"HTC! HTC! HTC! M7! M7! M7!"

HTC CEO gives brief glimpse of “M7” handset at company party in Taipei

HTC CEO Peter Chou is super stoked about his new “M7” handset. In footage of the company’s recent end-of-year party in Taipei broadcast by Taiwan’s NextTV, Chou took to the stage to thank the M7 team for working overtime in recent weeks, before producing his very own white M7, which he used to snap a picture of the audience.

The relatively low video quality doesn’t give us a great view of the device, but we can make out a central camera, LED flash, an HTC logo on the back, and a border of some kind along the top. On the whole, we’d say it looks more like the early in-software render that appeared a few weeks back than more recent leaked images.

More evidence of the “M7” moniker (still a codename, we think) comes from amateur video captured at the same event, which shows Chou and his audience launching into thunderous (even slightly Ballmeresque) chants of “M7!” and “HTC!” Check it out after the break — it certainly shows a side of Chou we don’t normally see at the company’s well-scripted media events.

We still don’t see “M7” as a final marketing name for the phone — remember, this was a private HTC gathering, not a public event. In any case, we’ll learn more at HTC’s press events in New York City and London on Feb. 19.

Source: NextTV, cnYes; via: Engadget, Mobile01