If you hate bezels but love HTC, it's been a bad
year for you so far, considering the U11 and U Ultra's screen-to-body ratios.
But good news may be just around the corner, if a new report from France is to
be believed.
The Taiwanese company is still working on new
smartphones, despite the confusing Google buyout of some of its hardware
engineers and designers. In fact, just a couple of days ago we heard that it
plans to announce three new devices by the end of the year.
One of those will allegedly be called U11 Plus
(codename Ocean Master). This is said to be the first HTC handset to adopt the
premier trend of 2017, namely 18:9 aspect ratio displays with minimal bezels.
The U11 Plus will have a 5.99-inch panel made by
JDI, with 1,440x2,880 resolution. The phone will be powered by the Snapdragon
835, still Qualcomm's No.1 chipset, aided by 4 or 6GB of RAM and 64 or 128GB of
UFS 2.1 storage, depending on which model you choose.
A 12 MP camera will be on the back (the same unit
that is in the U11), and an 8 MP shooter will take care of selfies. The U11
Plus will have IP68 certified water and dust resistance, support for Qualcomm
QuickCharge 3.0 (up to 18W), and a squeezable frame that enables the Edge Sense
feature.
The U11 Plus will be unveiled on November 11 in
China, because it's going to be used by the company in its plan to regain at
least some market share over there. For now it's not clear if the phone will be
sold in developed markets, but that apparently is quite likely.
