HTC U11
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That is indeed excellent, they seem as if they are at least trying to compete now by offering class leading specs for less money than the competition. Interesting!
Edit: Just read a review. Very impressed that they are offering 6Gb of RAM, 128Gb storage, 6" screen, audiophile class sound and class leading battery all for £100 less than a Pixel 2 XL. Out of nowhere, this has suddenly got me excited. I really hope it is as good as it appears to be at this point!
Edit 2: The review I read says NO wireless charging. That's far from a deal breaker for me though considering the rest of the phone.
Edit: Just read a review. Very impressed that they are offering 6Gb of RAM, 128Gb storage, 6" screen, audiophile class sound and class leading battery all for £100 less than a Pixel 2 XL. Out of nowhere, this has suddenly got me excited. I really hope it is as good as it appears to be at this point!
Edit 2: The review I read says NO wireless charging. That's far from a deal breaker for me though considering the rest of the phone.
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That's weird, I thought the charging coil could clearly be seen on in the translucent black model.
Edit: Seems it's the NFC antenna. Not to worry, hardly use wireless charging myself to be honest. Loving that translucent one though.
Edit: Seems it's the NFC antenna. Not to worry, hardly use wireless charging myself to be honest. Loving that translucent one though.
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Seems if you want the translucent one you might have to import , on sale this weekend in Taiwan so might check the prices.
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I've posted about this elsewhere. Absolutely zero interest. I think this is HTCs main problem nowadays, nobody is interested unless it has "Samsung" or "Apple" somewhere on it. Shame really as in most respects it looks like they've hit it out of the park with this, even better if as said above its on a Black Friday deal - although that might be a little *too* optimistic 
Been watching some vids on YouTube. Conflicting reports of the UK model not having a SD card slot on the 128GB/6GB model.
It may not be important to some but I have an extensive media collection that I carry with me because of my long commute and if HTC have omitted this feature for the UK this phone will be off the list.
I have reached out to HTC UK on Twitter to find out what the situation is.
It may not be important to some but I have an extensive media collection that I carry with me because of my long commute and if HTC have omitted this feature for the UK this phone will be off the list.
I have reached out to HTC UK on Twitter to find out what the situation is.
I saw that on the website as well but some YouTube channels are reporting that users won't be able to expand on the memory. This needs to be clarified as it's a deal breaker for me if it doesn't have a SD card slot.
Originally the HTC U11+ was slated to be the 'Muskie' device that Google shelved in favour of LG's device. This adds weight to the lack of SD card slot as we all know Pixel devices don't have expandable memory.
This would obviously be negated if HTC release the dual Sim version here in the UK.
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Initially the ceramic black colour option will be the only one available and the translucent black coming out in Jan/Feb.
I very much doubt this phone will be part of the black Friday deal however people can get a discount via the usual HTC Club method.
I very much doubt this phone will be part of the black Friday deal however people can get a discount via the usual HTC Club method.
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That's because it very nearly was the Pixel XL 2 https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/2/16598218/google-pixel-2xl-htc-u11-plus-design-plans-change
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Does anyone know if this will be available on contract? If it is, I'll heavily consider cancelling my Pixel 2 XL pre order. This is cheaper, and as good in every way (except software).
Was all set to go for the LG V30 as really interested in the DAC and dual camera set up, but was going to wait for the price to drop as don't fancy paying £800 and historically LG phone's don't hold their price, but have to admit this has really got me tempted, just the headphone jack, or lack of I should say that is making me wonder!
Need a new phone as my Note 4 keeps freezing up, restarting and dumping out to some sort of android boot screen. U11+ looks decent so hopefully my current handset can hold out that long.
Not sure how I feel about the price though, phone tech doesn't feel like it is advancing that rapidly and hardly any value to be found in contract bundles any more.
Not sure how I feel about the price though, phone tech doesn't feel like it is advancing that rapidly and hardly any value to be found in contract bundles any more.
Same here, it's a shame that audio comparison between phones isn't getting the same attention that camera comparison's do. Considering we're now at a crossover point between headphone jacks, USB C and bluetooth headsets you'd think someone would be looking at this.
As for the HTC U11+ apparently there is a DAC in the USB C adaptor but no details about it.
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It will be the same as the HTC U11 in that regard. Which is a pain because you can't use normal USB C to 3.5mm adapters or better ones with a 3.5mm port and USB C port. Plus the HTC ones are really hard to get hold of if you lose them. I've got used to Bluetooth headphones now but no doubt I'll forget to charge them one night.
Yes the dac is in the adapter as with all the dongles, but apparently the one from Google which is £9 each is better quality than the HTC supplied one.
https://youtu.be/9Pi_SykMCsI
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