HTC launched the much-awaited Android flagship the HTC One (also known as the HTC One M7) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Feb. 2013. The handset started to reach customers in many parts of the world in April and now the handset has also reached India with a price tag of Rs 42,900.

Just like the U.S. and some parts of Europe, the HTC One M7 was slated to hit the Indian shelves by the end of April (April 22) but HTC One's release was postponed in India. A previous report stated that anticipating high demand in the U.S. and Europe, HTC may push the release of the smartphone in major Asian countries, which were scheduled to get shipments in March, to April or even May this year.

Manu Seth, Marketing Director, HTC India said "HTC One would hit the retail shelves in India by second half of April 2013, most probably between the third or last week of the month."

HTC One reached Europe and the U.S. anticipating high demand in the U.S. and Europe, HTC may push the release of the smartphone in major Asian countries, which were scheduled to get shipments in March, to April or even May this year.

However, now Indian online retailer Saholic has advertised the handset for Rs 42,900 with shipping within nine working days.

The HTC One M7 sports top-end features to compete with any other handset in the smartphone space. The HTC One M7 boasts a 4.7-inch Super IPS LCD 3 display. The handset has a quad core 1.7GHz processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB RAM, and 32GB internal storage.

The HTC One M7 is equipped with a 4-megapixel rear-facing camera with an LED flash. The handset also has a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat and to take self-portrait pictures.

If you are planning to buy a handset in India, would you have the HTC One M7 in your shortlist?