HTC U12+ review

21 June 2018
HTC is back with the next generation of its Liquid Surface phones. The HTC U12+ is this year's flagship from the Taiwanese phone maker and it improves on some of the features first introduced by the U11. Edge Sense 2.0 gets new gestures and there are now double the number of cameras: dual cameras on the front and rear.

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  • Raj
  • 3Ec
  • 21 Sep 2019

Can you please advice me how to switch off vibration on volumes and Power Keys

    "Taking a screenshot has now become impossible by the default keys"
    The default keys for HTC are holding down the power button and pressing home, which works perfectly on the U12+

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      • Anonymous
      • pXI
      • 27 Dec 2018

      What adapter do you use in audio test?

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        • Anonymous
        • Nj4
        • 17 Dec 2018

        "The HTC U12+ finds itself in a very difficult and critical price range: $799. At this cost, there is not much room for compromise or cutting corners. "
        When i read this andremember iphone xr

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          • htc user
          • uv9
          • 22 Oct 2018

          Codeplayer, 16 Jul 2018I once lived by htc law. I had all the flagships that had s... morei think u need some phone which have guns inbuilt , a toilet in there, a disco in there ,
          i would say the best camera ,best ui, and best features mostly for right handers within the price better than samsung and iphone , the camera they introced ultrapixel in this world just they lack marketing only else all good

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            • JD
            • q$J
            • 17 Oct 2018

            Is it water proof?

              I just dont understand, if this has a 16 MP telephoto camera, why it takes only 12 MP photos? It is non-sense. It was not some software problem from an early unit?

                I once lived by htc law. I had all the flagships that had something to show as a real innovation. Touch Cruise 2007 as it had the first Sense UI, making Windows Mobile actually usable as a phone OS with all its finger touch capabilities, sd -card, wifi, bt, gps and 3g- a truly innovative phone for good price. Sensation XE for the first multi-core cpu phone that was overclocked and had powerful separate graphics chip, also inner-curved glass to avoid scratches and unibody aluminum case. I then had my first "accident phone" the m8s. It didn't even actually have the physical hardware of barometer or ir-blaster that was in the specs. It was the beginning of the downfall of htc. I then got htc 10. Metal unibody, fast phone USB type c, and ICE view. Ice view case was a true engineering marvel again. One that made the m10 another giant inside the dull phone sea. But the case broke in 6 months and not from falling, the cover simply teared off over time. There was this cool flip case also, but by the time it broke U11 was out and NO ACCESSORIES FOR 10 WEREN' T AVAILABLE. And ok, I am from the digital mecca of Estonia, but its still a small country. I searched from London, Frankfurt, Helsinki. From all major stores, wasted many days of my life, tried to order from htc representatives and ther just is no Ice view cases available. There are, however plenty available on Aliexpress. All of which look ugly, are made cheaply and will probably be over sooner than the original. And looking at the order numbers its clear, why htc has bad business- Since they don't sell their overpriced accessories, ppl are stuck with chinese copies and all the money goes to China instead of the r&d of htc. I would have easily soveled out 90€ or more for the flip case. It just was never available anywhere. So I now bought CAT S61 for it being an engineering marvel. Huge battery to start with, ofcourse a freaking thermal camera and laser and air poison measuring sensor are its main engineering feats, but also the MIL standard that makes it shock proof against drops from 1,8 meters, 3 meters underwater, aluminum case, No stupid ugly phone rubber condom needed, HARDWARE BUTTONS, fm radio and phone jack. And when Someone flashes the cheap htc U12+ I can tell them its a cheap phone, because this CAT costs a 100 more and I paid for features while with htc you paid for their lack of supoort and innovation that has put them in debt for many years now. I can only hope that the next CAT flagship is bringing something new like more powerful laser and high-end chipset on the market in the future of 3 years, because that is the minimum that I need for my phone age. And that is what the Nokia 9300, Touch Cruise 2007 and Sensation XE had to offer me.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • srr
                  • 06 Jul 2018

                  P20 Pro... Holy grail of cameras. Yeah, right, "totally".
                  Why not actually try it side by side and not only that, throw a HTC One M9 into the mix. Why not?
                  Then see how much of a holy grail it is then.
                  I tried many scenarios and only in low indoor light and night shots my M9 failed to produce better results than a P20 Pro i tested.
                  Like, photos had way more details and a lot less noise on my M9. (I took the photos at 40MP with the P20 Pro.)

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                    • Koala
                    • p@5
                    • 30 Jun 2018

                    MazmuREAL, 23 Jun 2018Have you bought a flagship before? Or are you even using it... moreMaybe he has some cool headphones with 3.5mm jack?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IW@
                      • 29 Jun 2018

                      Getting mine later!

                        Anonymous, 26 Jun 2018not bad at all but price should be not more than 600$ You claim this item is: "not bad at all".
                        If it can't easily take screenshots than it's faulty. Having said that, I have a S9. It takes screenshots without issue... but not if you update the Chrome app. One update of Chrome, and it'll block you from taking screenshots in incognito mode, due to claims of a potential "security policy violation" that would occur if you were permitted to successfully captue a screenshot during incognito mode usage. This reminds of a lot of tomfoolery (bull crap).

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 6ud
                          • 26 Jun 2018

                          not bad at all but price should be not more than 600$

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                            • nima
                            • pi8
                            • 24 Jun 2018

                            battery life is very very low realy bad

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LQX
                              • 24 Jun 2018

                              Anonymous, 23 Jun 2018So in the exciting game changing times of the Xiaomi Mix se... moreMi Mix is copy from Sharp Crystal.

                                Anonymous, 23 Jun 2018great phone amazing camera and build quality but 800$ ?... moreyou can have 10% discount if you are a htc member....thats a start...

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                                  • bvb
                                  • nmA
                                  • 23 Jun 2018

                                  DHBKM, 22 Jun 2018HTC confirmed that the transparent version really is not tr... moreNo Xiaomi did that

                                    Anonymous, 21 Jun 2018No 3.5mm Jack = Fail (There is ENOUGH SPACE at the bottom t... moreHave you bought a flagship before? Or are you even using it now? Because your comment indicates otherwise.
                                    Many people that have newer Galaxy Ss and Notes also have bluetooth headsets like the Gear IconX.
                                    If you can buy a $700+ phone, why can't you buy $150+ bluetooth headsets?

                                      LLL, 21 Jun 2018Try Android Headlines's U12+ camera video review.Ok, now seen finally samples here on gsma, U11+ was the sharpest 12mp shooter and thats what may some scenes seem worse in U12+, as they are less sharp, mainly in low light. Phone however captures better colors, probably the best hdr out there(better than p20pro, pixel2, xz2).
                                      If I was not into sharpness and amount of detail captured by xperia, this is what I would choose, for photo/video.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • S2T
                                        • 23 Jun 2018

                                        So in the exciting game changing times of the Xiaomi Mix series, the Vivo Nex series and Oppo Find X, this is HTC's answer ?

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