HTC 'M7' confirmed for Feb 19 unveil at New York City, London events

Update: HTC has also sent out invites to a New York City shindig taking place simultaneously across the pond.

TechRadar will be representing on both sides of the Atlantic, so keep it posted here.

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HTC has sent out invites to a launch event to show the world its latest Galaxy-beating flagship phone.

Although the invitation only confirms that the company is holding an event in London, sources have confirmed to TechRadar that this will be the new flagship phone which has been codenamed the HTC M7.

There's very little information to go on but the new handset is said to sport a full HD screen that will match the dimensions of the Galaxy S3 but destroy it on sharpness by packing so many more pixels in.

Of course we'll likely also see a 1.7-GHz quad-core processor, likely from Qualcomm, as well as a 13MP camera bolted on the rear.

Why then?

But of more interest is the fact that HTC has decided to announce the M7 before MWC 2013 begins in Barcelona later in the month… clearly the Taiwanese firm is worried about being lost in the noise by revealing the handset amid the fervour in Spain.

TechRadar has already booked its place at the upcoming launch for the HTC M7 handset, so make sure you're back here bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on February 19 to get all the news, reaction, analysis and most importantly, our definitive hands on review with the new handset.