After teasing a new mystery smartphone for India yesterday, the HTC Wildfire X has been launched in India on Flipkart today, August 14. The Flipkart tease page went live earlier today, and now the smartphone has been launched in two variants. The new smartphone marks the comeback of HTC in India.
A mystery HTC smartphone was teased on Twitter showing HTC’s achievements through the last decade – from the first touch-centric phone in 2007 to the first smartphone with OIS on the front and back camera in 2016, and more. The Taiwanese company teased the launch of a smartphone with a waterdrop notch in 2019 in the last five seconds of the video. Now it is confirmed that the teased smartphone is the HTC Wildfire X.
According to the sale page, the HTC Wildfire X features a 6.22-inch display at 1520 x 720 pixels with a waterdrop notch. It is powered by the Helio P22 chipset, paired with up to 4GB RAM. The smartphone comes in two storage variants: 32GB and 128GB. It packs a 3,300mAh battery, and runs on Android 9 Pie.
On the optics front, it features a triple rear camera setup: 12MP main camera + 8MP lens with 2X Optical Zoom + a 5MP depth sensor. On the front, the smartphone features an 8MP camera housed in the waterdrop notch. The rear camera comes with features like Professional Mode, Face Beauty, HDR, and more.
The HTC Wildfire X also adds the “Mybuddy” feature, which people can use their smartphone as a personal security tool. The feature allows users to pull out the device from the shell to trigger a loud alarm, send live location information to friends and family, and record and transmit audio/video of surroundings in real time.
HTC is also offering a six months no-questions-asked accidental and liquid damage protection plan, and complimentary pickup and drop facility. The standard 1 year warranty runs concurrently.
The HTC Wildfire X is mentioned in two variants on Flipkart: 3GB RAM + 32GB storage and 4GB RAM + 128GB storage. The mentioned MRP of both the smartphones is Rs 13,999 and 17,999 respectively. However, Flipkart is offering a “limited price offer,” under which the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage variant is priced at Rs 9,999, and the 4GB RAM + 128GB storage model is priced at Rs 12,999. The official statement says, "As a limited period offer, it will be priced at INR 12,999 and INR 9,999 for the 4GB and 3GB variants respectively."
The smartphone will go on sale at 12PM on August 22. The launch offers on Flipkart include an extra ₹4000 discount, as mentioned above. Bank offers include 5 unlimited cashback on Flipkart Axis Bank credit card, 5 percent cashback* on HDFC Bank debit cards, and an extra 5 percent off* with Axis Bank Buzz credit card. Buyers are also eligible to get Rs 1,000 off on the next TV purchase from Flipkart. It will be made available in Sapphire Blue colour,