The HTC U11 is an
Android smartphone
A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...
manufactured and sold by
HTC
HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t), or High Tech Computer Corporation (abbreviated and trading as HTC), is a Taiwanese consumer electronics corporatio ...
as part of the
HTC U series
The HTC U series is a line of upper mid-range and high-end flagship Android (operating system), Android smartphones developed and produced by HTC. The first phones in the series, the HTC U Play and the HTC U Ultra, were announced in January 201 ...
. It was announced on 16 May 2017 and succeeds the
HTC 10 smartphone. In the United States, the HTC U11's major carrier is
Sprint; however, it is also compatible with unlocked carriers, such as
AT&T
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,
T-Mobile T-Mobile is the brand of telecommunications by Deutsche Telekom
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, and
Verizon
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.
On May 23, 2018, HTC presented its successor, the
HTC U12+.
Specifications
Hardware
The HTC U11 has a
glass
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unibody-like design with an
aluminium
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frame that includes pressure sensitive points for the implementation of HTC Edge Sense. This enables users to control or navigate several functions by pressing the edges of the metal frame. It is fitted with a 5.5-inch
Super LCD 5 Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) display. The front glass is made of
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 while the rear glass uses Gorilla Glass 3. HTC U11 features a 3000 mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0.
The rear camera is a 12
megapixel
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s sensor with 1.4μm pixels and an f/1.7 aperture; it also includes
OIS and Ultraspeed Autofocus. The front camera is a 16megapixels sensor with an f/2.0 aperture and includes
EIS.
The HTC U11 has 4
microphone
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s for
24-bit
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The term SWORD ...
360-degree audio recording. It also has HTC BoomSound Hi-Fi edition
stereo speakers
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where the headphone acts as the
tweeter
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while the bottom firing speaker acts as the
woofer
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. Dust and water resistance are included with an
IP67
The IP code or International Protection code indicates how well a device is protected against water and dust. It is defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) under the international standard IEC 60529 which classifies ...
certification.
The phone ships with the
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset and includes either 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of storage or 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage.
Software
The HTC U11 ships with
Android 7.1 Nougat with an overlay of
HTC Sense UI. HTC is also currently rolling out
Android 8.0 Oreo (without the Treble feature for device independent system updates)
updates for the phone via
OTA.
Google Assistant
Google Assistant is a virtual assistant software application developed by Google that is primarily available on home automation and mobile devices. Based on artificial intelligence, Google Assistant can engage in two-way conversations, unlike ...
,
Amazon Alexa
Amazon Alexa is a virtual assistant technology marketed by Amazon and implemented in software applications for smart phones, tablets, wireless smart speakers, and other electronic appliances.
Alexa was largely developed from a Polish speech s ...
and
Baidu
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Duer (
China
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only) are pre-installed. Alexa only became available on 17 July 2017.
[ HTC Sense Companion is installed to make personalized suggestions by learning from daily routines and suggestions based on the user's location.]
Sales
On 15 June 2017, Chang Chia-lin, the president of HTC's smartphone and connected device division, stated that the HTC U11 had been selling better than its predecessors, the HTC One M9 and the HTC 10.
HTC U11+
HTC unveiled an upgraded version of the U11, the U11+, on November 2, 2017. It features a 6-inch 2:1 display (marketed as 18:9) with thinner bezels, a larger battery, a rear-mounted fingerprint reader, IP68 certification for dust and water resistance, and is pre-loaded with Android 8.0 Oreo. ''The Verge
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'' reported via internal sources that the U11+ had previously been developed as a successor
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to the original Pixel XL
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smartphone HTC had developed with Google, under the codename "Muskie", but that it had been shelved in favor of a version produced by LG instead, and was re-engineered into an update to the U11.
HTC U11 Life
The U11 Life is a T-Mobile T-Mobile is the brand of telecommunications by Deutsche Telekom
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exclusive smartphone that was unveiled by HTC along with the U11+ on the same day. It features a 5.2-inch display, IP67 certification for water and dust resistance, a 73 hour long battery life, and is also shipped with Android 8.0 Oreo. Unlike the U11+, the U11 Life has a smaller display and comes shipped with the 4th Generation Android One
Android One was a family of third-party Android smartphones promoted by Google. In comparison to many third-party Android devices, which ship with a manufacturer's customized user interface and bundled apps, these devices run near-stock ver ...
platform, which it joined on September 13, 2017.
It is based on SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 with 3 or 4 GB RAM.
References
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U11
Android (operating system) devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2017
Mobile phones with 4K video recording
Discontinued flagship smartphones