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petermorwood · 2 years ago

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An old article, but amusing regardless.

First it was James Lileks and the Gallery of Regrettable Food. What were the photo editors on these cookbooks thinking?

I'm well aware the colour quality of old pictures degrades and yellows, to their detriment, but IMO the images on that website can't have looked very appetising even when new.

There are ways to assemble variegated foodstuffs on a plate that looks attractive, and then there are these.

Dimly-lit meals for one and Sad desk lunches are yet more shuddersome antidotes to lovingly-photographed food porn erotica (porn would be messy close-ups of eating it).

However, despite what the article suggests, food photography doesn't need "the highest-spec kit while dangling from light-fittings for just the right angle" to look good.

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Using a phonecam while out with your friends in a crowded pizzeria isn't going to give the best results, but then neither is a joyless packed lunch on a rainy Monday in February, even if shot with a $33,000 camera like this Hasselblad, and full studio lighting.

@dduane's hobby site European Cuisines (down for maintenance) did just fine for years with a Sony W17, a compact digicam with a superb Zeiss lens.

Here are Sony shots of an apple upside-down cake made with Beauty of Bath apples from our own tree (they really are pink all the way through) and a quiche Lorraine just out of the oven.

After a while I got a second-hand Nikon D40 DSLR; the money saved on second-hand let me afford an excellent lens, a top-of-the-line flashgun and that neat little flash which is so much better than the camera's built-in one.

Here's the Nikon's take on last year's roast-goose-and-all-the-trimmings Christmas Dinner, as well as bacon (corned beef is the Americanised version) and cabbage for St Patrick's Day.

Now we're mostly using HTC U11+ smartphones whose cameras are not only top-notch but have excellent low-light capability.

This is good, because our lighting has always been mostly natural daylight with occasional flash and reflector-screen assistance.

Here are U11+ images of soda bread done in a cast-iron casserole or Dutch oven, and Geflügelragout (a stew of roast chicken with red wine and lemon) with saffron-pumpkin noodles.

This has become Brightwood Vintner's Chicken in the Food and Cooking of the Middle Kingdoms project, and why not? It's delicious! Here's DD and U11+ in action, and the noodle close-up she was shooting in that pic.

None of the food we shoot is "styled" for photography with varnish for glossiness, paint for cream, machine oil for honey, microwaved cotton-wool for steam and lots of other cunning but inedible trickery.

Our stuff is all for eating - so much so that getting "photograph the food" and "eat the food" in the proper order can sometimes be a struggle.

Like these crumpets, for instance.

You would, wouldn't you?

I nearly did, giving DD conniptions because she hadn't photographed them yet, and the Kerrygold butter was melting Just Right...

In a choice between shooting Have To Eat images and Want To Eat ones, we'll stay on the Want To side of the fence, and if people looking at those pix also Want To take a bite out of their screens, we're getting the job done.

And we're not hanging from the light-fittings to do it... :->

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techiedeepank-blog · 8 years ago

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HTC U11 Specification and First look by Techie Deepank

HTC has launched it new flagship device HTC U11 in India. Hey guys what’s up! In this post we are going to have a first look of HTC U11. Let’s get started. Before we dive into the details of this device lets have a look at the specification. The device have Processor: Snapdragon 835 (Octa core, 2.45 GHz) RAM: 6 GB Screen: 5.5” Quad HD IPS LCD Screen (Gorilla Glass 5) GPU: Adreno 540 GPU Storage:…

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techspacechannel · 7 years ago

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http://digitaltechnologynews.com/ Vivo NEX vs HTC U11+ Smartphones Vivo NEX The bezel-less Vivo Nex with an alleged screen-to-body ratio of 91.24%, the highest we've see thus far, the Vivo NEX is a device with no display notch and merely a thin chin, as well as quite thin bezels on the sides. Dubbed Ultra FullView, the display is a ginormous 6.59-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED unit, and while this might sound like a a lot, the device is similar in overall size to a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 - the Vivo NEX has dimension of 162×77×7.98mm and a total weight of 199gr. HTC U11+ The new HTC U11+ is a high-end Android 8.0 phone with top-of-the-line specs and outstanding design features. It also happens to be the company's first phone with a taller, 18:9 display capable of displaying HDR10 content. Further perks include water resistance, a huge battery, and a pair of active noise-cancelling earphones in the box. All of that is topped by a fast, Snapdragon 835 chip and plenty of memory tucked inside a highly reflective body made of glass and metal. For those who find the idea neat, a variant of the phone with a translucent back plate is also available.HTC U11+ unboxing. HTC U11+ Plus Display the HTC U11+ has a taller display than the U11, thus filling more of its front side with screen space. The U11+ is only marginally taller as a result, but offers a screen that's half an inch larger in diagonal. And if all this sound familiar to you, it's because a number of other companies have already done the same. LG, Samsung, Google, and Apple all offer phones with screens "taller" than the traditional 16:9 ratio. The benefit? Well, having a huge display surrounded by minimal bezels not only makes a phone look pretty cool, but could also potentially allow more content to fit on the screen. HTC U11+ Plus Battery We've inevitably come to the point where raw hardware specs need to be highlighted. These include a Snapdragon 835 system chip and two memory configurations – 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage or 6GB/128GB of the stuff. Needless to say, we expect this phone to handle any task with ease. For those who need extra storage, a microSD card slot is available. Power is provided by a hefty 3,930mAh battery, which is a greater energy reserve than what most phones of this caliber have.HTC U11+ Plus review HTC U11+ Plus Camera the improvements might come as a result of software enhancements, as the 12MP single main camera – with OIS, F1.7 aperture, and 1.4um pixels – appears to be identical on a hardware level. At the front is a new 8MP selfie camera that can pull off some nifty HDR tricks without lag.HTC U11+ Plus specs HTC U11+ Plus Price The HTC U11+ is going to cost £699 in UK and 799 euro across Europe. Pre-orders begin on November 20 at HTC's web site.

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liveindiatimes · 5 years ago

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HTC launches flagship smartphone U11: Features, specs and prices inside - tech gadgets

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HTC launches flagship smartphone U11: Features, specs and prices inside - tech gadgets

HTC launched its premium flagship device, the HTC U11, at Rs 51,990 (market operating price) in India on Friday.

HTC claims the new U11 is the world’s first smartphone “with a revolutionary new squeeze technology HTC Edge Sense”, which according to the company, gives users the ability to activate advanced touch and use a “short squeeze” as well as a “squeeze and hold” for enhanced functionality.

The HTC U11 comes loaded with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage, and has HTC Sense Companion, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa3 for faster and easier user experience. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile chip, the new U11 renders graphics 25% faster than the HTC 10, enables 35% or three hours more video playback, 30% or 8 hours more music playback and 43% or 3.5 hours longer web browsing time via a LTE network4.

The device gets HTC USonic for Active Noise Cancellation and also has an IP67 rating for being dust, splash and water-resistant.

��HTC U11 comes equipped with unique features like Edge Sense that opens the doors to a whole new world of phone interactions. We are particularly proud of the fact that the U11 camera has achieved an incredible DxOMark 90 score, making it the highest rated smartphone ever in DxOMark history also making it the #1 smartphone camera on the market today. We are confident that the HTC U11 will set new industry standards,” Faisal Siddiqui, president South Asia, HTC, said in a statement.

Larry Paulson, vice-president and president of Qualcomm India, said: “The Snapdragon 835 is small in size (10nm), but big on performance. Users can expect outstanding battery life, jaw dropping graphics, and cutting-edge camera capabilities. And with the X16 LTE modem, you also get breakthrough speeds. Power users have a lot to look forward with HTC U11.”

Launched in two colours — Amazing Silver and Brilliant Black, the new HTC U11 will be up for pre-orders online on HTC e-store and Amazon.in from June 17, and through offline channels from last week of June. Pre-ordering customers will receive a HTC flip-cover worth Rs 1,999 free.

Standard Chartered Debit or Credit card-holders may also avail 10% cash back on the MOP value, for a limited time-period beginning June 26.

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appinsta · 6 years ago

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HTC in 2019: Last chance saloon

Remember those awful Robert Downey Jr.-starring ads HTC spent millions on that joked HTC was an acronym for ‘hilariously’ random phrases like “Hipster Troll Car wash?”

I know, I tried to forget too.

After yet another rough year of layoffs, free-falling sales numbers, and a further drift into obscurity in the smartphone market, HTC in 2018 could quite easily have stood for “Hard Times Continued.”

2018 marked the tenth anniversary of the first ever Android smartphone — the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 — but unfortunately for HTC, there was very little else worth celebrating.

Let’s review HTC’s 2018 and look ahead to see we can expect from the fallen Android giant in 2019.

Another 12 months of turmoil

Rewind back to the start of 2018 and HTC found itself in a bit of a transitional phase. Fresh off an atrocious 12 months where revenues plummeted to a 13-year low, the firm received a much-needed injection of cash after selling its “Powered by HTC” R&D division to Google for $1.1 billion.

Despite the reduced workforce and talent pool, Google’s money meant HTC had the time and funds to design and develop new phones to try to turn its fortunes around. Unfortunately, fortune wasn’t ready to turn in HTC’s favor.

A fresh round of layoffs hit the company’s North American wing in February as part of a restructuring plan to bring together the smartphone and VR teams. This was followed by a much wider cull in July when 1,500 employees were cut at HTC’s HQ in Taiwan.

