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HTC U Ultra with secondary display, Android 7.0 Nougat goes official

HTC today announced two new smartphones in U series. HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play. HTC U Ultra comes with a secondary touch-screen display above the main display similar to LG V20.

It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD screen powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor and 4 GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage. On camera it has a 12MP (UltraPixel 2) rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, 1.55um pixels, f/1.8 aperture, Laser AF, OIS, 4K video recording and 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS with GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C Packed with a 3000mAh Battery.

The phone comes with a HTC Sense Companion software that uses an AI to learn about you and offer intelligent suggestions. It learns your most important contacts and apps, and surface related notifications on the second screen. It will also advise you when to charge the phone, if your schedule indicates you may run out of power before bedtime.It has HTC BoomSound audio along with four microphones that are always listening, and it can record “3D audio” but it has USB Type-C since it lacks a 3.5mm audio jack.

5.7-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD Super LCD 5 display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection / Sapphire Glass (128GB version) 2.0-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) 520 PPI Super LCD 5 secondary display
Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 64-bit processor (2×2.15 GHz Kryo and 2×1.6 GHz Kryo) with Adreno 530 GPU
4GB RAM, 64/128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 7.0 (Nougat) with HTC Sense UI
12MP (UltraPixel 2) rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, 1.55um pixels, f/1.8 aperture, Laser AF, OIS, 4K video recording
16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
HTC BoomSound, four omnidirectional noise-canceling microphones
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 162.41 x 79.79 x 3.6-7.99mm; Weight: 161 grams
4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS with GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C
3000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0

HTC U Ultra comes in Sapphire Blue, Cosmetic Pink, Brilliant Black and Ice White colors and will be available for pre-order from htc.com for $750 . It is priced at NT $23,900 (US$ 753 / Rs. 51280) in Taiwan and the Sapphire Glass version with 128GB storage costs NT $ 28,900 (US$ 911).

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