New flagship HTC. The evolution of the flagships of HTC from A to Z

HTC U11 is the new flagship of the Taiwanese manufacturer, in which they tried to please all. He has the most powerful "iron", a hull with protection against water and dust, one of the best mobile cameras And the unique technology of compression of the faces of the device. At the same time, the smartphone cannot be completely successful ..

Glossy design

Externally, the gadget looks originally and little similar to the current flagship smartphones of other manufacturers. At the same time, it is difficult to call the design successfully - all spoil the large frames on top and bottom of the display that make the device more massive.

In comparison, C. Samsung Galaxy S8 or LG G6 with huge screens In the entire front panel, the useful space of the front side of HTC U11 is not used very effectively. Be a frame of a little, the company's engineers would certainly manage to fit the display to the smartphone with a greater diagonal.

The HTC U11 rear panel is made of glass and has a small rounding. In our device it is made in a blue-purple color, but there are other options on sale. For example, soon in Belarus can be purchased a red smartphone.

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Despite the slippery rear cover, in hand the gadget lies confidently and during use does not slip out of the palm. The only minus is the instant appearance of traces from fingerprint, erase that without a soft cloth is quite difficult.

From the control elements, we will only stop at a narrow touch strip below the display that performs the "Home" button. It is built into the fingerprint scanner, which complaints about which we do not have. Unlocking the smartphone takes place for the fraction of a second, the finger of the owner is always recognized correctly.

The advantages also carry a hybrid slot under two Nano-SIM cards or one "sim card" and a microSD memory card to 256 GB. Another advantage is to protect against water and dust according to IP67. This means that the smartphone can be dipped into the water to a meter for 30 minutes.

Qualitative sound

The HTC U11 uses a stereo system of two speakers - external and conversational.

The first reproduces medium and low frequencies, the second is high. A similar bundle not only will not let you skip the street on the street, but can even replace the budget portable column. The sound quality is excellent!

From controversial moments - a refusal of a 3.5mm headphone jack. Included with the smartphone there is a headset, which is directly connected to the USB Type-C connector. Its main "chip" is an active noise reduction system with the possibility of setting the sound for each ear.

But according to our subjective sensations, the "classic" EarPods company Apple when connecting through a special adapter (walks with the smartphone) is much better. However, for complete headphones, the sound quality is more than acceptable - the sound is quite voluminous and bass.

Edge Sense.

One of the main features of the smartphone is Edge Sense branded technology.

Its essence is in compressing the lower edges of the smartphone, due to which certain functions are activated. For example, you can run the camera application or make a screenshot of the screen.

The compression force on which the edges of the smartphone will be reacting in the settings. In addition, Edge Sense can be adjusted to a short and long compression - it will be started different programs. Below - photos with all possible options.

EDGE SENSE works well - false positives practically does not occur. But to use such a "chip" every day of desire does not occur. For all time testing, you can easily compress your smartphone.

In addition, some applications are easier to run a more familiar way. For example, the camera is faster to open the dual press on the power key on right side apparatus.

Lovely display

The resolution of the 5.5-inch display is 2560 per 1440 pixels, manufacturing technology - IPS (in the company it is called SuperlCD 5). With such a resolution on such a diagonal screen, it is not necessary to talk about the grit pictures - the image looks very clear.

With flowers, everything is also in perfect order - the color reproduction is natural, without duties in other shades. The maximum brightness is enough for comfortable work with a smartphone in the sun. The only drawback - the screen slightly dumps with a large slope of the device.

The display is covered with a 2.5D-glass Gorilla Glass 5. A high-quality oleophobic coating is applied to it - the finger excellent slides over the display surface. MicroCarapine in a few days of testing on the glass did not appear.

Maximum performance

HTC U11 is a device with the highest possible technical characteristics. It works on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with 6 GB of operational and 128 GB of integrated memory. More detailed specifications In the table below.

There is also a more simple modification with 4 GB random access memory and 64 GB of the built-in storage, but we visited the older model on the test.

Of course, with such a "hardware" problems in everyday work at the smartphone. All applications are started very quickly, and thanks to the large amount of RAM it is long stored in memory.

