HTC M8 live stream, launch event start time: Watch online HTC One 2 unveiling in NYC & London on March 25 [Blog info]

And the award for outstanding product design goes to… HTC One. 2013 iF Gold. #SoProud Twitter/HTC

The all new HTC One 2 aka HTC M8 will be released by on Tuesday, March 25, 2014.

The Taiwanese company will debut its latest flagship phone during two simultaneous launch events in New York City and London.

The unveiling of the second-generation HTC One smartphone will be available to view online via live stream.

The unveiling event will take place at 11 a.m. ET/ 8 a.m. PT and will be available to view online here.

A live blog of the unveiling event will be available by CNET.

In the run up to Tuesday's launch date, HTC has been teasing fans with new trailers and promo photos.

The phone will be powered by Qualcomm, which tweeted a photo with the caption: "Ready to #OneUp your mobile experience? A stylish new #Snapdragon powered device is coming next week."

HTC reminded its one million Twitter followers that the original HTC One won the iF Gold outstanding product design for 2013.

The all new HTC One 2 is expected to pack a 5 inch HD display with 1080x1920 pixels and the latest Android 4.4.2 software. Supported by Qualcomm's latest tweet, the HTC One 2 is also expected to pack the latest 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core chipset. With a minimum of 2GB RAM, the device is expected to come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models expandable up to 128GB.

For the first time, HTC will feature two rear cameras –one 16mp camera with dual-LED flash and a smaller 4mp camera at the top. Leaked specs describe the camera as a Duo Camera with UltraPixel with BSI sensor, F2.0/28mm lens, ImageChip2 and HDR video tech. The front camera is also very powerful at a whopping 5 megapixels with BSI sensor. Users will be able to use a wide lens feature with HDR and record 1080 HD video.

The front facing camera will be the UltraPixel camera. The device is expected to be available in gold, silver, grey/black and red.

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