HTC has already unveiled two new devices this year – HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play – however, this Taiwanese company is now reported to be launching a new smartphone in April which will be called HTC U.
The HTC U is not a new smartphone, rather, it’s the one we have heard of before as HTC Ocean. According to a report by VentureBeat, HTC will be launching this phone in mid to late April this year. The device will be coming with a feature called Edge Sense which will allow the users to perform different actions (see video below in the tweet) with gestures on the metal frame of the device.
Remember the HTC Ocean? (https://t.co/q5ghm3vQ8Z) pic.twitter.com/GtpqowETjM
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) January 8, 2017
The HTC U will come with a touch-sensitive metal frame which will let the users perform different actions on the device with gestures on the metal frame like squeezing and swiping. Besides, the HTC U will come with the company’s Sense 9 UI laid on top of Android 7.1 Nougat. Also, the HTC U will be a true flagship as it will come with Snapdragon 835 SoC under the hood.
Apart from the Snapdragon 835 SoC, the HTC U is also said to be coming with 5.5-inch QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) display, a 12 MP IMX362 camera at the back and 16 MP IMX351 camera on the front. The HTC U will be offered in 64 GB and 128 GB internal storage variants along with an option to expand the storage by using a microSD card.
The HTC U is said to be to unveiled in mid to late April with the global release in early May.
Are you excited about this upcoming smartphone from HTC ? Well, we surely would love to check out the touch-sensitive metal frame on the device.
