HTC U11 64GB – Refurbished As New

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HTC U11 64GB – Refurbished As New

The HTC U11 has been a pretty poorly kept secret, but it is now official and we can finally share the dirty details. As expected, the device is an improved U Ultra with similar design, a bump in specs, and a new Edge Sense feature that allows you to squeeze the sides of the phone to get things done. This is probably the phone HTC should have launched months ago instead of the Ultra, if I’m being honest.

In terms of specs, the HTC U11 features a Snapdragon 835, 5.5-inch QHD LCD display, 12MP f/1.7 camera, 64GB storage with SD slot, 4GB RAM, fingerprint reader, and Android 7.1.1 Nougat under HTC Sense. You can find the full specs lists here. 

Squeeze me Seymour

As for the squeezy Edge Sense stuff, it’s not exactly how original reports suggested. It’s not a touch sensitive area, but rather a pressure sensitive one. That means you can’t slide a finger on it to adjust the volume or something like that. Instead, you can do short or long squeezes to launch apps, open Google Assistant, fire up the camera and take a shot, turn on the flashlight, etc. It’s still pretty cool, though, as an added hardware feature that you might use regularly, unlike previously included ticker displays.

Amazon Alexa

As I just mentioned, the U11 runs Android 7.1.1, so it has Google Assistant on board. However, HTC is claiming that this is the “first smartphone on the market to feature hands-free wake word access to Amazon Alexa.” So instead of app access to Alexa, you’ll be able to say, “Alexa, what’s the weather today?” just like you would an Amazon Echo unit. That’s a huge deal in the battle of Google vs. Amazon.

Alexa will be available in the US, UK, and Germany.