HTC U Play desires to bring you AI for much less (arms-on)

The HTC U Play is the smaller than the brand new HTC U Extremely, but we would not name it the runt. It is supposed to be a greater affordable model of HTC's new line of telephones that use AI, or synthetic intelligence, software to try giving you a more streamlined enjoy.

In particular, it declutters your notifications pane by way of placing only the indicators you care approximately on a secondary display at the pinnacle of the smartphone. How well does it work? well, we do not know yet. We failed to get sufficient time to set it up and attempt it out, that is specifically crucial for a smartphone that says it'll study through the years.

but we do recognise that this glass phone -- which comes in shimmering white, purple, blue and black -- is the less luxurious, extra midrange opportunity to the flagship U Ultra. As an example, despite the fact that its sixteen-megapixel digicam sounds heftier than the U Ultra's 12-megapixel "Ultrapbixel" shooter, HTC says that the Ultra's digital camera will take the crisper pictures of the 2.

The U Ultra and U Play use the equal 2-inch strip of display to display indicators, and now have the same AI software program running on pinnacle of Android 7.zero.

You can preorder the phone in choose markets beginning January 12. it'll cost less than the flagship Extremely, however we don't have pricing just yet. We'll replace as soon as we do!

Hardware specs

• 5.2-inch screen (1,920x1,080 pixels)
• 2-inch notifications screen (swipable)
• 16-megapixel front and rear cameras
• Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor
• 32GB and 64GB options (3/4GB RAM)
• Up to 2T microSD card
• 2,500mAh battery
• Fingerprint sensor with NFC
• Dual-SIM optional
• Colors: Ice white, sapphire blue, cosmetic pink, brilliant black