Sprint announced exclusive HTC One M8 Harman Kardon Edition and six-month free Spotify premium offer

Today Sprint has announced an exclusive HTC One M8 Harman Kardon Edition on their network along with a Spotify Premium Offer for Sprint customers. This Sprint exclusive M8 will come with a black and gold finish, along with enhanced sound and the Harman Kardon name plastered on its rear. The package will also include a pair of Harman Kardon AE-S headphones. The phone will become available online starting May 2nd, arriving in stores a week later on May 9th.

In terms of hardware, the device shares the same internals as the regular HTC One M8, including the 5-inch 1080p Super LCD-3 display, Duo 4MP UltraPixel cameras and quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with 2GB of RAM. What does set the device apart other than its visual differences is its Harman Kardon AE-S headphones, which are said to retail for $149

On the software side, you get Android 4.4 KitKat with the HTC Sense 6 user interface. You once again will be greeted with a similar experience on your M8 aside from the Sprint customizations and apps. One unique thing that separates this model from the normal HTC One M8 is Harman’s Clari-Fi feature. Which happens to be audio software baked into the phone. Basically, the audio feature restores and “rebuilds” music quality due to fidelity loss stemming from audio compression. Therefore, it delivers a richer, deeper, and clearer sound quality.

The HTC One M8 Harman Kardon Edition for Sprint, will go on sale starting on May 9th for $229.99 with a 2-year contract or $0 down with 24 monthly payments of $28.34 with Sprint Easy Pay.

PhoneArena has put together a hands on with the HTC One M8 Harman Kardon Edition, which you can check out on their website in detail by following the source link at the bottom of this page.

Sprint's Spotify Premium Offer

To further entice customers, Sprint is giving out six months of free Spotify Premium access to all free and existing postpaid Sprint customers who are on a Framily plan. Those who aren't have to settle for 3 months free instead. To make joining a framily look even more appealing, members will get to continue their Spotify access at a discounted promotional price. Those with up to five members can pay $7.99, whereas groups of 6 - 10 can pay $4.99, for up to 18 months. Altogether, this equals two years of Spotify Premium access for less than the usual $9.99 a month. The offer will go into effect on May 2nd, the same day the Harman Kardon Edition HTC One M8 launches.

source - Sprint | PhoneArena