Read more: Here are the best HTC phones you can buy right now

The latter represented a whopping 22 percent of the company’s global workforce and was justified by HTC as being an essential move to ensure “more effective and flexible resource management going forward.”

Some of HTC’s most high profile figureheads also abandoned their stations. Smartphone president Chialin Chang departed in February after a six year tenure, while Mo Versi — a.k.a. the HTC updates guy — exited in March.

The overall picture gets even bleaker when you delve into HTC’s 2018 financials.

HTC’s final revenue figures for 2018 will make for dire reading.

HTC registered its lowest revenue total in 13 years at NTD 62.12 billion ($2.1 billion) in 2017. As of Q3 2018, the company’s overall revenue for the year sat at a paltry NTD 19.6 billion (~$636 million).

Save for an incredibly unlikely miraculous turnaround in Q4, HTC’s final revenue figures for 2018 will make for some dire reading when they are eventually released to investors and the public in the coming weeks.

Amidst all of the speculation surrounding HTC’s uncertain future, rumors that the brand was considering pulling of out India completely, and getting slapped by U.K. advertising standards over a “misleading” ad, the phones that HTC actually released in 2018 more or less got lost in the wider discourse.

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On the flagship front, HTC eschewed recent tradition and released the HTC U12 Plus — a follow-up to the U11 series that didn’t enjoy a non-Plus version, instead adopting the moniker due to its large size and top-tier specs.

Yet despite its all-round impressive performance and gorgeous Liquid Surface design, the HTC U12 Plus was a hard phone for many to recommend.

In our HTC U12 Plus review, Jimmy Westenberg bemoaned HTC’s neglected software suite, its innovative-yet-awkward pressure sensitive buttons, the higher price tag compared to the U11, and the lack of any tangible reason to recommend the phone over rival devices from Samsung, Google, or even LG.

The U12 series was later bolstered by the arrival of the U12 Life — a capable mid-ranger with a severe identity crisis that seemed to echo its creator’s own lack of direction.

Aside from three entries in the affordable Desire 12 series, HTC’s only other notable contribution to the Android market in 2018 was the company’s first blockchain phone, the HTC Exodus 1, which went up for pre-order exclusively in bitcoin or ethereum tokens in late October.

With the value of major cryptocurrencies dropping throughout the year, it’s hard to imagine that HTC’s ultra-niche blockchain phone will have delivered the kind of sales numbers the company desperately needs.

New horizons

Without that $1.1 billion windfall from Google, there’s every chance HTC’s smartphone division (and perhaps even the company as a whole) wouldn’t have made it to 2019.

HTC said it would invest in virtual reality and Internet of Things technologies at the time of the big-money sale. The latter has yet to really materialize, but HTC’s support of the Vive brand remains resolute.

Related: VR headset buyer’s guide – what are your options?

HTC went on the offensive singling out critics of forecasts showing evidence of the VR market shrinking in a bullish blog post in mid-2018. It also talked up demand for the wireless Vive Pro headset and high interest in China for the enterprise-focused, standalone Vive Focus, which launched worldwide in November.

One encouraging development for HTC’s wider ambitions in both the smartphone and VR sectors is the imminent dawn of 5G.

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“5G is coming.” We’ve heard it repeated by telecom giants and smartphone OEMs for years now. The fifth-generation network promises lightning fast download speeds, an IoT revolution, and rapid streaming with essentially zero latency, but what …

The next-generation networks, which are due to start turning on in the U.S. throughout 2019, could potentially shake up the status quo and open up new opportunities for struggling Android OEMs.

Likewise, virtual reality experiences are set to benefit greatly from 5G’s lower latency, increased fidelity, and a potentially lower entry price for consumers and businesses as computational work shifts away from expensive PC hardware toward cloud-based solutions.

Of course, each new investment will eat further into HTC’s coffers and if revenue continues to fall, something will have to give. There’s no doubt that HTC absolutely can’t afford another year of dwindling sales if it wants to remain in the smartphone market long-term.

The beginning of the end, or the start of something new?

So, how can HTC save its smartphone business?

Android Authority’s C. Scott Brown has already shared a few ideas that could help stop the slump, but HTC has mostly stuck to the same “strategic investments” line we also heard back in 2012 and 2017.

The only real indication of HTC’s plans for 2019 and beyond came in an interview with HTC president Darren Chen in December. Chen said the company will “continue to extend its high-end U12 Plus lineup in 2019,” which sparked speculation that HTC wouldn’t be released a ‘new’ flagship in the first half of the year.

HTC later clarified this won’t be the case, although I’m left wondering whether it’ll have been better off being true come the end of 2019. A vague commitment to deliver a new flagship and a few mid-range devices doesn’t sound like the drastic rethink HTC could well need to claw back much needed market share.

HTC’s glory years fade further from memory with each passing year.

Perhaps the next elite HTC smartphone will be a Galaxy S10 killer. HTC’s Desire series — including the mega-affordable, entry-level Desire 12s launched in December — could finally become a true contender in the ultra-competitive emergent markets currently dominated by Chinese OEMs. Maybe the Exodus 1 will be the go-to phone for crypto fans all across the world. 2019 could even be the year where virtual reality and Vive enters the mainstream powered by 5G.

All of these things are possible, but the company’s scattershot strategies and limp statements of intent will do little to convince the growing number of doubters inside the smartphone industry, or the buyers whose memories of HTC’s glory years fade further with each passing year.

Ten years ago HTC changed the game with the G1. A decade later it finds itself in the last chance saloon. How the mighty have fallen.

Do you think HTC can right the ship in 2019? Let us know in the comments and be sure to look out for our other posts in this series for the rest of Android’s leading OEMs.

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cstesttaken · 7 years ago

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HTC U11+ review – GSMArena.com tests

Introduction

HTC U11+ could have been the Pixel 2 XL if Google hadn’t chosen LG to make the device. And indeed, the two phones have a lot in common – a 6″ widescreen, similar design, Snapdragon 835 chip, a high-end 12MP camera with big pixels and HDR Boost, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, edge squeeze sensors, Android Oreo.

But HTC has built on those feature with its own Boom Speakers, richer squeeze functionality, wider aperture for the camera and 3D audio capturing for the vids, a bigger battery, and jaw-dropping design, especially in its translucent version. The 6GB RAM and microSD slot are welcome improvements, but we are yet to see if the Super LCD6 screen has what it takes to meet the flagship needs. The 100% DCI-P3 color space coverage and HDR10-compliance should help its case, that’s without a question.

So even if it weren’t meant to become the next Pixel, the HTC U11+ is certainly no underdog, and better yet, it has the dog tags of a fighter.

HTC U11+ Key Features

Body: Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back, metal frame. The “Liquid Surface” design on the rear is 3-axis curved glass and changes hues under light. It’s IP68 water-resistant.

Display: 6.0″ Super LCD6, 1,440 x 2880px resolution, 538ppi, 18:9 aspect

Rear camera: 12MP f/1.7, dual pixel autofocus, OIS, dual-LED flash, 1.4 micron pixel size, HDR Boost, 3D audio recording, Acoustic Focus, 4K @ 30fps

Front camera: 8MP, f/2.0, HDR Boost, 1080p video

Video: 2160p @ 30fps, 1080p @30/60/120fps, 720@240fps; front camera:1080p @ 30fps

OS/Software: Android 8.0 Oreo with updates directly from Google

Chipset: 10nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU – Octa-core (4×2.45 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo); Adreno 540 GPU

Memory: 4GB RAM/64GB storage in base model (6GB/128GB in select markets), expandable via microSD slot (or SIM2 slot for dual SIM model)

Battery: 3,930 mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0

Connectivity: Single or Dual SIM; LTE-A Cat 15: 800/150 Mbps, USB Type-C 3.1, 3.5mm to USB-C adapter included

Audio: Boom Sound speakers, noise-cancelling U Sonic earbuds (via USB-C) included, four on-board mics for 3D audio and always listening for assistant hotword

Misc: Squeeze actions via sensors embedded into frame, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner; dual speakers (Boom Sound)

Main shortcomings

No 3.5mm headphone jack (ships with an adapter)

No dual camera or artificial bokeh modes for the camera

No wireless charging

The audio jack is gone for good at least as far as HTC is concerned and that’s plenty clear if you look at their recent phones. The U11+ is yet another smartphone to drop it from the specs list, but at least it got a water-tight IP68 body to show for it.

But there is one trendy feature the HTC U11+ omits – simulated bokeh effects for either of its cameras. Even though the U11+ has top of the line sensors, you won’t get bokeh shots. And HTC was the first to offer them on the market even before it was cool.

Despite those omissions, HTC seems to have done a fabulous job and the U11+ is shaping as one of the most beautiful smartphones this season, squeezable at that. And with the holiday shopping craziness just around the corner, we can’t wait to see if the U11+ is another gadget making it to our wish lists.

