Now with more 18:9!
HTC has officially announced the U11+ in Taipei today, and like the leaks showed, the new phone is more of a refinement of the already excellent U11 than a brand new device. Most of that polish has been aimed towards the display of the device, which has now been enlarged from the 5.5-inch panel of the previous iteration to a 6-inch one sporting a 18:9 aspect ratio.
HTC U11+ Specs
- 2.45GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor
- 6GB of RAM
- Adreno 540 GPU
- 6-inch QHD+ Super LCD5 display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, 18:9 aspect ratio; 2,880 x 1440 resolution
- 128GB of expandable storage
- 12-megapixel rear camera. f/1.7 aperture, PDAF, OIS, dual-tone LED flash
- 8-megapixel front camera, f/2.0 aperture
- Dual SIM
- 4G, LTE
- WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Fingerprint Scanner, USB Type-C, IP68 certification
- 3930mAh battery
- Android Nougat 7.1.1
That puts the U11+ at level footing with the recently announced flagships of other companies, as it now has a 6-inch QHD+ resolution, at 2,880 x 1440. There will also be HDR10 support for the U11+’s display, arriving as a software update later this year.
HTC has moved the fingerprint sensor from the front to the rear to accommodate that 18:9 display, and the phone receives a bunch of updates as well – it has a bigger battery at 3,930mAh up from 3000mAh in the original, a louder speaker, IP68 certification (the U11 was only IP67) and a downgraded front camera, now at 8-megapixels instead of the original’s 16-megapixels.
Aside from that the phone’s internals is a copy from the U11 – Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage and still no headphone jack. The phone’s slated to be priced at £699 or around Php 47.6K, putting it at the same footing as Samsung’s Galaxy S8+ in terms of pricing.