A new leak comes to us today from reliable
rumor leakster, Onleaks. The HTC U 11 is featured in a rendered video with a
bright red color scheme, which looks quite “hot”, just in time for the summer.
The backside is the just as glossy-red as the HTC U Ultra was glossy-blue.
The renders should be spot-on, as they are based on CAD
(Computer-assisted-design) drawings that leaked either from the factory or from
a case maker. This is the first time we’re able to get a really good look at
the device and the placement of the various buttons, sensors, and ports.
Starting with the top we see a slotted mic-hole, across from that is a round
pin-hole for ejecting the SIM/microSD card tray.
Bringing it over to the front, the fingerprint
scanner lives just under the display. Notice how the display spills over the
edges? Know that this isn’t a curved display, upon close inspection, we can
tell that the display is flat (and supposedly 5.45-inches) and what we see
spill over the edge is the bezel. This gives the illusion of a curved screen,
something that some other manufacturers have been doing since Samsung started
the curve trend.
On the glossy red back, there’s a 12MP camera with a
round camera ring; by contrast, the HTC Ultra has a square one with rounded
corners. What we see missing though, is the laser-assist sensor window from the
HTC 10, either HTC has scrapped it, or the render was based off older CAD
drawings.
The HTC U 11 is expected to use the latest
Snapdragon 835 chip from Qualcomm and have 4GB/6GB of RAM. A 3,000 mAh battery
is unchanged from the HTC 10, so we are hoping that consumption with be
comparable with the SD835. Otherwise, a 12MP camera is on the back, with a 16MP
selfie camera.
After the release of the HTC U Ultra, many were
critical of the use (or lack thereof) of space within the device. Let’s hope
HTC kept the bezels to a decent size for 2017.