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askia258-blog · 7 years ago

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HTC U12 Life overview: If at first you don’t succeed…

HTC is in free fall, with no clearly outlined product technique. It offered half its R&D group to Google at the beginning of the yr, and nonetheless doesn’t have a coherent strategy to advertising and marketing — proper now HTC looks as if an organization in quicksand. The U12 Life reveals HTC desperately reaching for salvation, with no attachment to something it has performed earlier than. That noncommittal, freewheeling strategy has delivered a reimagining of final yr’s U11 Life that reveals HTC nonetheless has some good concepts up its sleeve. Whereas it’s commendable to fully revise a dropping recipe, I’m undecided the U12 Life will fare any higher than its predecessor. Product strains are sometimes fairly logical: an organization identifies a goal market or area of interest and creates vary of and software program aimed toward addressing its wants. Successive generations may add or take away options, however the fundamental logic of what the product line represents — who it’s for and what it does — stays comparatively constant. There’s no mistaking what product strains just like the Galaxy Notice collection, LG V collection, OnePlus line, or BlackBerry’s choices are all about. Not so with HTC. It seems like whoever is behind the U12 Life didn’t agree — in any respect — with what the unique group thought the Life collection was about. The U12 Life comes throughout as a very totally different product to the U11 Life, one unattached to what the U11 Life was or aspired to be. Given HTC’s current staffing modifications, together with the lack of its handset division head, Chialin Chang, that isn’t fully surprising. To get all of it out of the way in which shortly, right here’s a desk exhibiting the main modifications between the U11 Life and the U12 Life: U12 LifeU11 Life IP ratingNoYes Edge Sense NoYes Headphone jackYesNo Display6-inch LTPS5.2-inch IPS LCD Sense CompanionNoYes Battery capacity3,600mAh2,600mAh Android One model NoYes Selfie digital camera13MP f/2.Zero16MP f/2.Zero Essential digital camera Twin: 16MP f/2.Zero + 5MP (depth)Single: 16MP f/2.Zero

HTC U12 Life design

Funnily sufficient, the HTC U12 Life appears quite a bit just like the Google Pixel collection. Probably the U12 Life truly began out beneath the Pixel group that left for Google again in January and was carried to fruition by one other group after they left. Nonetheless, even inside the HTC U12 Life’s design there’s a whole lot of chop-and-change occurring. The U12 Life is product of a polycarbonate body like its predecessor. In a world of fragile, scratch-prone glass sandwiches, I don’t thoughts the selection of plastic. It's dealt with effectively and doesn’t really feel too low cost (HTC is making an attempt all method of selling guff to make it sound like glass, nevertheless it isn’t). Not like the U11 Life, which adhered to HTC’s “liquid floor” design language, the U12 Life introduces etched stripes on the again for added grip and decreasing fingerprints.

The 3D Extremely Stripes, as they're referred to as, truly work as marketed. You’ll nonetheless get some fingerprints on the underside two-thirds of the U12 Life, however nowhere close to as many as the highest part close to the digital camera. The shallow grooves improve grip and supply a stunning floor on which to fidget. My solely gripe with the plastic backing of the U12 Life is the seen “warping” within the plastic across the fingerprint sensor and digital camera housing. The 3D Extremely Stripes add grip and decrease the looks of fingerprints. The buttons are high-quality (and fortunately not capacitive like on the ill-fated U12 Plus), however they really feel a little bit low cost. The ribbed energy button is simple to determine by means of contact alone and may be pressed twice to shortly entry the digital camera. In a uncommon walk-back, HTC introduced the three.5mm headphone port again within the U12 Life, after the U11 Life arrived with out one.

This yr there are stereo audio system, one mounted on the underside subsequent to the USB Sort-C charging port and the opposite through the earpiece speaker above the show. In accordance with HTC, they weren’t thought of ok to be designated BoomSound audio system. In my expertise they had been nonetheless completely serviceable, getting properly loud with out distortion. They’re a far cry from the most effective HTC telephones you should purchase, however at the least they’re OK. The SIM card tray has additionally shifted from the highest edge on the U11 Life to the left hand facet on the U12 Life.

HTC U12 Life show

The entrance of the HTC U12 Life is extra spectacular than its predecessor, with smaller bezels and no notch. HTC tells me it's dedicated to avoiding the notch in future units as effectively. Within the high bezel you’ll discover the speaker, a LED notification mild, front-facing digital camera, and a few sensors. HTC says it's dedicated to avoiding the notch. On-screen navigation is the order of the day on the U12 Life. I desire it this manner, however followers of HTC’s conventional dedication to capacitive buttons will probably really feel let down. Clearly, the fingerprint scanner is not on the entrance of the telephone both — one other important change from the U11 Life.

Colours are vivid and satisfying, brightness is sweet sufficient if not nice and viewing angles are stable. The 6-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) panel makes use of much less vitality than an IPS LCD and it’s additionally cheaper to supply. The U12 Life adopts the extra trendy 18:9 side ratio with 2,160 x 1,080 decision and 402ppi. The display screen leaned a little bit cool out of the field, however you may modify the colour temperature within the settings to no matter you like. See additionally: The very best shows of 2018

HTC U12 Life software program

The U12 Life runs “Mild Sense,” a pared-down model of full-blown HTC Sense that reduces the variety of bloatware apps (farewell Information Republic!) and presumably reduces pressure on system sources. Sadly for followers like me, there’s no Android One model this yr. There isn't any Android One model this yr, and the U12 Life ships with out Edge Sense or Sense Companion. Sense Companion is gone, as is Edge Sense. I truly actually like Edge Sense, so I’m unhappy to see it not included. I might be among the many minority although, so its absence probably received’t be a dealbreaker for a lot of. Your digital assistant wants can now be fulfilled solely by Google Assistant. The feel and appear of Mild Sense is far the identical although, so that you’ll have the ability to discover your approach round simply as simply. The UI is simply as clear and inoffensive because it has been for years and a swipe up app drawer retains these acquainted app icons so as. HTC Themes are nonetheless included if you'd like them. Blinkfeed nonetheless throws up the worst of the web (in between the adverts) and needs to be disabled out of the field. It’s a little bit bizarre that HTC gave up on Sense Companion for Google Assistant however remains to be making an attempt to make Blinkfeed higher than the Google feed. To every their very own. The HTC U12 Life runs Android eight.1 Oreo out of the field.

HTC U12 Life efficiency

The U12 Life makes use of the 14nm Snapdragon 636 cell platform with eight Kryo 260 cores and the Adreno 509 GPU. In comparison with different mid-range telephones I’ve used just lately, the U12 Life struggled with occasional slow-downs and common sluggishness in on a regular basis use. A manufacturing facility reset didn’t resolve something, nor did software program updates through the U12 Life overview interval. In on a regular basis use, the U12 Life struggled, with occasional slow-downs and common sluggishness. Regardless of HTC’s quite minimal software program layer, the mid-range chipset and 4GB of RAM in my overview unit simply couldn’t push these pixels round quick sufficient when multitasking and placing the U12 Life by means of its paces. I wasn’t anticipating OnePlus 6T ranges of pace, nevertheless it felt extra like I used to be utilizing a HTC Want 626 than a 2018 product. Keep away from the U12 Life if cell gaming is excessive in your hit record. The U12 Life I acquired had 64GB of storage with microSD growth through a hybrid slot within the dual-SIM tray. The bottom mannequin U11 Life got here with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, so the bump to 4GB/64GB is a welcome one. A U12 Life variant exists in Taiwan with 6GB/128GB, however that probably received’t matter to you.

HTC U12 Life battery

The three,600mAh battery within the U12 Life is sort of 30 % bigger than the two,600mAh cell of final yr’s U11 Life. Whereas it does a fairly good job of holding the lights on, you positively received’t be getting 30 % extra screen-on time. That’s probably as a result of a lot bigger display screen regardless of the extra vitality environment friendly chipset. I averaged 5 to 5 and a half hours of screen-on time per day when principally utilizing the U12 Life for non-demanding duties. Common days had a lock on 5 hours, however days spent taking a lot of images or gaming greater than common dropped that quantity considerably, continuously to lower than 4 hours. For reference, Josh obtained round 4 and a half hours of screen-on time when he reviewed the U11 Life with Sense.

HTC U12 Life specs

HTC U12 Life Display6.Zero-inch LCD 2,160 x 1,080 decision 18:9 side ratio SoCQualcomm Snapdragon 636 Cell Platform, octa-core, 64-bit GPUAdreno 509 RAM4 or 6GB Storage64 or 128GB MicroSD card slot CamerasRear cameras: 16MP + 5MP sensors, part detection autofocus, dual-LED flash, f/2.Zero aperture, HDR, 4K video recording Entrance digital camera: 13MP sensor, f/2.Zero aperture, LED flash, HDR, FHD 1080p video recording Battery3,600mAh IP ratingN/A SensorsAmbient mild sensor Proximity sensor Movement G-sensor Compass sensor Gyro sensor Magnetic sensor Fingerprint sensor Sensor Hub for exercise monitoring Network2G/2.5G GSM/GPRS/EDGE - 850/900/1800/1900MHz 3G UMTS - 850/900/1900/2100MHz - HSDPA 42, HSUPA 5.76 4G LTE - Twin 4G LTE Nano SIM (availability varies by area) - FDD: Bands 1, 2, three, four, 5, 7, eight, 12, 17, 20, 28, 32, 66 - TDD: Bands 38, 40 - Helps Cat 11 downloads as much as 600Mbps, add as much as 75Mbps ConnectivityUSB Sort-C three.5mm headphone jack Bluetooth 5 Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.four & 5GHz) NFC GPS/GLONASS SoftwareAndroid eight.1 Oreo HTC Sense Dimensions and weight158.5 x 75.four x eight.3mm 175g Colorsmoonlight blue, twilight purple (availability varies by area)

