There are again rumors appeared about a smartphone that is specifically created for Facebook. According to sources, the device is made by HTC. Also, there would be evidence that this Android 4.1 and a display resolution of 1280×720 pixels.
According to Pocket-lint, which relies on unnamed sources, the Facebook smartphone is not recognizable as an HTC device: all references to the Taiwanese manufacturer would be removed: therefore, it appears that the social-networking site as its own smartphone wants to present. Pocket-lint claims that the device runs on Android version 4.1, which is still unclear or the interface is customized.
The screen size is unknown, but the resolution would be 1280×720 pixels amounts, as appears from a benchmarkresultaat on the site Nenamark. Also makes the result notification of a Qualcomm processor in the housing, running with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz. The type and number of cores is not known, but there would be an Adreno 305 gpu built in. Therefore, it is plausible that the soc originated from the S4 Plus series from Qualcomm, such as the MSM8930. The soc’s in these series are fitted with two Krait cores.
The information about the gpu and screen resolution seem to be against each other to speak. Qualcomm has the Adreno 305 is created as a gpu for budget phones, and according to the specs of Qualcomm supports the graphical chip image resolutions up to qhd, 960×540 pixels. The Nenamark2-mentioned resolution of 1280×720, so would be too high. The only known device with a Adreno 305, an unannounced device from Sony, has, according to GLBenchmark, a resolution of 800×480 pixels.
It is still unclear when the Facebook smartphone, which is currently known under the code name of Opera UL, should come on the market. According to the source of Pocket-lint has the release of the phone has been delayed, but is otherwise nothing known.
There are already several rumors appeared about a smartphone for Facebook. The social networking site denied initially the rumors, but some time later it appeared again rumors where HTC all, as the creator was called. HTC released already a Facebook phone under the name of HTC: ChaCha, that is also on Android running and a Facebook button that content can be shared.