Today, HTC India launched the U Ultra, its latest flagship smartphone. The smartphone will be available from March 6 in Blue, Black, Pink, and White color options with a price tag at Rs. 59,990 (MOP). HTC also launched the U Play, which is priced at Rs. 39,990 (MOP). It’ll be available a week or two after the U Ultra.
The key feature of the HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play is the Sense Companion. It’s an AI-based system that analyzes the user’s daily tasks and patterns to provide usage recommendations based on it. The Sense Companion will display important notifications on the second screen which sits above the screen, Priority Screen. Both come with HTC USonic earphones, which analyze the shape of your inner ears with a “sonar-like pulse” and produce sound accordingly.
HTC U Ultra
Only the 64 GB variant of the U Ultra has been launched in India. The storage can be expanded via microSD card up to 2TB. This variant has a display protected by Gorilla Glass 5, unlike the 128GB one, which has a sapphire glass display.
Specs
- Android 7.0 Nougat with Sense UIT
- 5.7-inch QHD Super LCD
- Secondary 2-inch display (1040×160 pixels resolution)
- Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset
- 3000 mAh Battery with Quick Charge 3.0
- 4GB RAM.
- USB Type C
- HTC BoomSound Hi-Fi edition stereo speakers
- 12-UltraPixel f/2.8 rear camera
- Laser + phase detection autofocus
- Optical image stabilization
- 16-megapixel front camera
HTC U Play
As for the U Play, they launched only the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant in India, which is again, expandable up to TB. The HTC U Play is a powered down version of the U Ultra but isn’t too bad of a package itself.
Specs
- 5.2-inch full-HD Super LCD with Gorilla Glass
- Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 SoC
- 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage
- 16-megapixel rear camera
- Optical image stabilization with f/2.0 aperture
- 16-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- USB 2.0 Type-C.
- Fingerprint sensor on the Home Button
- 2500mAh battery with fast charging support (5V/2A)