HTC U12 Life digital camera

HTC usually makes stable however not excellent cameras. The U12 Life provides an additional 5MP f/2.2 depth-sensing sensor to the 16MP f/2.Zero lens of the U11 Life. That aids with the enjoyable bokeh portrait mode photographs and the outcomes are fairly good. Portrait mode does job producing practical wanting background blur with fairly pure bokeh. The shot of the Berlin Wall and the macro shot of the stones within the gallery under present what I imply. Sadly the digital camera depends on not-so-great EIS as an alternative of optical stabilization. The front-facing digital camera will get a downgrade to a 13MP sensor, however I actually favored the pure look and element it captured. The front-facing digital camera weirdly will get a downgrade from the U11 Life, going from a 16MP f/2.Zero lens final yr to a 13MP f/2.Zero lens this yr. Fortunately the standard is fairly related. I actually favored how a lot pure element the front-facing digital camera picked up on with out doing something too bizarre with magnificence mode or pores and skin softening. The digital camera tended to blow out highlights, as you may see within the selfie under the place the sunshine is blown out on the facet of my face, however general the outcomes had been excellent. Photos shot with the U12 Life’s major cameras are usually respectable however lack any form of punch to make them stand out. For the worth level, the U12 Life isn’t anticipated to carry out any miracles, however there’s an unlucky capable-but-unreliable bent to the principle digital camera right here you don’t essentially get on different telephones round this worth. As quickly as the sunshine begins to drop even a little bit you both want a surgeon’s regular palms or to lean the U12 Life on one thing to keep away from blur within the ensuing shot. The shortage of OIS here's a downside each for low-light photographs in addition to video, which is in any other case good. In case you use a help and play your playing cards proper, it's attainable to get good low-light images. This positively isn’t the telephone you need for those who take a lot of selfies in gloomy bars although or for those who plan to shoot a lot of shifting video. The shortage of OIS is an issue each for low-light photographs and video, however for those who play your playing cards proper you may get some good photographs and photographs. Within the daytime the U12 Life performs fairly effectively, capturing loads of element and balancing out excessive distinction photographs very properly with HDR mode enabled. I truly actually like the way in which HTC handles HDR — the outcomes don’t look loopy pretend like with some telephones. The U12 Life struggles to do a lot with blown-out skies, however brings up the shadowy areas very properly.

Maybe my largest concern with the U12 Life digital camera is simply how flat it shoots. I hardly ever took a photograph that regarded nice with out me pondering I wanted to make a journey to an modifying app first. In case you dislike the tendency most telephones have today to oversaturate and oversharpen pictures, the U12 Life could swimsuit you simply high-quality, however for me it required an excessive amount of work to get good photographs out of and even then I nonetheless needed to edit them earlier than sharing. Associated: Better of Android: greatest cameras

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I favored the U11 Life final yr, however the U12 Life carries none of that historical past over. It feels prefer it’s ranging from scratch, altering the display screen dimension and show tech, ditching the IP score and acquainted Sense software program options whereas bringing again the headphone jack and beefing up the battery capability. Taken by itself, the U12 Life presents a wonderfully respectable package deal. It has display screen, respectable battery life, an appropriate twin digital camera, and alright audio, nevertheless it doesn’t actually nail any of that. Its battery life isn’t the place it could possibly be. The digital camera is fairly unreliable and lacks OIS. Efficiency is unsatisfactory. It does away with among the greatest components of its predecessor, too. Taken by itself the U12 Life presents a wonderfully respectable package deal, however there are much more aggressive telephones at this worth. The modifications at HTC are evident within the U12 Life. It’s a tool disconnected from its product line, each from the earlier Life variant and the flagship U12 Plus, on the lookout for success wherever it may. I doubt the U12 Life will discover it any greater than the U11 Life did, however I favored that gadget and I form of nonetheless like this one too. It’s only a lot tougher to advocate this time round when there are such a lot of extra compelling units in the marketplace for a similar sum of money and not an Android One possibility anymore.

In case you’re a die-hard HTC fan with 349 euros (~$395) to spare, I say go for it, so long as gaming efficiency and nice images aren’t excessive in your record of priorities. In case you’re on the lookout for a aggressive mid-range telephone with a stable chipset, new model of Android, nice digital camera and battery, and some high-end extras thrown in, this isn't the telephone for you. As an alternative have a look at the Xiaomi Mi A2, Nokia 7.1 Plus, Honor Play, Asus Zenfone 5Z, Moto G6 Plus, or in fact the flagship spec’d Pocophone F1. The HTC U12 Life is out there in moonlight blue and twilight purple by means of HTC’s on-line retailer for 349 euros in Europe and 299 kilos (~$383) within the U.Ok. It received’t be coming to the U.S. Read the full article

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The smartphone arms race isn’t always pretty. The knock-down, drag-out fight between Apple and Samsung in particular has given rise to some nasty lawsuits and wincing commercials year in and out as the two companies invest millions in outdoing one another.

But Google is playing another game entirely. The company has never really been concerned with battling it out over flashy designs and specs. It’s really exactly the sort of approach you’d expect from a software-first company. I won’t go so far as to suggest that the Pixel 3 is a utilitarian phone, but it’s safe to say that the hardware exists in service of the company’s software innovations.

If it were like other companies, last week’s hardware event would have been an opportunity for Google to bask in processor speed and pixel density. Instead, it blew through such things. It was a strange spectacle to behold, really, as someone who’s been through a million of these things. The company more or less announced all of the products at once and moved onto more important topics like algorithms and machine learning.

For many intents and purposes, Google’s approach to smartphones is a breath of fresh air. From a more practical standpoint, the company’s path often means less radical hardware upgrades, year over year. If you’re wondering whether to upgrade from the the Pixel 2, the simple answer is: no, what are you, made out of money? But here’s Taylor’s slightly more nuanced approach to the question, if that’s your thing.

The fact is that Google has always been less interested than Apple or Samsung in keeping you beholden to the constant upgrade cycle. In fact, a number of the new photo features introduced this round will also be making their way onto older models, when possible. That’s not a promise all of the competition is willing to make.

The bottom line for products like the Pixel 3, Pixel Slate and Home Hub is that Google is intent on delivering the best hardware showcase for what it’s been working on over on the software side. That we happen to get one of the best Android smartphones out of the deal is a happy side effect.

Top level, here are the key hardware changes from the last version:

Bigger screen: This the single largest hardware change, so to speak. The Pixel 3 bumps up from five inches to 5.5 inches, while the XL moves up in the world from six to 6.3. Both a pretty sizable upgrade, all told.

Dual front-facing cameras: Seemingly a bit of a head scratcher, given that the back of the device sticks to one. More on that below.

Wireless charging: Better late than never, right?

We walked away from the Google event with both handsets in a branded tote bag that also included the new Pixel Stand. It’s clear that the company was looking to outfit reviewers with the best experience possible. As someone who cycles through a lot of phones for work, I’ve found myself gravitating toward larger phones.

With that in mind, most of the rest of this piece pertains to my experiences with the Pixel 3 XL. That said, Anthony kindly agreed to take the Pixel 3 out on the town for a photo safari, so the imaging samples in this review are taken from both handsets. Spec-wise, the two products are quite similar, beyond the standard array of things that come with a larger phone: screen, battery, et al.

There’s a sentiment you’ll read a lot when it comes to large flagships — that the company has done a good job keeping the footprint small, in spite of the massive screen size. Indeed, a lot of progress has been made on this front in recent generations, between thinner bodies and the rapid extinction of the bezel. That said, the Pixel 3 XL is a big phone by just about any measure.

Sure, Apple came from behind, only to rocket to the top of display sizes with the 6.5-inch XS Max. But the 6.3-inch XL isn’t far behind. It’s also a few fractions of a millimeter thicker than Apple’s massive handset at 7.9mm — though it still has nothing on the Note 9’s 8.8mm. Either way, the thing isn’t for the small of hand or limited in pocket space — and one-handed use probably isn’t in the cards if you’re not a professional basketball player.

Not much has changed aesthetically changed since the 2. And, indeed, the Pixel’s design language has become iconic in its own way, from the brightly colored power button to the dual-surface rear. The plasticky version found on prior generations has been replaced with a double glass surface — shiny up top and matte on the bottom.

It’s a subtle contrast and should help avoid slippage for those souls brave enough to go without a case. This last bit is a very real issue I’ve run into switching between the iPhone XS and Note 9, of late. Those shiny backs will slip right out of your hand if you’re not paying attention.

Up front, you’ll find that word of the Pixel 3 XL’s notch was, in fact, not exaggerated. It’s the stuff of legend. Turns out this is because of those dual front-facing cameras. Google is really committed to helping users up their selfie game here. At least that’s the immediate impact of that decision.

Dual cameras could have other benefits down the road, including depth sensing for things like augmented reality and, perhaps, face unlock. For now, however, it means taking pictures of yourself and friends at a semi-pro level.

The notch, it turns out, is a key design distinction between the 3 and 3 XL. The reasoning is — as with the rest of what Google’s hardware team did here — a pragmatic one. “With the small one,” VP of Product Management Brian Rakowski told me in an interview last week, “it turns out the space is just too small when you put the wide-angle lens in. It’s a narrower phone, so you have room for an icon or two, whereas on the bigger phone everything you need for the status icons is up there, and it’s a very good use of the space.”

In spite of its software embrace with Android Pie, Google is neither definitively pro or anti-notch. The company is, simply put, notch agnostic. If, however, you have a problem with that admittedly unsightly cutout, there’s a fix for that. Active Edge is back. It’s a feature that’s grown on me a bit since HTC introduced it as Edge Sense back on the U11 in May of last year. With a pinch of the phone’s frame, you can fire up Assistant. It’s one of several ways to invoke Google’s AI, but it definitely beats Samsung’s longtime insistence on including a devoted Bixby button. And besides, Google Assistant is actually, you know, useful.

