HTC has unveiled 2 new devices. These are HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play. Now a days smartphone manufacturers are doing something different and innovative. This is to stand out in the market with a different product with unique feature. Now not only focus on hardware is essential but companies are also focused on the user experience and the AI of the device.
HTC U Ultra Features
This smartphone is having a display of 5.7inch with screen resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. The weight of the smartphone is 170g. It has a Super LCD 5 dual display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The Dual display has a display size of 2 inch. The smartphone uses Android 7.0 with HTC Sense. There is AI for suggestions based on the things user does.
The device is powered by a 2.15GHz 64 bit Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Processor. The smartphone comes with 64GB/128GB of internal storage. It has 4GB of RAM. There is also a microSD card slot which supports upto 2TB of microSD card.
This phone has a 12MP HTC UltraPixel 2 rear camera with BSI Sensor, Laser Autofocus, Phase Detection Autofocus and Optical Image Stabilization. This camera has f/1.8 aperture with Dual Tone LED Flash. There are slow motion video recording features at 720p in 120fps. The device is also capable of capturing 4K videos.
There is a front camera of 16MP with UltraPixel mode and BSI Sensor. The front camera is capable of capturing 1080p videos. the phone has HTC USonic, HTC BoomSound, 3D Audio recording with 4 microphones, Hi-res audio recording, and noise cancellation.
The phone is a Dual SIM device with 2G, 3G, 4G LTE. The smartphone has Ambient, Proximity, Motion G-sensor, Compass, Gyro, Magnetic and Fingerprint sensors. The device also has GPS+AGPS, GLONASS, Beidou, USB 3.1 Type C, Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi and NFC. Some key features include Pocket Mode, Flip to Mute, Motion Launch, Quiet Ring on pick-up and Display color Personalization.
This device has a battery capacity of 3000mAh.
HTC U Play Features
HTC Play is made for the folks who love gaming and seamless connectivity indeed. So let us have a look at the features of this smartphone.
The phone has a 5.2inch display with 1920×1080 pixels of screen resolution. The weight of the device is 145gm(Lighter than the HTC U Ultra). The phone has dimensions of 145.99 x 72.9 x 3.5-7.99mm. This smartphone uses Android with HTC Sense. There is also use of Artificial Intelligence used in this smartphone.
This device is powered by a 64 bit Octa Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor. The phone has 32GB/64GB internal memory with 3GB/4GB of RAM. The phone has a microSD card slot which supports memory upto 2TB.
The phone has 16MP of rear camera with OIS, PDAF and BSI sensor. It also has Dual Tone LED Flash. The camera has f/2.0 aperture with 28mm focal length. The camera is capable of capturing Full HD 1080p videos.
HTC U Play has 16Mp of front camera with UltraPixel mode, BSI Sensor and f/2.0 aperture. The phone has 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, Dual SIM(Nano SIM). It has the same set of sensors that of HTC U Ultra. The phone has USB 2.0 Type C, Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi, NFC and HTC Connect. The phone has battery capacity of 2500mAh.
Both these smartphones are premium devices, so the pricing would be staggering indeed for both the smartphones. Stay tuned to this space for the pricing.
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