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It’s right up there with Google Pixel as the best camera phone on the market. It is capable of taking some really stunning photos with rich detail, deep colour and has very good low-light performance, which means it’s very difficult to take a bad photo with the U11. The U11’s 12-megapixel camera is cracking. The HTC camera app’s ‘Pro’ mode is packed with options. It can be turned off or ignored, and some may find it more useful, particularly if you do not give Google access to your entire digital life. Given more time Sense Companion may prove more valuable as it learns. It, like many of the other manufacturer-developed smart assistants, seems to just do a poor job of duplicating Google Assistant and its feed. It takes a while to learn, and in the limited time I’ve had the U11, it failed to do anything particularly interesting. It will remind you when it needs recharging and when junk and memory needs to be cleared out using Boost+, among other bits and pieces.

The other part is the phone’s ability to learn from your habits and optimise its performance accordingly. Part of it is a duplication of Google Assistant, which is also available on the U11, with points of interest, restaurant and travel information when out and about. The biggest addition is HTC’s new smart assistant called Sense Companion. Most of these come in the form of optimisations, which make the U11 one of the snappiest smartphones around. Overall, Sense is a light touch on Android, with only a few small refinements and tweaks.

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The U11 comes with the latest version based on Android 7.1.1. HTC fits its smartphones with a customised version of Android called Sense. HTC’s Boost app tries to help keep the U11 running smoothly by clearing out memory and storage – just be careful what you delete with it. The U11 is also fast to charge using Quick Charge 3.0 and a compatible charger, hitting 100% in just over an hour. Standby time was slightly disappointing, however, dropping just over 1% an hour while sitting dormant overnight with do not disturb activated.

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That was while using it as my primary device, browsing and using apps for four hours with hundreds of push emails, 60 minutes of gaming, and listening to around five hours of music via Bluetooth headphones. The U11 lasted around 24 hours between charges without activating any power saving modes. App launches, jumping between apps, camera launches, game loads, searches and phone unlocks using the fingerprint scanner are instant and do not get bogged down as you use the device.īattery life was solid if not spectacular. It consistently flies along at a pace only Google’s Pixel devices have in recent memory.

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HTC’s recent smartphones have run very well optimised software and the U11 is no exception. The Samsung Galaxy S8 also uses the 835 in the US, but not in Europe. The U11 is one of the first smartphones available with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 processor, which claims to be both faster and more efficient for longer battery life. The USB-C slot and the down-firing speaker in the bottom. More on that particular whizz-bang feature, later. The sides don’t look unusual, but the bottom half of each hides a secret pressure sensitive strip that you can squeeze to do certain things.

It feels nice in the hand but the large bezels on the sides and top and bottom make the U11 pretty bulky. The rounded back of U11 makes the phone 9.1mm thick at its peak, which is relatively chunky for a smartphone in 2017 – most, including the Galaxy S8, are around 7-8mm thick. The phone is water resistant to IP67 standards, so it will survive a trip down the toilet but swimming or dips below a metre of water are out. It is covered in glass, though, which doesn’t bode quite as well for drops or falls. It is rock solid with no give or flex in the body.

HTC’s build quality is legendary and the U11 does not disappoint. The screen is super crisp, with good colours, blacks and brightness, but it’s an LCD and not quite up to the rich, vibrancy and colour depth of the top of the range AMOLED screens seen in other high-end rivals such as the Galaxy S8. Compared to the svelte new bezel-free design of smartphones from the likes of Samsung, LG and Essential, the U11 looks decidedly old and chunky.

The front of the device is rather bland, just a black slate of glass with a small indentation for a fingerprint scanner at the bottom. The back is a highly polished piece of metal behind glass.