Google’s generally done a good job listening to user feedback with its software features, and nowhere is that better represented than with the Adaptive mode for its screen color profiles. Last year’s Natural mode was met with some fairly widespread negative feedback for the effect in had in “muddying” the colors — most notably the reds, which ended up somewhere between blood-red and brown.

It was one of those things the company insisted was good for you, but ultimately user irritation won the day. Adaptive splits the difference, saturating colors for things like your Gmail icon, while keeping it in check for things like skin tone. It’s a pretty happy medium, all told, but if you’re not into it, you can always adjust things in settings.

The headphone jack is, of course, still gone. Google drew a line in the sand last year, after making a show keeping it on-board with the first generation. There’s a bit of a mea culpa here, however, in the form of souped up earbuds included in-box. The headphones are very clearly inspired by last year’s Pixel Buds.

That, much like the accessories themselves, is a bit of a mixed bag. The biggest upshot here is that the things plug directly into the USB-C port at the bottom. Sure the box still includes a headphone jack to USB adapter, but including headphones with a standard jack with a phone that doesn’t natively support the tech is downright bizarre.

The looping up top is a nice way to keep the buds in your ears without those bizarrely sharp fins that so many headphone makers rely on. I took the headphones for a run this morning and they didn’t fall out once.

The headphones also offer a number of the Pixel Buds’ software features free of charge, including easy access to Google Assistant and real-time translations through the Google Translate app.

The downside, on the other hand, is a major one. Even as far as free in-box headphones go, the Pixel USB-C earbuds are uncomfortable. This, I will be the first to admit, is a wholly subjective thing and highly dependent on the size and shape of our earholes. But man, the thing hurt to put in and take out, outdoing Apple’s last generation free buds for discomfort levels.

This is a space where companies can learn a lot from Samsung. The earbuds that ship with the Galaxy S9 and Note 9 are fantastic. I’m actually using them right now, plugged into my MacBook, in spite of not having a Samsung device anywhere near my person.

That said, the on-board sound has been improved, courtesy of the addition of front-facing speakers.

Interestingly, battery capacity has been increased for the Pixel 3 (from 2,700 to 2,915mAh), but not the Pixel 3 XL — in fact, it’s actually gone down slightly (from 3,520 to 3,430). That’s no doubt part of why the company was a bit cagey about this particular spec, only really mentioning battery as it pertains to the new charging tech.

As the company told me at the event, the ultimate goal is making sure battery life either stays constant or improves, courtesy of a combination of hardware and software. Battery was a focus for Android Pie, which should help offset some of the mAh loss on the XL. In my own testing, I was able to get just over a full day with standard usage — around 27 hours, all told. Not immaculate, but not bad.

Running the battery down did, however, give me occasion to appreciate the estimates that kick in when you’re critically low on juice. Android estimates when it thinks you’ll be completely SOL, shifting expectations as you change your usage. It’s either a lifesaver or source of anxiety depending on how you absorb such information.

The Pixel Stand, meanwhile, is a smart little accessory. At $79, it’s one I’d consider strongly if picking up the handset. Granted, it lacks the ambition of Apple’s three-product-charging AirPower, but among its other clear advantages is the fact I’ve held it in my hand and can confirm it’s a real thing that actually exists. The accessory takes advantage of that glass back to charge wirelessly via the Qi standard.

The stand is soft and silicon and fairly minimalist, designed to go unseen when not in use. When it is, however, it transforms the Pixel into a makeshift Home Hub, serving up Google Photos and bringing a visual component to Assistant. It’s a clever take of the charging stand — and hopefully a good enough excuse to stop you from falling asleep with your phone every night.

Okay, okay — it’s time to talk about the camera. We’ve got one of our reviewers doing a really in-depth testing on the Pixel camera, which you’ll be able to read as a standalone in the near future. For now, a couple of quick things to note.

The camera situation is a bit counterintuitive. There’s a second front-facing camera, while the back of the device bucks the industry standard of moving to two — or even three — lenses.

Rakowski again, “We look at all of the different configurations we can get. If we would have added another lens, it would have given us no benefit over what we get with one really good lens.”

That means, like the latest iPhone, the upgrades here are more software than hardware. If anyone gets the benefit of the doubt on that front, it’s Google. The company’s been making great strides in imaging, courtesy of silicon and machine learning, all of which were well demonstrated on the Pixel 2.

The Pixel 3 continues that grand tradition with some really impressive strides. Best of all, unlike many of the camera software tricks introduced by competitors in recent years, many of these additions are majorly useful day to day applications.

The camera software has HDR+ on by default — a smart move on Google’s part. While many users will buy the new Pixel based on photo performance, an even larger percentage of owners are unfamiliar with photog terms like HDR. I speak from experience, having personally enabled the feature on many friends’ phones.

In Google’s application, the feature snaps eight frames more or less instantly, digitally stitching them together in a matter than impressively captures uneven light settings in a single frame. In fact, this kind of burst shooting is the key to many of the Pixel 3’s best features.

Take Top Shot. The feature utilizes the many frames taken when making a Motion Photo. Once the shot is taken, swipe up and you can scroll through the images on a timeline to pick the frame you want. Generally, the AI does a solid job picking the ideal image, but the ability to customize (assuming users can locate the feature) is certainly welcome.

That customization carries over into features like Portrait Mode. The Pixel has long done a solid job with the feature in spite of not having a full two cameras for depth sensing. Instead, the phone uses a dual lens to approximate a depth map. And while camera suppliers would no doubt argue the benefit of including a full second or third camera, it’s hard to quibble with the results here. Once a shot is taken, you can manually adjust the blurred-out bokeh effect behind the subject.

[Standard v Super Res Zoom]

Super Res Zoom also stitches together pieces of a photo to offer up a zoomed-in version. Here the tech actually builds upon your own shaky hands, using algorithmic tech to fill in the holes. It’s still no match for the optical zoom of telephotos like the one found on the new iPhone, but it definitely improves upon stand zoom.

[Left: iPhone XS, Right, Google Pixel 3 XL]

Night Sight, meanwhile, uses multiple shots to improve the color on low-light shots. It’s a clever workaround for a lack of dual-apertures, doing a fine job of brightening up photos. That said, there’s still noticeable noise on photos shot in dark settings.

More camera features worth noting:

Playground is a fun one-stop shop for augmented reality stickers. There are Star Wars and Avengers in there, among others. This is Google’s fun addition to the camera software. There are no Animojis or AR Emojis here, thanks to the lack of face detection, but it’s a fun glimpse at the future of in-camera AR.

Lots of additional selfie options. The dual front-facing cameras means wide-angle selfies, for cramming in a larger group. The camera software, meanwhile, corrects the standard fish-eye lens distortion.

Photobooth mode, meanwhile, will snap a shot when you smile.

Lens continues to impress. Check out the above shot of the thank you page from Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Day, which pops up faces and bios for those fellow authors mentioned.

A Google exec recently told me that price wasn’t really a factor when building hardware. In all things, however, the company is pragmatic. Google’s move away from the ongoing spec wars means the company isn’t chasing premium hardware for the sake of itself. That ultimately benefits the user from a pricing perspective.

Google doesn’t lead with the fact that the Pixel 3 starts at $799, but in a world full of flagships that start at $200 more, maybe it should. Sure, it’s not exactly cheap, but these days, it feels like a downright steal for a top-tier flagship.

Like its predecessor, the Pixel 3 isn’t about flash. It is, however, another solid showcase for Google’s impressive innovations.

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Google Pixel 3 XL review

Top level, here are the key hardware changes from the last version:

Dual front-facing cameras: Seemingly a bit of a head scratcher, given that the back of the device sticks to one. More on that below.

Wireless charging: Better late than never, right?

The headphones also offer a number of the Pixel Buds’ software features free of charge, including easy access to Google Assistant and real-time translations through the Google Translate app.

That said, the on-board sound has been improved, courtesy of the addition of front-facing speakers.

The camera situation is a bit counterintuitive. There’s a second front-facing camera, while the back of the device bucks the industry standard of moving to two — or even three — lenses.

Rakowski again, “We look at all of the different configurations we can get. If we would have added another lens, it would have given us no benefit over what we get with one really good lens.”

[Standard v Super Res Zoom]

[Left: iPhone XS, Right, Google Pixel 3 XL]

More camera features worth noting:

Photobooth mode, meanwhile, will snap a shot when you smile.

Lens continues to impress. Check out the above shot of the thank you page from Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Day, which pops up faces and bios for those fellow authors mentioned.

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Like its predecessor, the Pixel 3 isn’t about flash. It is, however, another solid showcase for Google’s impressive innovations.

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Top level, here are the key hardware changes from the last version:

Dual front-facing cameras: Seemingly a bit of a head scratcher, given that the back of the device sticks to one. More on that below.

Wireless charging: Better late than never, right?

The headphones also offer a number of the Pixel Buds’ software features free of charge, including easy access to Google Assistant and real-time translations through the Google Translate app.

That said, the on-board sound has been improved, courtesy of the addition of front-facing speakers.

The camera situation is a bit counterintuitive. There’s a second front-facing camera, while the back of the device bucks the industry standard of moving to two — or even three — lenses.

Rakowski again, “We look at all of the different configurations we can get. If we would have added another lens, it would have given us no benefit over what we get with one really good lens.”

[Standard v Super Res Zoom]

[Left: iPhone XS, Right, Google Pixel 3 XL]

More camera features worth noting:

Photobooth mode, meanwhile, will snap a shot when you smile.

