2 Official Facebook Phones to Debut Next Month [REPORT]

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Ben Parr
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2 Official Facebook Phones to Debut Next Month [REPORT]

Update: Facebook has denied having partnered with HTC on a mobile device. Dan Rose, head of business development at Facebook, said the device is "just another example of a manufacturer who has taken our public APIs (application programing interfaces) and integrated them into their device in an interesting way," adding that the device will not be Facebook-branded.

HTC will be debuting not one, but two Facebook-branded smartphones next month, according to a new report.

The phones will be the first to sport Facebook's official colors and branding, according to City A.M. And in line with previous rumors, Facebook's phones will run on modified versions of Google's Android OS.

The Facebook phones are expected to make their first appearance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. City A.M. has a good track record on mobile phones: it was the first to break the news of the second-generation Google Nexus phone.

The HTC devices will reportedly include Facebook integrations that will make it easier to call and message your Facebook friends. They will also prominently display the news feed on the home screen. We'd expect any Facebook phone to also include Facebook Chat, Messages, Events and Photos integration.

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