HTC M8 passes Wi-Fi certification, proving it has 802.11ac

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The HTC M8 as we've imagined it

The HTC M8, otherwise known as the One 2, has surface again this time appearing with its Wi-Fi certification.

According to the Wi-Fi certification it just received, the HTC one will indeed come with a Wi-Fi antenna capable of switching between the 2.4 and 5GHz bands. It will also support all the Wi-Fi standards (a, b, g, and n) including the latest ac variety.

Also known as 5G Wi-Fi, 802.11ac can deliver ludicrously fast wireless connections with better everything in terms of range, reliability and power consumption.

Everything we know about the HTC M8

It's not the most exciting tidbit we've learned about the HTC One successor, but it another piece of the puzzle we'll take.

So far, we know the M8 will come with a punchier 2.26GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor paired with the Qualcomm Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Less verified rumors suggest HTC was looking to boost the M8 to an octa-core processor and 3GB of RAM.

On top of this, the screen is going to a solid 5-inches with the same 1920 x 1080 resolution and will come running Android 4.4 KitKat.

Externally, we posit the phone will look relatively the same and be made with a metal body. Flip the phone over and it seems as though HTC is skimping out on the once newfangled Ultrapixels for simply a lot more megapixels.

Phones going next gen

HTC M8, Wi-Fi, 802.11ac, Samsung Galaxy S5 — We hope everything we've heard about the S5 is true

The late release of the Google Nexus 5 pretty much wrapped up the new phone season for this year, but soon we'll have much to look forward to including the consistently rumored Samsung Galaxy S5.

Samsung's next phone could be the next generation benchmark setter complete with a metal frame and the first 64-bit processor for an Android smartphone. The slated chipset is rumored to be a Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip clocked at 2.5GHz alongside an Adreno 330 CPU with another first, 4GB of RAM.

If Internet speculation is right, the S5 very well could also be the one of the first smartphones to come equipped with a whopping 560ppi and 2560 x 1440 resolution screen.

Again, there are still a lot of unknowns and rumors flying about, but if these are true the HTC M8 will look awfully dull next to the Samsung Galaxy S5. Stay tuned to TechRadar as we are more than likely to see both phones at the Mobile World Congress if not before at CES 2014.