HTC U11 review: Squeeze U

09 June 2017
For the past four iterations, HTC had been touting an all metal unibody design in its flagships. This year, HTC's arrives with a fresh, new, and more fragile look. Tuned with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU, top-notch audio experience , and a water resistant glass sandwich design, will the new HTC U11 be able to swoon loyal Samsung or Apple customers to HTC?

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  • AnonD-676392
  • Xsn
  • 11 Jun 2017

Sorry guys. Have to disagree on the white bezels. Love them on a phone. Have the HTC 10 on silver and looks awesome.

But wouldn't consider the 11 due to the glass back and no headphone jack (or rather, way to charge and listen to music, etc). When my wife is looking to upgrade will either go Sony xzs or LG v20.

It is a shame as the 10 is a great phone, but making design choices that seem anti consumer is just mind boggling.

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    • AnonD-518420
    • FQB
    • 11 Jun 2017

    best camera
    best stereo speakerphones
    best noise cancelling headphones
    4 mics
    real speed no sammy lagg

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      • Anonymous
      • 3DR
      • 11 Jun 2017

      Great specs but 2017 is the year of slim bezels or get out!

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        • Anonymous
        • krW
        • 11 Jun 2017

        AnonD-145316, 11 Jun 2017Are people still arguing which phone has a better camera th... moreAnd it's about time HTC finally joined that league in camera quality

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          • AnonD-514012
          • Kgw
          • 11 Jun 2017

          AnonD-615868, 11 Jun 2017Where did you analyse those photos? On their respective scr... morehttps://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles

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            • Hoffmann
            • naq
            • 11 Jun 2017

            Excellent audio and camera quality, excellent earbuds, excellent display, excellent processor. I would buy this phone any time before the S8 or other flagships

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              • Z.AL
              • Khs
              • 11 Jun 2017

              Depressed Individual, 10 Jun 2017Looking on the phone itself is kinda awkward, I don't reall... moreSame... I think one of the reason is its ui/wallpaper... I found it ugly, we'll in my opinion ofc...

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                • Z.AL
                • Khs
                • 11 Jun 2017

                Surficial, 11 Jun 2017The squeeze function could be useful to open the camera for... moreA physical button do the same... Camera shutter button will be more useful tho...

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                  • ADI
                  • 4Av
                  • 11 Jun 2017

                  AnonD-615868, 11 Jun 2017Where did you analyse those photos? On their respective scr... moreAfter comparing them on Smart tv... U11 camera is superior than S8 in almost each n every case. Yes I do know how to analyze a camera. Im afraid if u know how to analyze, what u just mentioned then u wouldn't be calling it inferior than S8. If u can't accept it, thats your opinion. Overall it is better than S8.

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                    • AnonD-601940
                    • IWU
                    • 11 Jun 2017

                    AnonD-615868, 11 Jun 2017I beg to disagree, I think sony xzp is the phone of the yea... moreAgree With you. The XZP is the best smartphone Rightnow!

                      AnonD-615868, 11 Jun 2017I beg to disagree on better camera. Try watching the camera... moreWatch high Tech Traveler camera comparison: HTC U11 vs Samsung Galaxy S8-camera shootout.
                      Don't watch pocketnow U11 real camera review, because it's biased. juan bagnel is Samsung sucker youll see it quite obvious from his talks.

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                        • AnonD-615868
                        • PSw
                        • 11 Jun 2017

                        Dear GSMArena, may I request to please make a blind comparison of these phones. GALAXY S8 vs HTC U11 and Pixel XL. that way we can determine which is better if you compare them side by side. Thank you in advance :)

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                          • AnonD-615868
                          • PSw
                          • 11 Jun 2017

                          ADI, 11 Jun 2017Well! He even said audio on Htc is not better than... moreAnother thing, did your friend know how to use the manual mode?

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                            • AnonD-615868
                            • PSw
                            • 11 Jun 2017

                            ADI, 11 Jun 2017Well! He even said audio on Htc is not better than... moreWhere did you analyse those photos? On their respective screen? If that's the case you will not arrive at the best point of comparison? What is your basis of comparison? Do you know what dynamic range, color saturation,exposure, depth of field, etc.? If you don't even have any idea of those I mentioned then stop saying is better between the two because you don't know how to analyse a particular camera.

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                              • AnonD-615868
                              • PSw
                              • 11 Jun 2017

                              [deleted post]I beg to disagree, I think sony xzp is the phone of the year functionality speaking. See some speed test out there in youtube .

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                                • AnonD-145316
                                • rr3
                                • 11 Jun 2017

                                Are people still arguing which phone has a better camera than the other???!! Nowdays every flagship phone has up their game interms of cameras and you will barely notice the difference in photo quality between these phones, So pick your poison and live with it!!

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                                  • ADI
                                  • 4Av
                                  • 11 Jun 2017

                                  AnonD-615868, 11 Jun 2017I beg to disagree on better camera. Try watching the camera... moreWell!
                                  He even said audio on Htc is not better than others! Do u think so? Htc's camera can't be inferior to that S8. Its definitely better than S8 coz my friend has both S8 n U11 n i have seen the comparison HTC's shots ends up being much better than those with S8. Colours are over saturated in pics taken with S8, while the U11 produces natural and true colours of life.

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                                    • ADI
                                    • 4Av
                                    • 11 Jun 2017

                                    [deleted post]LOL .. ....... Pub!

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                                      • AnonD-615868
                                      • PSv
                                      • 11 Jun 2017

                                      ADI, 10 Jun 2017I hope u r not a Htc hater .. lol ... If u cant accept its ... moreI beg to disagree on better camera. Try watching the camera review of pocketnow in YouTube and you will see that its camera is inferior to samsung. I'm not a fan of samsung especially the gimmicky curve screen. Stabilization on video is far better with sony except for lowlight stills which sony is very underwhelming maybe because their phones don't have OIS.

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                                        • AnonD-664474
                                        • Kg{
                                        • 11 Jun 2017

                                        16.1mp 1/2" sensor, f1.4 lens, 26mm sensor, manipulatable OIS (can be turned on and off anytime) + EIS sensor shifting (ala-SteadyShot, for videos), 1.4um pixel size.
                                        Pair with 1.0 sharpening and 0.5 noise reduction along with Google HDR+ processing. A dream photography smartphone.

                                        Please do this.