In popular synthetic test Antutu. The gadget is gaining a little more than 176,000 points - the power with the back is enough for several years ahead.

With games, the situation is similar. In the "heavy" Wot Blitz at high settings, FPS graphics is kept in the area of \u200b\u200b50-60 frames per second. True, half an hour, the smartphone was noticeably heated.

Actively use from one charge

The smartphone uses a capacity of 3000 mAh battery. Despite the energy-efficient 10-nm processor, you should not count more than the day of active use with the constantly on Wi-Fi or mobile Internet, GPS, synchronization of several messengers and music hour through a streaming service.

The autonomy also affects the device display, which, unlike the Samsung Galaxy S8 AMOLED screen, cannot be translated into a reduced resolution mode to save the battery charge.

Our observations confirm the results of the synthetic autonomy of Antutu Tester. In it, the gadget gave out about 5,200 points - the result is below average.

In the complex autonomy test, the GSMarena HTC U11 resource scored 73 hours. For comparison, the result of Galaxy S8 is 84 hours, LG G6 - 72 hours, iPhone 7 Plus - 75 hours.

To the advantages we will take the availability of technology fast charging - Through a complete power adapter, the smartphone is charged approximately one and a half hours.

The camera is not worse than Samsung Galaxy S8

The main chamber with a resolution of 12 meters is the most strong side Smartphone. According to the dxomark resource rating, regularly testing the quality of the shooting mobile devicesThe HTC U11 was evaluated in 90 points out of 100 possible and surpassed Samsung Galaxy S8 with 88 points, Huawei P10 with 87 points and iPhone 7 Plus with a result of 86 points.

The pictures really get excellent quality and are distinguished by the highest level of detail, proper exposure and natural color reproduction.

For night shot Problems also do not arise. There are practically no noise in the pictures, the boundaries of objects remain sharp. In a word, with photo philizations, HTC U11 things are not worse than the main competitors in the face flagship smartphones Samsung, Apple or Huawei.

The front camera with a resolution of 16 megacles also causes only positive emotions - selfie gets not better, but very worthy quality.

Summary

HTC U11 is a rather controversial smartphone. From a technical point of view there are no problems - performance is enough for several years ahead, the main camera makes excellent pictures in quality, and the body is protected from water and dust according to IP67 standard.

The design of the case is worse - all spoil the massive framework from above and from the bottom of the display. If they were a little already, the device would have to accommodate the screen with a larger diagonal. We will also carry a battery - from one full charge smartphone "lives" the maximum day.

Edge Sense is difficult to call an important innovation - for all the time testing, to accustom oneself constantly squeeze your smartphone to start a particular application did not work.

But the most serious problem of HTC U11 is a high price at the level of 1,500 rubles. For these or even smaller money, you can purchase, for example, SAMSUNG GALAXY S8. In addition to the top characteristics, moisture-proof housing and the same for the quality of the camera, it offers a huge beamless screen and more interesting design.

HTC U11 will like those looking for an unusual and powerful device. But if you are interested in buying a more balanced smartphone, it is possible to look at the top devices of other manufacturers.

Smartphone HTC U11 for testing provided by LLC "Unified Trading Company". The company was not able to influence the test of testing and did not see the material before the publication.

Below - the prices of major competitors.

HTC announced a presentation on May 16 of its new Furniture HTC U11, positioned as the 2017 flagship among smartphones of the company. The gadget will be executed in the waterproof and dustproof case according to the requirements of the IP57 standard. Another feature of the new device from HTC is sensory faces.

HTC U11 smartphone characteristics

Fablet has a 5.5-inch screen with a QUADHD resolution, Glass Glass Glass Glass 5. HTC U11 High Performance Provides one of the most powerful processors For mobile devices - Snapdragon 835 and RAM (RAM), up to 6GB. To store content and install applications is designed inner memory The volume of 128GB, which can be expanded at the expense of memory cards up to 2TB. It is assumed that the version of the smartphone with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal memory will be available.

