After a short delay, HTC is finally back here in the Philippines with the launch of four new smartphones. But first, let us look the flagship phone from the Taiwanese company, the HTC U11.
To recap the features, the all new HTC U11 is a 5.5-inch 3D display with Quad HD resolution and has an Edge display. This new feature allows the user to squeeze the device if they want to launch easily their favorite apps or just taking a photo. In the camera, when you squeeze the phone in a single motion, it’ll automatically turn to the selfie mode. Further, the use of Edge display is to get Voice Assistants from both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
Speaking of the camera, the rear camera is a 12-megapixel lens (UltraPixel) with f/1.7 aperture for capturing exceptional photos, especially in low-lighting scenes. It also incorporates full new sensor auto-focus that will get faster capturing to an image, even for taking moving objects and live footage.
Moreover, the back camera of the phone has achieved a 90 points score from DxoMark. This benchmark is used for analyzing images and video quality of a particular device like smartphones, drone cameras and other types of camera lens in the market.
On the other side, the front camera is a 16-megapixel sensor with wide-angle lens for better selfies. It has HDR boost, so that the users may enjoy taking wide range of selfie modes, including noise reduction.
The HTC U11 is an IP67 certified, it means that the handset can resist with a water splash for 90 minutes and further, the smartphone will be able to operate using gloves, particularly during the cold or rainy seasons.
There is no 3.5 mm jack, but HTC is using USB Type-C adapter for their USonic Adaptive Earphones, which claims as the “most advanced headset ever built for personal audio”. It is combined by Active Noise Cancellation by allowing our inner ear to adapt our sound profile by means of an advanced sonar-like technology.
The BoomSound speaker now improves to deliver 100% more loudness and 150% improvement in Dynamic Range Audio for exceptional sound quality. Thanks to its four microphones, the phone can record in 360° using 3D audio.
The HTC U11 runs on the latest Android 7.1.1 “Nougat” using Sense UI and is powered by the high-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, paired with Adreno 540 GPU. Our version of the phone has a large 128GB internal storage, and 6GB RAM for intense 3D games, multi-tasking activities, and improving the battery life. The premium high-end phone is fueled by a non-removable 3,000 mAh battery and features a Quick Charge 3.0 support, that allows to re-charge the phone in 30 minutes for a whole day usage.
HTC U11 key specs:
5.5-inch QHD Super LCD5 display; 2560 x 1440 resolution
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 panel
2.45Ghz 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor
Adreno 540 GPU
128GB storage
6GB RAM
MicroSD slot that supports up to 256GB
12-megapixel rear camera, f/1.7 aperture with phase detection auto-focus and dual-LED flash
16-megapixel front camera, f/2.0 aperture
Dual-SIM, Dual standby
3G HSDPA, 4G LTE-A (Category 16) connectivity
IP67 water and dust resistant
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, USB-OTG, NFC
Fingerprint sensor
Android 7.1.1 ‘Nougat’, Sense UI
3,000 mAh non-removable battery
Quick Charge 3.0 support
153.9 x 75.9 x 7.9 mm
169 grams
Colors: Amazing Silver, Brilliant Black and Sapphire Blue
SRP: P36,990
Availability
For those who are interested, the new HTC U11 is now available in Lazada by clicking the above respective colors.