Lens continues to impress. Check out the above shot of the thank you page from Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Day, which pops up faces and bios for those fellow authors mentioned.

Like its predecessor, the Pixel 3 isn’t about flash. It is, however, another solid showcase for Google’s impressive innovations.

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http://digitaltechnologynews.com/ Oppo Find X vs HTC U11+ Smartphones Oppo Find X The new Oppo find x is the future of the notch-less phones, that is, and the future is pop-up, according to the world's fourth-largest manufacturers of Oppo and Vivo. After the Vivo NEX got announced with retracting selfie camera, the Oppo Find X now takes it up a notch (pun intended) and unveils a sliding mechanism that pops the whole top of the phone, revealing the dual 16 + 20 MP rear cameras, and the 25 MP selfie snapper. Furthermore, it's got the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of storage. A hefty 3,730mAh battery with fast charging rounds up this unique offering. HTC U11+ The new HTC U11+ is a high-end Android 8.0 phone with top-of-the-line specs and outstanding design features. It also happens to be the company's first phone with a taller, 18:9 display capable of displaying HDR10 content. Further perks include water resistance, a huge battery, and a pair of active noise-cancelling earphones in the box. All of that is topped by a fast, Snapdragon 835 chip and plenty of memory tucked inside a highly reflective body made of glass and metal. For those who find the idea neat, a variant of the phone with a translucent back plate is also available.HTC U11+ unboxing. HTC U11+ Plus Display the HTC U11+ has a taller display than the U11, thus filling more of its front side with screen space. The U11+ is only marginally taller as a result, but offers a screen that's half an inch larger in diagonal. And if all this sound familiar to you, it's because a number of other companies have already done the same. LG, Samsung, Google, and Apple all offer phones with screens "taller" than the traditional 16:9 ratio. The benefit? Well, having a huge display surrounded by minimal bezels not only makes a phone look pretty cool, but could also potentially allow more content to fit on the screen. HTC U11+ Plus Battery We've inevitably come to the point where raw hardware specs need to be highlighted. These include a Snapdragon 835 system chip and two memory configurations – 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage or 6GB/128GB of the stuff. Needless to say, we expect this phone to handle any task with ease. For those who need extra storage, a microSD card slot is available. Power is provided by a hefty 3,930mAh battery, which is a greater energy reserve than what most phones of this caliber have.HTC U11+ Plus review HTC U11+ Plus Camera the improvements might come as a result of software enhancements, as the 12MP single main camera – with OIS, F1.7 aperture, and 1.4um pixels – appears to be identical on a hardware level. At the front is a new 8MP selfie camera that can pull off some nifty HDR tricks without lag.HTC U11+ Plus specs HTC U11+ Plus Price The HTC U11+ is going to cost £699 in UK and 799 euro across Europe. Pre-orders begin on November 20 at HTC's web site.

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At this point, what can HTC do to save itself? The bad news has been coming in waves for beleaguered smartphone manufacturer HTC. Only last week the company admitted that it would be eliminating 1,500 jobs – about 22 percent of its global workforce. Today, it posted its dismal earnings for June 2018 which represent a whopping 68 percent drop year-over-year. Although we don’t want to get too doom-and-gloom, it is becoming more-and-more of a realistic thought that HTC might not survive the decade. How did HTC get to this point? And, perhaps more importantly, what can it do to save itself? History Let’s give a quick recap here of just how far HTC has fallen from its once-great heights. In 2008, HTC released the HTC Dream (aka the T-Mobile G1 or the Era G1, shown above) which was the very first commercially-released smartphone to feature the Android operating system. That’s right, HTC is the OG, one of the companies that started it all. The HTC Dream was a hit in the up-and-coming smartphone industry. By March of 2009, the Android operating system reached six percent market share in the United States, largely due to the Dream. This was no small feat, considering the competition in Windows Mobile, RIM OS, Palm OS, and of course the new iOS. Editor's Pick 5 “nostalgia phones” we want to see return The return of Nokia and BlackBerry over the past year has led a lot of us here at Android Authority to dream of other companies and phones we'd like to see come back. Under the HMD banner, … In 2010, HTC made history once again with the HTC Evo 4G, the first commercially-available 4G smartphone in the United States. Although there was some confusion about its opening day sales record at Sprint (the exclusive carrier of the Evo 4G), it handily beat sales for a brand new device released the same day called the Samsung Galaxy S. Also in 2010, HTC partnered with Google to release the Google Nexus One, which obviously is the launching pad for the entire Google smartphone ecosystem, all the way up to this year’s upcoming Google Pixel 3. HTC's importance in the history of smartphones is secure. But what about the future? Then, in 2013, HTC outdid everything it had ever done up to that point with the release of the HTC One M7, one of the best (and most beautiful) smartphones of all time. From its symmetrical stereo speakers enclosed in its unibody aluminum frame; to its gorgeous 1080p display (a big deal at the time); to its IR blaster to help you get rid of your TV remotes, the One M7 was a monster. It sold 5 million units in only two months and was on or at the top of nearly every “Best Of” list of the year (including ours). However great the M7 was, HTC was already losing ground. In 2012 HTC was one of the top-five smartphone manufacturers in the world, but by the end of 2013, it was demoted to the top-ten. By 2014, it wasn’t even in the top-ten anymore. Now we are here in 2018, and HTC is by all conceivable measures a sinking ship. Just like that. What went wrong? HTC’s decline isn’t due to any one clear reason, nor is it even all entirely the fault of the company. But if you had to choose the biggest mistake the company made, it’s that it rested on its laurels. In the middle of Apple and Samsung spending billions on advertising to cement their respective products as the “must-have” devices for iOS and Android, HTC tried to take the “our product quality will speak for itself” route. Bad move, HTC. Even today, when people see my daily driver (a OnePlus 5), they ask me if it’s an “iPhone or a Galaxy?” That is no accident; Samsung spent a fortune to make people associate its brand as the “other” device compared to Apple’s definitive mobile product. HTC did not. Editor's Pick HTC U12 Plus review: Squeezing can only get you so far (Updated with video!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-rMCtLsOcg The HTC U11 surprised us last year with its superb camera and snappy software, and the HTC U12 Plus continues that trend. The company's new 2018 flagship offers a near-complete package likely to impress HTC enthusiasts … As beautiful and amazing as some of HTC’s phones have been (even including the HTC U12 Plus released this year), it can’t compete with Samsung’s marketing department. As much as we hate to admit it, most smartphone buyers are not looking at spec sheets and design innovation when making their purchase; they are going to a wireless carrier storefront and buying the same device that their friends own. HTC needs an intervention, where its friends tell it the glory days really are over. To make matters worse, HTC refused to see the writing on the wall and continued to price its flagships at equal or sometimes even higher numbers as Samsung. While Samsung has the brand-recognition to succeed charging $840 for the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, it’s a fool’s errand for HTC to think it can charge $800 for the HTC U12 Plus in 2018. In the end, all the super-cool features and design innovation that HTC can put into a smartphone doesn’t mean anything if no one buys it. Honestly: what “normal” smartphone buyer is going to buy an HTC U12 Plus when for only $40 more they can instead get the best-selling Android phone of the year that they see commercials for every day and see their friends carrying around? That idea – undercutting the competition by price and value – brings us to the really big question… What can HTC do to save itself? In the short term, the only thing HTC can do to get its numbers back up is offer a smartphone with terrific consumer value. It has to have that HTC flair but at a OnePlus price. In order to do that, HTC will have to admit that its days of competing with Samsung and Apple are over. In fact, those days have been over for years now. Just think about it: imagine a phone that looks like the HTC U12 Plus but with some corners cut to make it a sub-$600 mid-ranger. That phone would sell. People who are looking for mid-range devices would gobble it up, and the average smartphone-buyer perusing the carrier shop would perk up at the idea of getting a futuristic-looking phone at a fraction of the cost of a Samsung Galaxy S9. If HTC took this route, it would at the very least likely plug the hole of its sinking ship. Editor's Pick Android Go: What is it and which phones run it? Android Go, also known as Android Oreo (Go edition), is a stripped-down version of Android designed to run on entry-level smartphones. It's comprised of three optimized areas — the operating system, Google Play Store, and Google apps — … In the long term, HTC should be looking at the developing market and specifically Android Go. There are billions of people (billions!) who have yet to own a smartphone, and HTC could reinvent itself as the top-dog of the developing world. Imagine an HTC device with the look of the One M7, but fitted with Android Go and costing a mere $150? Obviously, the hardware would be low-end, and the unibody aluminum frame would probably have to be revamped for cost-savings, but that phone could be the “flagship” of the Android Go world. Sure, margins for those devices will be low, and HTC would have to invest considerably at the beginning in the hopes that it will pay off later. If only there were money in the bank to do that…oh yeah, there is: over a billion dollars from Google buying a considerable portion of HTC’s engineering staff. There is still hope for HTC. It just has to buckle down and do the work. So far, what is HTC planning to do with that money? A blockchain phone? Seriously? HTC, you need to reinvent your company for a new kind of market, not try to salvage your premium status with novelty devices that no one will understand or care about. I know there are a lot of HTC fans out there. In fact, I bet there are still people out there rocking an HTC One M7 as their daily driver, or at the very least still have one in their drawer because they can’t bring themselves to get rid of the beautiful thing. There are people who love the HTC U12 Plus and respect HTC’s risk-taking when it comes to exciting design. We all want HTC to succeed, and we all want viable competitors to the other smartphone brands. But HTC’s glory days are over, and it’s time to work on making the company a wholly new enterprise. NEXT: HTC says it will right the ship through new investments, like it said in 2012 and 2017 , via Android Authority http://bit.ly/2IZZIUn

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HTC was one of the first to enter the smartphone race, but this Taiwanese company has not had it easy over the years. Recently, part of the company – including some of its top engineers – was acquired by Google to work on its Pixel smartphones. Even after this transition, we are seeing good devices such as the HTC U11+ (Review). HTC has now launched a mid-range smartphone called the Desire 12+ in India, priced at Rs. 19,790. It follows the ongoing trend of 18:9 displays and has dual rear cameras. Does it have the overall performance to justify its price tag? We find out.

