Developers: | HTC Corp |
Date of the premiere of the system: | January 12, 2017 |
Technology: | Tablet computers and smartphones |
Announcement
On January 12, 2017 the Taiwanese company of HTC announced the flagman U Ultra smartphone. It is distinguished by presence of the additional screen and artificial intelligence technology.
In phone the 5.7-inch Super LCD 5 display with the resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and a cover plate is used (Gorilla Glass 5 or a sapphire covering at the 128-gigabyte version). Over the main screen auxiliary — 2-inch with the resolution of 1040 x 160 points which serves for an output of notifications, reminders, labels for quick access to contacts and other useful information and also for management of reproduction of music is located.
In a hardware basis of innovation the flagman Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor consisting of four computing cores with clock rate to 1.6 GHz and the graphic Adreno 530 accelerator is put. Amount of RAM is 4 or 6 Gbytes, capacity built in a flash drive — 64 or 128 Gbytes. Connection of the memory cards microSD with a capacity up to 2 Tbyte is allowed.
The main camera is characterized by the 12-megapixel sensor of the image UltraPixel 2, double LED flash, a laser auto focus, optical stabilization of the image and a diaphragm of f/1.8. The front camera is created by 16-megapixel and has f/2.0 diaphragm.
The shell program of HTC Sense UI and the HTC Sense Companion application which, using a possibility of artificial intelligence, analyzes habits of the user and outputs useful notifications, including with the most important contacts and applications is loaded into the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system.
The smartphone is powered from the accumulator on 3000 mAh with function of fast charging and has the advanced HTC BoomSound audio system with support of a surround sound. In a tube there is no traditional 3.5-mm audioconnector, its role is played by USB 3.1 Type-C.
| HTC U Ultra | ||||
Screen | LDC, 5.7’’, 2560 x 1440 | LDC, 4.7’’, 1334 x 750 | Super AMOLED, 5,5’’, 1920 х 1080 | AMOLED, 5,5’’, 1920 х 1080 | LDC, 5’’, 1920 x 1080 |
Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 821, 8 cores, 1.6 GHz | A8 Apple, 2 cores, 1.4 GHz | 8 cores, 1.6 GHz | Huawei Kirin 935, 8 cores, 2.2 GHz | MediaTek Helio X10, 8 cores, 2.2 GHz |
Cameras | 12 and 16 Megapixels | 12 and 5 Megapixels | 13 and 5 Megapixels | 13 and 8 Megapixels | 13 and 4 Megapixels |
RAM | 4/6 Gbyte | 1 Gbyte | 3 Gbyte | 3 Gbyte | 2 Gbyte |
Flash memory | 64/128 Gbyte | 16/64/128 Gbyte | 16 Gbyte | 32/64 Gbyte | 16 Gbyte |
microSD | Is, up to 2 Tbyte | No | Is | Is, up to 128 Gbytes | Is, up to 2 Tbyte |
Comparison of HTC U Ultra with competitors, data of TAdviser
HTC U Ultra will go on sale in March, 2017 and will cost from $750.[1]