HTC's Droid DNA.
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HTC decided against launching a Windows Phone 8 handset it had planned because of Microsoft's restrictions on display resolution, a new report claims.
HTC was ready to get working on a large-screen Windows Phone 8 device, but believed that Microsoft's limit on screen display resolutions of 1,280 x 720 and 1,280 x 768 would have made its handset look less-appealing compared to Android alternatives, Bloomberg is reporting today, citing people with knowledge of HTC's thinking.
Google's Android platform has no such restrictions on display quality. In fact, the Droid DNA that HTC released recently comes with a 1,920 x 1,080 display, delivering vastly superior visuals to the 720p model it would have been forced to offer with Windows Phone.
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