HTC has gone on a flagship spree over the last month. The manufacturer unveiled the One M9 flagship, then the One E9+ landed and there are even persistent rumors of a Butterfly 3 coming soon. That’s not the end though, HTC is even updating last year's flagship One M8 with the almost identical One M8s. Yes, differences are there, but they are small.

For example, the design is exactly the same as the original One M8, whuch is hardly a grip as that is a great looking device. The One M8s also packs the same 5-inch 1080p HD screen and just about all the other specs you had in last year's flagship. There are differences here, such as a 64-bit Qualcomm 615 processor and the removal of the 4 megapixel UltraPixel rear camera in favour of a regular 13 megapixel lens.

Here are the specs in detail:

Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense

146.36 x 70.6 x 9.55mm, 5.64oz (160 grams)

5-inch 1080 x 1920-pixel LCD display

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC (4x Cortex A53 1.7GHz, 4x Cortex A53 1GHz)

2GB of RAM

13-megapixel f/2.0 main camera with dual rear camera setup, 5-megapixel front, selfie cam

16GB internal storage with microSD card expansion option

2840mAh battery (slightly larger than the battery on the One M8)

It is an eyebrow raiser to see HTC get rid of the Snapdragon 801 for a lower clocking 615, but then the latter does offer 64-bit processing. The high end Snapdragon 810 was out of the question because the One M9 carries that and needs to be different, so the 615 is the obvious choise to bring 64-bit to the One M8.

The HTC One M8s is a high mid-range device and is certainly more affordable than the One M9 and will cost £379.99 or the equivalent in Europe. It is launching on the continent soon, but HTC has not confirmed it for other regions.