In the tradition of Ultra High Definition, HTC’s upcoming M7 flagship will feature technology dubbed ‘Ultrapixels’.

Looking to steel as many headlines as possible ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), HTC has released an inforgraphic underlying how central the M7’s camera will be. The infographic, called From Copper Sheets To Camera Phones: A History of Photography, maps out the evolution of photography from 1839 up until 2013, where a question mark is captioned with the text “HTC kicks off a new sound and camera experience in 2013.”

Just yesterday, phone site GSMArena reported HTC’s new M7 flagship will have a new type of stacked image sensor they call Ultrapixels. Its sensor will have three layers of pixels stacked on top of each other, each layer dedicated to capturing one of the three primary colours at 4.3 million pixels a piece. The final image combines real readings from all three layers and eliminates the need for interpolation.

There’s not much detail on the sound experience, but the money is on the M7 inheriting enhanced amplifier technology from Beats Audio.

HTC is holding an event on February 19th and it’s believed the M7 could go on sale shortly after. We simply hope it has enough innovative features to withstand Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S4, Sony’s Xperia Z and the rest of the power-crew.

Click to enlarge