The Android smartphone market is becoming more homogenous by the year. Competition is increasingly fierce between the many brands, and the direct consequence of this struggle is to be found in the appearance and functionality of mobile phones. These devices are gradually becoming more uniform, but when a pioneering company like HTC launches an original feature, it gets noticed. The HTC U11 was released this summer with its squeeze" function and the Chinese company wasted no time in rolling it out in a low-cost format, the Life model, and its top-of-the-range counterpart, the HTC U11+.
Thanks to this new feature, users can interact with Android applications by pressing on the edges of the device. It would have been easy for HTC to develop a superfluous gadget, but this is not the case. The system is highly customisableThis option can be used to set the number and length of pressures, as well as their sensitivity. This option can also be calibrated specifically for each application. In addition to its originality, this new system makes it easier to use this mobile phone with one hand for a wide range of operations.
New OS and good battery life for the HTC U11+
The new version of the smartphone has also benefited from a technical upgrade. It is available only in 126 GB and 6 GB RAM. The brand has retained the very powerful Snapdragon 835 with eight cores. The display size and quality of the screen are slightly larger and borderless. As a result, the fingerprint sensor has been placed on the back of the smartphone. It has the same sound system with noise canceller, but the operating system has been upgraded from Android 7 to Android 8 Oreo. The camera remains at 12 MP and still has a optical stabilisation.
The other major change HTC has made for business travellers is in the battery power, which has been increased from 3,000 to 3,000 watts. 3,930 mAh. This significant increase improves the battery life of the handset, estimated at more than 24.5 hours. The latter can be adjusted thanks to the two energy-saving modes available. Waterproofing increased slightly from IP 67 to IP 68. The HTC U11+ is therefore a slightly improved version of a good smartphone priced at €799. It should be available in December.
