chief Creative Officer" for, Viva Movil by Jennifer Lopez.
Viva Movil is a wireless service that was created for Latinos, according to Jennifer Lopez's speech. She announced that it would soon be launching stores to give Latinos a place to purchase smartphones, tablets, and other devices and leave the store with everything set up. The service uses Verizon's network, complete with its 4G LTE network and sells existing Verizon smartphones and tablets, including the just-launched HTC One. Verizon is offering the smartphone for $199.99, but Viva Movil is offering the same smartphone on the same 4G LTE network for just $99.99. Now you can't say Jennifer Lopez never gave you anything.
The HTC One features an anodized aluminum unibody enclosure and sports a 4.7-inch SuperLCD 3 Full HD (1080p) display that is also scratch-resistant. The handset is powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and runs Android 4.1.2 and HTC Sense 5.0 with BlinkFeed. It includes 32GB of internal storage and has 2GB of RAM.
Its camera capabilities include an HTC UltraPixel rear camera with HTC Zoe support and dedicated HTC ImageChip, 88 wide-angle lens with HDR capability, as well as 1080p video recording on both its front and rear cameras. Users will love the sound they hear from the smartphone's dual front stereo speakers with HTC BoomSound, which also includes built-in amplifiers with Beats Audio. In terms of wireless connectivity, the HTC One includes a 4G LTE radio, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, and GPS. The handset also comes with an infrared universal remote control with program guide and a 2,300mAh battery.
You can order the HTC One from Viva Movil for $99.99 when signing a new 2-year contract with Verizon. It is an online deal that expires on September 15.