Fans mobile photo And Selfie will delight two high-quality cameras: frontal, with a resolution of 16MP (aperture F / 2.0) with laser autofocus, and the main one, with a resolution of 12MP (aperture F / 1.7) and optical stabilization.

The main feature of HTC U11 is the side faces equipped with sensors that react to touch. With their help, you can run frequently used applications and functions of the smartphone.

It is known that in a new gadget there is a fingerprint sensor, a USB Type-C connector and

HTC company completed his presentation in Taipei for a few minutes ago, in which a new flagship smartphone was presented. Early rumors about the name of the novelties and its main functional features were confirmed. Fresh HTC U11 received a glass 3D-design in the style of the line U and the top technical characteristics, and the landscape of the flagship is smart faceted entitled Edge Sense.

HTC U11 screen diagonal is 5.5 inches with a resolution of 2560x1440 points (Quad HD), technology - Super LCD 5. In Role protective glass Gorilla Glass 5 performs - the latest generation of panels from Corning. The hardware platform is no different from most of the flagships of this year - the 10-nanometer processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of user memory and a battery for 3,000 mAh with QUICK CHARGE 3.0 support. The international model HTC U11 will also be released in version on 6/128 GB.

Taiwanese manufacturer paid a lot of attention to cameras and sound in U11. The flagship received a 12-megapixel Ultrapixel 3 sensor with F / 1.7 light, optical image stabilization (OIS), double LED flash, support for 4K video recording, and Slow-Mo in full HD resolution at a speed of 120 frames per second. The front camera has a higher resolution - 16 megapixels. It is capable of recording 1080p video and boasts the Selfie Panorama mode to shoot wide self-photographs. As for sound, the U11 is equipped with BOOOMSOUND HI-FI EDITION stereo speakers with Hi-Res and USonic technologies. Also four embedded microphones allow you to record full-fledged 3D audio.

Main HTC U11 Pick - Touch Metal Frame With eDGE technology Sense. Thanks to her, you can make some actions, just squeezing your smartphone in your hand. For example, you can run the camera, do selfie or call voice assistant Google Assistant. In the EDGE SENSE settings, the user can specify which actions will be performed on the compression of the smartphone.

The new flagship HTC is running operating system Android 7.1 Nougat with Sense's branded interface. The U11 case is protected according to IP67 standard, so the device can be immersed in water to a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes. Supported wireless interfaces: Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 AC, NFC, GPS, GLONASS and 4G with support for gigabit LTE networks. The 3.5 mm connector for headphones was removed, but the supplies of the HTC U11 provide an adapter. Port for charging and audio - USB Type-C.

The preliminary order on the smartphone HTC U11 opens from today - May 16, and will last until June 9th. The start date of mass sales is not declared, but the deliveries will begin this month. Official international flagship prices - € 749 and £ 649. In Russia, HTC U11 will cost approximately 38 or 42 thousand rubles, depending on the model (64/128 GB). The novelty will go on sale in five glossy colors: Amazing Silver (Silver), Sapphire Blue (Blue), Brilliant Black (Black), Ice White (White) and Solar Red (Red).

) Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer. According to the resource of TrendForce.com, sales of NTS smartphones in 2016 amounted to just over 13 million devices (for comparison: Asus - 21.5 million)

6th place.

HTC Desire 530.

The average price is 8,500 rubles. This budget smartphoneI left at the end of February 2016, scored 41% of the five reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: Android 6.0 OS, Super LCD screen 5 inches by a resolution of 1280x720, 16 GB of permanent memory and 1.5 GB of RAM. Support external memory card. Support only one SIM card. Battery capacity - 2200 mAh.

The main chamber is 8 MP, front 5 megapixel.

HTC Desire 628 Dual SIM

The average price is 9,400 rubles. The telephone arrived in May 2016, scored 48% five more reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: Android 5.1 OS, 5 inches screen with a resolution of 1280x720, 32 GB (available to a 25 GB user) permanent memory and 3 GB of RAM. Support external memory card. Support for two SIM cards. Battery capacity - 2200 mAh. MEDIATEK MT6753 8-core processor.

