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The latest smartphone from HTC is yet to go on sale in India. Meanwhile, here are some first impressions… Design The new phone, called the HTC 10, follows on from last year’s HTC One M9. But while it continues the same design language such as a curved back, this is a whole new beast. The finish is smooth and looks different according to how light falls on it. The edging is much better than last year’s model, so it’s much comfier to hold. And this time the curve at the edges is, well, curvier so the phone is just 3mm thick at the edges. Quite a bit thicker in the middle, obviously, where it’s 9mm. HTC is going for a cleaner, purer look – it’s even taken the HTC logo off the front of the phone. The company has always taken the view that its products should be identifiable even if the label fell off, so it’s taking this principle to an extreme, here. The logo is there on the back, though. The phone will come in three colours: carbon grey, glacier silver and topaz gold. The silver...