HTC’s U11 with squeezable gestures gets listed on company’s India e-store, could be launched in India soon
HTC’s most recently launched smartphone, U11 can now be seen listed on the company’s India e-store indicating that it could soon hit the shelves in India. As per the listing, the smartphone will be available in 128 GB variant and with Brilliant Black and Amazing Silver as color options. Currently the status of HTC U11 appears as ‘Coming Soon’ indicating that there is not much time left for the smartphone to arrive in India.
The smartphone highlights its revolutionary Edge sense technology along with few more impressive features that could turn the tables in favour of HTC. The HTC U11 has touch sensitive sensors on its edges which interpret different squeezable gestures into various commands. The edges basically sense the squeeze on edges and then operate accordingly.
Talking about the specifications, the smartphone sports a 5.5 inch QHD+ display along with 3D glass on the top and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. The smartphone is expected to come with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage for the Indian market if we were to go by the listing. The internal storage can be expanded upto 2 TB using microSD card.
The smartphone runs on Android 7.1 Nougat with HTC’s new Sense 9 user interface along with the Sense companion digital assistant that packs a number of different other features within itself. The device also sums in Alexa and Google Assistant to further increase the list of features.
Coming towards the imaging department, the smartphone boasts a 12 MP Ultrapixel camera at the rear along with f/1.7 aperture, 5-Axis OIS and EIS, Ultraspace AF and HDR+ support. There is also a 16 MP f/2.0 selfie shooter with Wide angle lens, EIS and new exciting camera features. HTC U11 packs a 3000 mAh battery to power itself and also holds IP67 rating for water and dust resistance.
The smartphone earlier was launched in the US with a price tag of $749, which is approximately Rs. 48,000 and we can expect it to be priced in India somewhere around this only. HTC U11 was expected to hit the shelves globally in early June which is already the time, hence we could see the smartphone hitting the shelves in India in coming days.
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