HTC’s next big smartphone will offer up
a fingerprint sensor like the iPhone 5s, the Wall Street Journal is now
reporting, and will be unveiled on October 15. Separately, invites have been sent out to journalists from HTC Taiwan,
pegging October 18 as the date for a special event in Kaohsiung, which is being
promoted with a couple of sentences that hint at a fingerprint sensor and
possibly improved BoomSound stereo speakers.