Full screen has become the only mobile phone industry this year, a new landscape, so far, many manufacturers have announced their own full screen products, such as Samsung S8 ,, Note8, millet Mix 2, iPhone X and Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Now approaching the end of 2017, there is no full-screen mobile phone manufacturers are making the final sprint, such as HTC is the pursuit of 'full screen bus'.
As previously reported, HTC officially announced today its first full-screen flagship phone HTC U11 Plus. If the light from the name of view, this model is nothing more than HTC released this summer, U11 large size version, the screen changed to more Long 18: 9 display. But in fact HTC U11 Plus can not only increase the overall screen. Here we may wish to take a look at foreign media Android Authority sent HTC U11 Plus experience report, more comprehensive to understand this new machine.
Hardware parameters
HTC U11 Plus equipped with a Snapdragon 835 mobile platform, supplemented by 6GB of memory and 128GB UFS 2.1 body storage, support for microSD memory card expansion space.In addition HTC will launch in Asia, 4GB +64 GB version. Battery capacity, HTC U11 Plus built-in 3930mAh battery, compared to the U11 increased by 30, and supports USB Power Delivery and QC3.0 two fast charge standard.However, HTC U11 Plus does not support wireless charging, translucent version of the actual coil appears On the NFC antenna.
HTC U11 Plus built-in multiple intelligent voice assistant, including HTC Sense Companion, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. In addition, the aircraft also continued Edge Sense border touch function.
U11 Plus equipped with a new version of Sense UI based on Android Oreo, fingerprint identification to the back of the fuselage, located in the camera below. In addition U11 Plus dustproof and waterproof rating from U11 IP67 upgrade to IP68. Also worth mentioning is that although the Plus Battery capacity increased by 30%, but the mobile phone weight increased by only 10%.
Display screen
The HTC U11 Plus is equipped with a 6.0-inch QHD + Super LCD 5 display (18: 9) that supports DCI-P3. Although the hardware supports HDR10, U11 Plus also requires subsequent software updates to unlock the features of HDR video playback.
The screen brightness, 100% brightness at full screen can be seen outdoors.I do not know after the update system U11 Plus screen will be better, but foreign media pointed out that this model screen is very rich in color, Contrast is also satisfactory. As for the viewing angle, due to the LCD panel, when used outdoors, reflection is inevitable.It is worth mentioning that, although the U11 Plus LCD screen with the display, but it still supports the screen Display function.
software
U11 Plus screen longer, in order to facilitate user operation, HTC U11 Plus also joined the gestures.For example, in the middle of the screen is sliding up the application drawer, down is outbound notification center.Although these are not new features, nor is HTC U11 Plus exclusive, but it is undeniable that such gestures enhance the overall screen experience.
U11 Plus also offers a sliding navigation bar, in addition to the three basic navigation keys, the user can also customize two additional keys, and after sliding the navigation bar can also add extra keys or shortcuts.
Edge Sense border touch
HTC introduced the Edge Sense border touch feature on the U11, and the U11 Plus not only continues the feature, but also incorporates the new Edge launcher.As shown in the figure, it has a fan-shaped shape where the user can Add it to your favorite applications or settings, squeeze and slide the border to launch the interface, which is designed for one-handed operation design. Follow-up HTC U11 Oreo system upgrade will also support this feature.
Audio
HTC U11 Plus built-in BoomSound Hi-Fi Edition speakers, the volume increased by 30% than the U11, support for preset music and theater mode.In addition U11 Plus also comes with a pair of HTC USonic active noise-canceling headphones.
HTC U11 Plus built-in 4 microphones, support for 3D audio capture video recording HTC U11 Plus also built-in DAC chip, canceled the 3.5mm headphone jack, the box comes with USB Type C to 3.5mm headphone jack converter.
camera
The HTC U11 Plus features a 12.2-megapixel UltraPixel 3 BSI sensor with a f / 1.7 aperture of 28mm focal length and a unit pixel area of 1.4μm. The camera also supports UltraSpeed dual-pixel auto-focus, HDR enhancement, optical anti- Shaking, electronic image stabilization, etc. Front camera for the 800 million pixel BSI sensor, aperture for the f / 2.0, viewing angle of 85 degrees, with 28mm focal length, support 1080P video capture.
to sum up
Although HTC U11 Plus looks just changed the screen, but HTC came up with enough changes to enhance the value of this phone, such as greater battery capacity, new gestures, Edge Sense starters, louder speakers , More memory and storage space, etc. So U11 Plus is still a sincere upgrade model.