HTC Desire 12+ design

Take a look at the Desire 12+ and you know it’s an HTC smartphone, since it carries the family look. The design is simple and in line with what you would expect from most smartphones nowadays. HTC says that it has an acrylic glass back surface, but it feels quite plasticky to the touch. This is a little surprising since many phones in this price range use more premium materials such as glass and metal. The back does pick up smudges easily and you will need to wipe it often to keep it clean. During our review period, we also saw it picking up fine scratches.

The Desire 12+ sports a 6-inch display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, making the phone tall and narrow. It has a metallic earpiece, selfie camera, and notification LED above the display. The phone isn’t too thick and is comfortable to hold in the hand. It weighs 157g and is 8.4mm in thickness. The buttons are positioned on the right, but higher than where we would like them. HTC has two colour options for the Desire 12+ in India: Warm Silver and Cool Black. We got the Cool Black version for review, and it looks more blue than black depending on the light.

This phone has a dual camera setup at the back, placed horizontally, along with a single-LED flash and a fingerprint sensor. The Desire 12+ has a Micro-USB port at the bottom along with a 3.5mm headphone socket and a loudspeaker. The left side of the phone has the SIM tray which has dual Nano-SIM slots and a dedicated microSD card slot.

HTC Desire 12+ specifications, software, and features

The HTC Desire 12+ is a bit of a disappointment when you look at the spec sheet. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SoC clocked at 1.8GHz. This is the same octa-core processor found in the Xiaomi Redmi 5 (Review) which costs half as much as this phone. We would have liked a Snapdragon 600-series processor at this price level. The 6-inch HD+ display on the Desire 12+ is also surprising considering that most phones even at lower prices offer full-HD+. Viewing angles are decent on the phone and it gets bright enough to be viewable under sunlight. HTC gives you the option to tweak the colour temperature of the display.

There is 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, of which you get 23GB for your data. You can expand storage by using the microSD card slot, and this phone can handle cards of up to 2TB. The dual camera setup on the back consists of a 13-megapixel primary sensor with PDAF and an f/2.2 aperture, along with a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There is an 8-megapixel selfie camera with a selfie light as well. Powering the phone is a 2965mAh battery, and you get a standard 5V, 1.5A charger in the box.

Connectivity options on the HTC Desire 12+ include Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, and GLONASS. It is a dual-SIM device with support for 4G and VoLTE, but we found that either SIM can use 4G at a time but the other one will be restricted to 2G and 3G only.

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In terms of software, the Desire 12+ runs on HTC’s Sense UI on top of Android 8.0 Oreo. Swipe right from the home screen and you are greeted by BlinkFeed, which displays the latest news based on the sources you choose. You can also add social media sources such as Facebook and Twitter to see your feeds directly in BlinkFeed. The UI isn’t drastically different from stock Android.

A lot of third-party apps are preinstalled on the phone, including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, News Republic, and TouchPal. We couldn’t uninstall all of this bloatware from our review unit. You can customise the look of your phone using the Themes app. HTC’s Sense Companion provides custom reminders and suggestions based on your device usage and location. If it has a new suggestion, it also shows a floating icon for you to tap and interact with it. During our review, it did not offer any meaningful suggestions, but it might learn your usage patters over a longer period.

HTC Desire 12+ performance, cameras, and battery life

The Snapdragon 450 performs decently in the HTC Desire 12+. While navigation was smooth, we did have to deal with longer load times in a few apps. If your usage is limited to calls and using WhatsApp, you might not be bothered, but if you play games, the loading times can get a little annoying. While Clash Royale ran without any issues, we did see some stuttering and choppy frames while playing Hitman Sniper. We also observed slightly heavier battery drain while playing 3D games.

We ran our standard set of benchmarks to see how the HTC Desire 12+ fares against other devices in its price band. In AnTuTu, it managed to clock 70,680 points, similar to what the Moto G6 (Review) and Samsung Galaxy A6+ (Review) scored. Both are also powered by the same processor. We got 759 and 3,704 points in the single-core and multi-core tests in Geekbench 4 respectively. The phone managed 33fps in GFXBench T-Rex, and 809 in 3DMark Slingshot.

The camera app on the HTC Desire 12+ is basic and fairly easy to use. It has quick toggles for mode selection, beautification, filters, and Bokeh mode. We did not like the two-step process to change flash settings, and would have preferred a quick toggle instead. The Desire 12+ is quick to focus and adjust exposure based on available lighting. It has a Ubifocus mode which takes five shots at one time, giving you the option to refocus afterwards. You also get HDR, Portrait, Sports, Landscape, and other modes to choose from.

Photos taken with the Desire 12+ were average at best. You will need to enable HDR manually since it lacks auto detection. In daylight, we found that the camera was quick to focus and got the exposure right most of the time, but we noticed a loss in detail zooming in to the image. The Bokeh mode is easy to enable and has good edge detection. We encountered a bug which caused the phone to not save photos shot in this mode, but a quick restart fixed it for us. Macros are decent, but it isn’t easy to get the phone to lock focus when you want it to. We also tried shooting in Flower mode and found that autofocus refused to work.

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Low-light camera performance isn’t great either. Again, shots look decent on the phone’s screen, but zooming in reveals a loss in details. Photos taken with a light source at a distance appeared quite grainy. The Desire 12+ has a selfie flash which is helpful in low light. Selfies are good enough to be shared on messaging apps, but they aren’t as good as ones taken by the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Y2 (Review).

Video recording maxes out at 1080p for both the front and the rear cameras. There is continuous autofocus but it isn’t as quick as some of other phones we’ve tested recently. EIS is supported but we did not see any significant difference in clips recorded with it enabled.

In our HD video loop test, the phone went on for 9 hours and 43 minutes, which is below our expectations. With light usage, like WhatsApp and a Gmail account set up on the phone while we used it through the day, we found that it could last till the next morning. The supplied charger is rated at 7.5W and needs close to two hours to charge the device to 100 percent.

Verdict HTC’s Desire 12+ is the latest smartphone offering from the company in the mid-range segment, but we feel that its asking price is too high for what it offers. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SoC is available in significantly cheaper phones such as the Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Oppo A71 (2018). The HD+ display is disappointing. If you are in the market for a smartphone with a budget of around Rs 20,000, you might want to choose between the Redmi Note 5 Pro (Review), the Moto X4 (Review), and the Oppo F7 (Review) instead.

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The Pixel 2 XL value bounces $80, now begins at $849

Estimating and press pictures for the Pixel 2 XL leak.Google is working diligently getting the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL prepared for its October 4 dispatch party. In any case, meanwhile, evaluating and much more photos of Google's up and coming lead cell phone have spilled.

Droid Life has the points of interest on the Pixel 2 XL, which the report says is the telephone's authentic name. After Google's closed down of the "esteem situated" Nexus mark, the principal Pixel telephone was reprimanded for being a bit excessively costly. For 2017, Google doesn't appear to be excessively inspired by tending to those objections. The Pixel XL began at $749/£719. The Pixel XL 2 is allegedly $80 most costly and will begin at $849. There is, no less than, a standard of 64GB of capacity, and you can hop up to a 128GB model for $949. There's no SD card space on the Pixels, so this is the best way to get more stockpiling.

Droid Life says the Pixel 2 XL will come in two hues, not "dark" and "white" but rather "dark" and "highly contrasting." The dark variant is the thing that you would expect—all dark everything—despite the fact that the metal body is by all accounts a dull dim or matte dark, while the Pixel's trademark glass window is a profound, lustrous dark. The "highly contrasting" shading gets somewhat insane, with a white body, dark glass window, and a brazen orange power catch.

Droid Life likewise has estimating for the littler Pixel 2, which it says is remaining an indistinguishable cost from the first: $649/£599. Once more, it's getting a knock to 64GB, with a 128GB choice for $749. The hues here are "dark" (which looks simply like the 2 XL), an all-white variant, and one rendition called "Kinda Blue." One intriguing contrast between the Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 2: they swap the places of the camera and blaze game plan! The Pixel 2 XL has the camera on the left, while the Pixel 2 has it on the right. Additionally, remember the front of these two gadgets look entirely unexpected. The Pixel 2 XL has a cutting edge, thin bezel outline, while the Pixel 2 looks simply like a year ago's model.

There's no new affirmation on the specs, be that as it may, last we heard, we were expecting the standard thing "2017" load-out: a Snapdragon 835 SoC and 4GB of RAM. The Pixel 2 XL gets a 5.99-inch, 1440p OLED show, while the Pixel 2 is required to have a 4.97-inch, 1080p OLED. The two telephones will have squeezable casings like the HTC U11, double forward looking speakers, a dependably in plain view mode, and, tragically, no earphone jacks.

We have plane tickets for Google's October 4 San Francisco occasion, so we'll cover every one of the declarations live as they happen!

