Today, the Taiwanese smartphone maker company, HTC has launched two new smartphones under its U-series - the U Ultra and the U Play. The two smartphones have been incorporated what the HTC Sense Companion, which learns the user's daily patterns to provide usage recommendations and friendly advice. The HTC U Ultra and the HTC U Play cost has not been revealed yet, but the company has announced that the both handsets will be made available for the Indian users in March. The smartphones will be accessible in Sapphire Blue, Brilliant Blue, Cosmetic Pink, and Ice White colors.
The HTC Sense Companion is said to learn from the user behaviour, and give proposals according to that, for example, suggesting you to dress warm and leave for work earlier on a snowy day; reminding you to charge if it figures you need more power to last until you get back to home, and recommending the best restaurant when you're away for the weekend.
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Along with the Sense Companion, other common features include HTC USonic, which examinations the state of the user's internal ears with a "sonar-like pulse" and adjust the sound accordingly for you; the 16-megapixel front camera with UltraPixel mode, and additionally a "liquid surface" curved glass design. Both the smartphones will be accessible in single-SIM and double SIM (Nano-SIM) variations, depending on the region. This latest smartphone pair by HTC operates on Android 7.0 Nougat, with the organization's Sense UI customization on top.
The HTC U Ultra features a Dual Display, similar to the LG V20. The primary 5.7-inch Super LCD display has a QHD (1440x2560 pixels) resolution along with the Gorilla Glass 5 protection, while the secondary 2-inch display that bears a 1040x160 pixels resolution that sports sapphire glass protection. This latest smartphone will be made accessible in two inbuilt storage variations - 64GB and 128GB. The U Ultra is controlled by a 2.15GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SoC with 4GB of RAM. It bears a 12-UltraPixel rear camera with 1.55-micron pixels, a BSI sensor, laser + phase detection autofocus, optical image stabilization, a f/2.8 aperture, and double tone LED flash. At the front, it bears a 16-megapixel camera with a UltraPixel mode and a BSI sensor.
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Some other specifications of the HTC U Ultra incorporate either 64GB or 128GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable through microSD card (up to 2TB); 4G LTE with VoLTE, GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth v4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, NFC, DLNA, Miracast, HTC Connect, and USB 3.1 Type-C connectivity alternatives. The smartphone has been incorporated with an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, and gyroscope and weigh in at 170 grams, and measures 162.41x79.79x7.9mm. It comes with a unique fingerprint sensor on the Home Button, HTC BoomSound Hi-Fi release stereo speakers, Hi-Res Audio support, and 3D Audio recording support with 4 microphones. It is fueled by a 3000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 and is claimed to provide 26 hours of talk-time and up to 13 days of standby time.
The other unveiled HTC U Play smartphone will be made accessible in 3GB RAM/32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM/64GB internal storage variations. It has a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Super LCD display with Gorilla Glass. It is controlled by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 SoC. The rear 16-megapixel camera accompanies a BSI sensor, optical image stabilization, PDAF, a f/2.0 aperture, and double tone LED flash. The front camera dons a 16-megapixel sensor with a UltraPixel mode, a BSI sensor, a f/2.0 aperture with a focal length of 28mm. It bears a unique fingerprint sensor on the Home Button.
Similar to the HTC U Ultra, the U Play's inbuilt storage can be further expanded via microSD card (up to 2TB). The connectivity choices incorporate 4G LTE with VoLTE, GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth v4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, NFC, DLNA, Miracast, HTC Connect, and USB 2.0 Type-C. The handset has an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, and gyroscope and it measures 145.99x72.9x7.99mm. It is fueled by a 2500mAh battery with quick charging support (5V/2A) that is evaluated to convey up to 15.21 hours of talk-time and up to 427.54 hours of standby time.
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