HTC One M9 available to pre-order on the UK's biggest and fastest network

HTC One M9 - Gold

HTC One M9 in gold on gold, available exclusively from EE in the UK

9 March 2015, London - EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, today announced that HTC’s new flagship smartphone, the HTC One M9, is available to pre-order on its superfast 4GEE network. EE is also the only UK network to offer the exclusive gold on gold variant of the handset in the UK from launch.

From today, the HTC One M9 is available to pre-order on a range of 4GEE price plans, starting from just £31.99 per month, via the EE online shop, EE telesales and EE retail stores. The HTC One M9 on EE is just £49.99 on a £41.99 a month, 24 month plan which comes with 1000 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB of mobile data a month for new customers, with existing customers who upgrade to the same plan able to receive unlimited calls and texts as well as 2GB of mobile data per month. Customers pre-ordering a 4GEE plan before 31^st March can get 4GEE Extra benefits for just an additional £1.50 per month, ensuring they get the UK’s fastest 4G speeds, inclusive calls and texts in the EU as well as inclusive calls to 0800 numbers as part of their package.

The HTC One M9 is perfectly suited to EE, with the handset’s (CAT 6) chipset able to take full advantage of EE’s 4G+ network. Offering download speeds of up to 150Mbps, 4G+ is ideal for streaming high definition video on the HTC One M9’s Super LCD3 screen, or playing high-quality audio through the HTC BoomSound™ speakers, now combined with 5.1 channel Dolby® Audio surround sound simulation for perfect, 24-bit high-definition sound.

Consumer and business customers can purchase the HTC One M9 handset in gold on gold, gold on silver or gunmetal grey.

EE will also offer the HTC Dot View II case as soon as it is available.

Sharon Meadows, Director of Devices, EE said: “To get the most from the HTC One M9, it’s important customers pair their handset with the very best connectivity. Not only is EE the UK’s biggest and fastest mobile network, but it also uniquely offers the complete choice of handset colours – making it the number one destination of choice for those wanting to get the best HTC One M9 experience”.

With EE, customers can also receive money back for their old handset by recycling it at an EE store or online at www.ee.co.uk/recycle. Or, if they want to hand their device on to a friend or family member, EE has a range of great value SIM Only plans available starting from £9.99 a month.

EE’s superfast 4G service is currently available in over 500 major towns and cities across the UK, as well as approximately 4,000 smaller towns and villages.

For further information on the HTC One M9, including full details of EE’s price plans, please visit www.ee.co.uk/shop.

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For more information, please contact the EE press team on:

ee@nelsonbostock.com

0845 373 7070

About EE

EE is the largest and most advanced digital communications company in Britain, delivering mobile and fixed communications services to consumers, businesses, government and the wholesale market. EE has approximately 13,000 full time employees and 580 retail stores, and serves more than 30 million customers across its mobile, fixed and wholesale businesses.

EE runs the UK's biggest, fastest and most reliable mobile network, pioneering the UK's first superfast 4G mobile service in October 2012. EE's 4G coverage today reaches more than 85% of the UK population. EE’s 2G coverage reaches 99% of the population while 3G reaches 98%. EE's superfast fibre broadband service covers 54% of the UK population, and ADSL broadband service covers 98.7% of the population.

In the last few years, EE has received extensive independent recognition including being ranked the UK's best overall network by RootMetrics®, Best network at the 2014 Mobile News Awards, Fastest Network at the 2013 uSwitch Awards, Best Network at the 2014 Mobile Choice Consumer Awards and What Mobile Awards 2013, Network Innovation at the 2013 Recombu awards and Best Network for Business at the 2013 Mobile Industry awards.

Rankings based on RootMetrics® UK RootScore® Report for mobile performance as tested on best available plans and devices on 4 mobile networks across all available network types (Jul-Dec 2014). The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of EE. Your results may vary. See rootmetrics.co.uk for more details.