Main chamber 13 MP, front 5 megapixel.

HTC Desire 830.

The average price is 14,400 rubles. The phone arrived in May 2016, scored 56% of the five reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: Android OS 5.1, 5.5 inches screen is a resolution of 1920x1080, 32 GB (available to a 22 GB user) permanent memory and 3 GB of RAM. Support external memory card. Support for two SIM cards. Battery capacity - 2800 MAK. Talk time - 14.5 hours, in standby mode - 545 hours.

HTC Desire 828.

The average price is 11 200 rubles. This smartphone, which went on sale in July 2016, scored 54% of the five reviews in Yandex Market, which is the best option Among the entire catalog of NTS models. Specifications: Android OS 5.1, Super LCD 5.5 inches by a resolution of 1920x1080, 16 GB (available to 9.53 GB) permanent memory and 2 GB of RAM. Support external memory card. Support only one SIM card. Battery capacity - 2800 MAK. Talk time is 22 hours, in standby mode - 528 hours.

The main chamber is 13 megapixel, front 4 megapixel.

2nd place.

HTC 10 32GB.

The average price in Russia - 31 150 rubles. Aliexpress.com possible in 25.2 thousand rubles(Delivery to Russia is free). The flagship from the second largest of the Taiwanese manufacturer came out in May 2016 and today scored 66% five more reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: Android 6.0 OS, AMOLED-Screen is 5.2 inches by a resolution of 2560x1440, 32 GB of permanent memory (from which the user is 23 GB) and 4 GB of RAM. Support external memory card. Support only one SIM card. Battery capacity - 3000 maps. Talk time - 27 hours, in standby mode - 456 hours. There is a fingerprint scanner.

The main advantage of this model is its camera. Basic - 12 MP, frontal - 5 megapixel. The optical stabilization of the image is first represented in both the main and frontal chambers. The camera relieves perfectly in poor light conditions. The manufacturer's website says: "You can wait for perfect lighting for excellent photos. And you can trust the main HTC 10 camera, which captures up to 136% more light on each picture. No magic is only a new generation Ultrapixel technology, supplemented with optical stabilization and a light lens ƒ / 1.8. HTC 10 front camera produces no less impression than the main one. The size of its photosensitive elements is increased, the lens has a diaphragm ƒ / 1.8, and the screen perfectly performs the role of the flash. The wide-angle lens will allow you to capture not only your own portrait, but also a company of friends. In HTC 10, the video shooting in 4K format is first supplemented with a 24-bit stereo sound recording of 24 bits. The audio track recorded in this format contains 256 times more details and reproduces twice the frequency range. HTC Camera 10 starts in 0.6 seconds - that is, almost instantly.

Various reviews and comparative tests suggest that HTC 10 is one of the best cameras in the world today. Phonearena resource in July 2016 spent comparative Test flagship chambers in which HTC 10 ranked first by bypassing Samsung Galaxy S7 and Sony Xperia. X Performance. HTC 10 camera received on the DXOMARK resource 88 points, this is the third result.

HTC U11 64GB - smartphone with the world's best camera, as well as the most powerful smartphone in the world

The average price is 45 000 rubles. Buy HTC U11 64GB on Aliexpress.com It is possible for 38.3 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The new flagship from the Taiwan manufacturer went on sale in June 2017and today I received 71% five more reviews in Yandex Market. At the same time, at the start of sales, it is obvious that unexpectedly for all HTC released the brightest flagship of the first half of 2017, which surpassed competitors as a camera and in performance. The superior quality of the camera in HTC U11 was quite expected, considering that last year's flagship HTC 10 almost all year was in the rank of owner best camera 2016, only in October giving this place Google Pixel.. Now the Google Pixel camera moved to second place in the dxomark resource rating, and HTC U11 headed the rating with record 90 points (at Google Pixel is less than 1 point).

The main module has a 12-megapixel Ultrapixel 3 sensor with a pixel size of 1.4 μm, optics with a diaphragm F / 1.7 and optical stabilization. The Ultraspeed Autofocus system is responsible for focusing, in which each pixel is involved.

