As surely as night follows day, HTC were going to follow their wildly successful HTC One (M8) with a newer version this year.

The M9 brings the same design that HTC has used for the last two years with some moderate changes and a reasonable bump in specs.

HTC also revealed their Smart Watch, a fitness tracking device (HTC Grip) in association with Under Armor and a VR headset (HTC Vive), produced in conjunction with game making legends Valve.

If you have an hour to spare, you can watch the entire conference here:

The HTC One (M9) will release globally in dual-tone silver and rose gold, single-tone gunmetal grey, single-tone gold and dual-tone gold and pink in from mid-March, and and will be available in Ireland shortly thereafter for €749 (off-contract). There is no word yet which networks will offer the handset and the subsidies to be offered.

HTC One (M9) Specs

• CPU Speed

• Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810, octa core

• 64-bit, 4 x 2.0GHz + 4 x 1.5GHz

• Memory

• ROM: 32GB / RAM: 3GB

• Extended memory: microSD™ up to 128 GB

• Sensors

• Ambient light sensor

• Proximity sensor

• Accelerometer

• Compass sensor

• Gyro sensor

• Magnetic sensor

• Sensor Hub

• Camera

• Main camera: 20MP with sapphire cover lens, auto-focus, BSI sensor, f/2.2, 27.8mm lens, 4K video recording

• Front camera: HTC UltraPixel™, BSI sensor, f/2.0, 26.8mm lens, 1080p video recording

• Dual-tone metal unibody

• Themes

• HTC Sense™ Home

• One Gallery

• Photo Editor

source: HTC