Microsoft made tons of new announcements at the Windows Phone 7’s launch event held in New York today. Many WP7 handsets were revealed but the star of the show in our opinion is the HTC HD7 which has been rumored for a long time now and has finally turned into the real deal!

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The HTC HD7 is the successor to the HD2 which is a high-end Windows Mobile 6.5 handset. But sadly due to it’s hardware limitations, it didn’t get the Windows Phone 7 upgrade. The HTC HD7 is one hell of a smartphone and packs a lot of features along with monstrous specs similar to those of the HD2, and runs on top of Microsoft’s latest and greatest Windows Phone 7 platform.

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Specs And Features

The HTC HD7 is identical to it’s big brother the HD2 when it comes to hardware, it has the same form factor which we have always loved. The phone is powered by our favorite 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 576MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM and fixed internal storage of 8GB or 16GB, no expansion slot for microSD cards. The 4.3 inch screen is the best part of the handset, with that much screen real estate, WP7 will be a lot awesome to use! Here’s the complete set of features/specs list from HTC itself:

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Price and Availability

At launch, the HD7 will be available on different carriers. In the US, it will be exclusive to T-Mobile just like the HD2. In UK, Germany and Ireland, it will be available from O2. The handset will also be available in Spain, France and Italy from different carriers. The HD7 will be available for purchase in Europe on the 21st of this month, October. While customers in the US will have to wait till mid-November. At this moment, there’s no official word on price yet but as soon as we get any info related to it then we will keep you updated. But according to leaked info from O2 Germany we saw previously, the price is said to be around $770 without contract and $109 with a two year contract. [via Engadget]