In the review on the portal Hi-Tech.mail.ru about the camera of this model said:

"U11 is on purpose instantly, without mishai, even with weak lighting.

Impressed work on. You do 10 frames in a row - and all 10 will be the same. That is, exposure settings, excerpts, ISO are not knocked down at the slightest movement of the phone, and the built-in algorithms do not recognize it as a change of composition. This is often found in chinese smartphones, and even in some flagships, such as Google Pixel or LG G6. There, two photos may differ in brightness or grainability - as automation will wish.

When shooting against the sun or bright sky, the HDR Boost "pulls" the details even in the darkest plots. Dynamic range The same wide as in the pictures with Google Pixel. The logic in this is: the companies collaborated in the development of Pixel. Perhaps HTC provided the capacity of their factories, and in return to Google shared secret HDR + algorithms. "

The permission of the front camera is an incredible 16 megapixel, F2.0 aperture, video is written in 1080p.

In the blind test comparison of the chambers of the flagship smartphones and the Canon 5D Mark II Dress, conducted among readers Hi-Tech.mail.Ru HTC U11 took the penultimate place by typing for 1 point less than the mirror. The editorial office of the portal explained this as: "HTC U11 got into the same trap as the camera: excellent detailing, the correct exposure, but it looks too simple on the background of bright competitors." In this case, the test did not use the final sample, but the test, which could affect the quality of the shooting.

Other specifications: Android OS 7.1, Super LCD screen 5.5 inches with a resolution of 2560x1440, 64 GB of permanent memory and 4 GB of RAM. Support external memory card up to 2 TB. Support for two SIM cards. Battery capacity - 3000 maps. Conversation time - 24.5 hours, in standby mode - 336 hours. There is a fingerprint scanner on the front panel. HTC U11 sensitive to the strength of pressing the edge means that simply squeezing the smartphone in hand, you can make a photo camera, run applications, turn on the flashlight.

HTC U11 is protected according to the IP67 standard, it can be dipped into the water to a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes and sprinkle with sand.

It is also worth noting a beautiful glossy case.

On the this moment HTC U11 ranks first in terms of performance in the Antutu resource study, bypassing not only all android smartphones, but also long kept in the first place the seventh iPhone.

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Trend on the decrease in the screen frames got to hTC Smartphones. The company introduced an updated flagship HTC U11 + with an elongated display, a more powerful battery and a version with translucent back coverThrough which some components are peeled.

Larger in the smaller

HTC U11 + received a 6-inch Super LCD 6 panel with a resolution of 2880x1440 pixels and aspect ratio of 18: 9. Support for the HDR10 standard promise to add to updates before the end of the year. The top processor SNAPDRAGON 835 is responsible for the speed, in most European countries, a version with 6 GB of operational and 128 GB of integrated memory will appear, the simplified version of 4/64 GB will be sold in other markets. There is a microSD card slot.

The main 12-megapixel camera Ultrapixel 3 with a diaphragm F / 1.7 and the optical stabilization of the image began to shoot even better due to the optimization software. The front camera received a new 8 megapixel module with wide-angle optics (angle of view 85 °) and HDR function.

Works longer

The capacity of the battery is 3930 mAh - a noticeable increase compared to (3000 mAh). The company promises for 4 hours more work in video view and web surfing mode in LTE networks. Class of protection against dust and water rose to IP68, the smartphone is withstanding a 30-minute immersion to a depth of 1.5 meters. The operating system uses Android 8.0 Oreo with hTC Sense. There are Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, GPS and NFC chip. BOOOMSOUND Speakers have become 30% louder. The usual 3.5-mm audio jack is missing, but in the kit includes company headphones USonic with uSB port Type-c and active noise reduction.

HTC U11 + is slightly higher and even a millimeter is already its predecessor. Due to the thin frames from above and below the screen, the fingerprint scanner moved to the rear panel. The housing made of glass and metal is available in three colors: black, silver-blue and translucent with a translucent rear lid. Not anywhere and the EDGE SENSE function - the compression of the smartphone can be called a new EDGE panel with labels. quick access and perform other actions depending on the running application.