In what might solely be termed the approaching collectively of two struggling manufacturers attempting desperately to stay related in 2017, Taiwanese tech agency HTC has formally joined the Android One household with the launch of its newest mid-range handset – HTC U11 Life. The corporate additionally introduced the U11+ which occurs to be an upgraded model of the U11 that was launched earlier this yr. As for the U11 Life, the system is available in two flavors; one with Android One and one other, with the corporate’s personal proprietary Sense UI. Each have Android 7.1 Nougat pre-installed, however are slated to obtain the Oreo replace within the coming weeks.
Each variations of the HTC U11 Life are equivalent when it comes to their {hardware} parts, which features a 5.2″ 1080p Tremendous LCD display and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 SoC. The system additionally packs 3/4 GB of RAM and 32/64 GB of inside storage based mostly in the marketplace, however all fashions will assist microSD playing cards. It additionally comes with an IP67 ranking, indicating mud and water resistance as much as a depth of 1 meter. As for the cameras, each the first and secondary models on the system include 16MP sensors paired with f/2.0 lens, however whereas the rear-facing unit can shoot 4K movies, the front-facing one can solely do 1080p. The system additionally helps LTE connectivity, Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac, however solely carries a 2,600mAh battery.
For a Firm that would rightfully declare its pleasure of place as one of many greatest catalysts behind the stratospheric progress and of Android, HTC’s fortunes have fallen precipitously over the previous a number of years. The corporate is now not among the many most related smartphone distributors on the planet, with corporations like Samsung, Apple, Huawei, and others laying declare to that place. Nevertheless, at the same time as HTC’s smartphone enterprise is tottering alongside with none main impetus, the corporate continues to launch some fairly fascinating units, together with the unique U11 that launched us to ‘Edge Sense’, the precursor for what’s now known as ‘Lively Edge‘ on the Pixel 2 units.
