The Verge - We recently saw that the HTC One S was being sold in Taiwan with a different processor than what's included in other regions, utilizing Qualcomm's previous-generation S3 Snapdragon instead of the latest S4 on the device that we reviewed. We reached out to HTC, who told us that the S3 version of the One S is being sold in Asia-Pacific regions as well as in some European markets. South Korea and Japan (where the HTC J is an S4-powered variant) are apparently not part of this substitution and exactly which European markets are seeing the switch isn't totally clear just yet. However, the good news is that HTC is labeling the S3 variants of the One S in the regions where it has made the change (hint: if the phone is clocked at 1.7GHz instead of 1.5GHz, it's probably using the S3).
PocketNow - It was not “by the end of October“, as previously stated, but it surely was a great surprise for those who have an HTC One S. Looks like the Taiwanese manufacturer teamed up with Santa and WWE (worldwide English) flavors of the phone are getting the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean refresh.
AndroidCentral-Not sure that pushing out OS updates on Christmas Eve is the wisest of moves, but we're not going to knock them either. HTC's following in Motorola's footsteps today, pushing out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the international One S.
TmoNews - There it is, the once-thought-not-to-exist black HTC One S complete with T-Mobile branding. Unfortunately you’ll have to contain your excitement as these devices are only being handed out to T-Mobile store reps after achieving certain sales goals with HTC devices. As it stands now, there is no concrete intel that has us believing that T-Mobile will begin selling these in stores. I’ll go on record and say that they absolutely should, this thing is beautiful in all black.