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Phone Comparisons: LG V30 vs HTC U11

- Written By Cory McNutt

Introduction

Do we have a good one for you today – the LG V30 battles it out with the HTC U11– which one will win this comparison of specifications. The HTC U11 was release in June while the LG V30 enjoyed a September release date. The devices are both beautiful, but in their own way. The LG V30 looks more modern with its small bezels and larger display, while the HTC U11 looks a little dated in the front with its large bezels – but turn it over, and it will dazzle you with its brilliant looking glass back. Both devices pack many features and only you can decide which one is for you. Another consideration for some may be the price – the LG V30 is close to $200 more than the HTC U11. Should the LG V30 command that much more in price? Let’s take a look to see just what these two handsets have in common and then we will take a closer look at each one of them.

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These two devices, so different in looks, do have a few things in common. For starters, they both give us a QHD display and they both use Gorilla Glass 5 for protection. The LG V30 and HTC U11 both use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and an Adreno 540 GPU for superior graphics. Both offer a base of 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable memory. Both have excellent camera areas, although the LG V30 uses a dual camera setup to the single camera on the HTC U11. They both have a large non-removable battery with Quick Charge 3.0. Their physical dimensions are almost identical, although the HTC U11 weighs 11 grams more than the LG V30. Both have Bluetooth (v5.0 in the V30 and v4.2 in the U11), a USB 3.1 Type-C port, Hi-Res audio, dust and water resistant (IP68 on the V30 and IP67 on the U11), Google Assistant, and a fingerprint sensor.

Please take a careful look at the detailed specifications comparison chart below and here you will see just how these two great Android devices stack up against each another. After that, we will look at each handset in more detail and point out some of its pros and cons. From all of this information, we will try to determine the winner based on specs and execution of design and functions.

Specifications

LG V30

Many users will never buy an LG smartphone, but you have to tip your hat to them when it comes to innovative ideas and taking chances. Remember the LG G5 modular smartphone – while it was certainly not a commercial success, it was innovative. LG was one of the first to use dual cameras and four DACs for superior mobile sound. LG was not afraid to make a major design change with the new LG V30 by switching to an all-glass body. Many were upset about losing the removable battery, but in return for that lose, LG added an IP68 certification and included wireless charging. LG quickly moved forward by tossing aside its old 16:9 LCD display technology for an 18:9 OLED display. This allows the V30 to have a larger display but a smaller footprint than the V20 (and the HTC U11) and allows for two square multitasking windows. LG included the newest Snapdragon 835/Adreno 540 GPU and expandable storage. Their biggest miss on the LG V30 is the lack of stereo speakers.

LG Display is quite familiar with OLED displays, as it has manufactured them for years to sell to other manufacturers and for use on their TVs. However, this is the first time LG has used them on their own flagship device – oh, LG used an OLED display on its somewhat flexible G Flex device, but it was more of an experiment that never took off. The LG V30 now packs a 6-inch QHD P-OLED (18:9 ratio) display with a resolution of 2880 x 1440 that results in 538 pixels-per-inch (PPI). LG has crowned its new display ‘FullVision’– as opposed to Samsung’s Infinity Display – and includes support for both Dolby Vision and HDR 10. The LG V20 used a fixed secondary display, but the LG V30 uses a ‘floating bar’ that can be moved or swept completely out of the way. The LG V30 uses a Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor with a quad-core clocked at 1.9GHz and another quad-core clocked at 2.45GHz. Added to this mix is the Adreno 540 GPU for stunning graphics. The V30 has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable memory.

The dual camera trend started with LG’s ‘V’ series and that feature continues on the V30 model – with subtle improvements. The main camera sports a 16-megapixel sensor, OIS, laser autofocus and PDAF, a dual-tone LED flash, and a large f/1.6 aperture to help when taking a low-light shot. The secondary camera will take your wide-angle photos and lacks many of the specs of the primary camera. It sports a 13-megapixel sensor with a wide 120-degree field and a slightly smaller aperture of f/1.9. The front-facing camera (FFC) is the same 5-megapixel unit used on the LG V20 but it now includes facial recognition. A 3,300mAh non-removable battery powers the device and offers Quick Charge 3.0 as well as wireless charging.

LG made the move to a glass back on the V30, forcing LG to opt for a non-removable battery. This move allowed LG to offer an IP68 certification and add wireless charging. Surprisingly, the V30 is able to retain its MIL-STD-810G certification even with a glass back. Besides good photos, the LG V30 is designed for awesome audio and it continues to use four DACs (Digital-to-Analog Converters), an EQ with left/right balance controls, and B&O Play certifications. These components offer great sound through headphones but why didn’t LG include dual stereo speakers? Improvements in the ‘V’ series include adding a larger display, giving it an 18:9 ratio, and switching to the P-OLED technology. The camera area improves all around and now adds facial recognition to go along with the V30’s voice recognition. The non-removable battery has a 3,300mAh capacity and will easily make it through a day on a single charge. The device measures 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.4mm and weighs in at 158 grams. The V30 comes in your choice of Cloud Silver or Moroccan Blue and ships with Android 7.1.2. The LG V30 will cost you approximately $840 outright.

HTC U11

HTC made some great devices when Android was getting its footing, but in recent years, they have never been able to capture that magic again. Their devices were sharp looking, but they always lacked the top specs in technology when compared to other flagships. They watched Samsung rise to the number one spot, with LG trailing behind. HTC released their HTC U11 back in June and it has received some good reviews. The main complaints are the large bezels on the front, no 3.5mm headphone jack, and its lack of two front-facing speakers. It is a beautiful device with the shiniest glass back you will ever see – both a blessing in looks and a curse when it comes to fingerprints. The inside is full of the best technology, includes a great camera, and Edge Sense is very functional. HTC kept the old 16:9 display ratio. Does the HTC U11 have what it takes to go against the LG V30 – let’s take a look.

The HTC U11 uses a QHD resolution, but still uses the LCD technology. It sports a 5.5-inch Super LCD5 display, a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and a pixel density of 534 PPI. HTC still uses a 16:9 display ratio rather than jumping on board with the other flagships that started using a ratio of 18:9. HTC did not include any kind of display notification to help save battery life and make it more convenient for users. HTC uses Gorilla Glass 5 to protect the screen of the U11. HTC, like LG, included the most powerful and up-to-date processor available when the device was released – the Snapdragon 835 octa-core with a quad-core clocked at 1.9GHz and another quad-core clocked at 2.45GHz. The Adreno 540 GPU is onboard for outstanding graphics. The HTC U11 comes with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB of expandable internal memory via a microSD card slot.

More is always better, right. When it comes to a single camera vs a dual camera – both Google and HTC are bucking the trend and sticking with a single lens format. While the single lens Pixel 2 has the highest rated camera, the second camera can help add to your photography experience. The HTC U11 sports a 12-megapixel sensor along with HTC’s proprietary UltraPixel 3 technology. The main camera uses a large f/1.7 aperture, OIS, PDAF, and a dual-tone flash. The FFC sports a huge 16-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/2.0 to handle selfies and video chatting. A 3,000mAh battery powers the device and offers Quick Charge 3.0 – and even though it has a glass back, wireless charging was not included.

The U11 is probably HTC’s best device to date. While the glass backing is beautifully bright and curved for a good grip, it is also a fingerprint magnet. HTC pioneered Hi-Res audio and dual speakers with their BoomSound. The HTC U11 does have stereo speakers, though the U11 uses the earpiece for one speaker and the other is on the bottom edge of the device. This lacks somewhat as a full-frontal placement, but they get the job done. HTC only went for the IP67 rating, and dropped the 3.5mm headphone jack – but they provide a dongle to convert the Type-C port to a headphone jack and include a great pair of USonic headphones to soften the blow. The Edge Sense is a very productive solution that is actually not a party trick, but has real function. HTC uses a lite touch on its overlay so will almost be getting a pure Android experience. The HTC U11 measures 153.9 x 75.9 x 7.9mm and weighs in at 169 grams. It is available in Amazing Silver, Sapphire Blue, Brilliant Black, Ice White, and Solar Red. The U11 will cost about $650 with 64GB of RAM and is available unlocked from the Amazon, Best Buy, and Sprint who will allow you to purchase it on a monthly payment plan.

…And The Winner Is…

The Final Word

I know that the LG V30 is more expensive – although there are always deals going on – but I must pick it as the winner of this comparison. It has a larger display that uses OLED technology, and has a secondary display for notifications. It has a dual camera setup that allows you to be a more creative photographer and a larger battery that has wireless charging. Even though the display is one-half inch bigger, the LG V30 is actually smaller than the HTC U11. The V30 has the newest Bluetooth 5.0, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, better audio circuitry, it includes a 3.5mm headphone jack, offers voice and facial recognition, has better water resistance, and carries a MIL-STD-810G certification. The LG V30 is also available from all major US carriers.

This not to say that the HTC U11 is not a great device – it is – however, it looks dated, still uses the 16:9 ratio display, and you can get a 6GB/128GB model, but with expandable memory, is it worth spending the extra money. It has a well-respected single camera and a huge 16-megapixel FFC for selfies and video chatting. It sports a smaller battery and offers no wireless charging. It uses the older 4.2 Bluetooth, only has an IP67 rating, and no 3.5mm headphone jack. Edge Sense is a great feature as are the stereo speakers, but it is only being sold by Sprint – it is unlocked and can be used on other carriers, but Sprint is the only place you can make payments.

Buy the LG V30 (T-Mobile)Buy The HTC U11

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