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The HTC U11 has a lot to please, and while it certainly has flagship specifications, it's unlikely to be different on the market from Samsung and LG. The shiny and colorful design is fresh, but not for everyone, although we're glad it's finally waterproof. The key is whether you want the squeezable Edge Sense feature, which is sometimes useful, but not something we love.

The HTC U11 comes with a similar price to the Galaxy S8 and costs £ 649, which is roughly average for a 2017 flagship. In addition, HTC has begun selling a 128GB model of the HTC U11 with 6GB of RAM and two SIM slots. Here is our detailed test of the squeezable HTC U11.

Design and build:

As HTC refines before the launch, the key design element and unique selling proposition is that the phone is crimpable. The company calls this function "Edge Sense" and this is achieved by pressure sensors on both sides of the phone. You're sitting in the bottom half, meaning that you can do different things by pressing them instead of using buttons or the display. The clever thing is that you can set how much power is required and can also toggle visual, haptic and audible feedback.

When starting, you can perform a number of functions, such as: For example, as a trigger, dictation, screenshot, switching the flash, starting digital assistants or apps. With an Edge Sense add-on, you can customize the sensors in each app so you can zoom in on Google Maps, but unfortunately, even in beta, the app will not start on the phone. Although there are many ways you can do with the Edge Sense, you can only pick two from short or long bruises. Because the sensors only work under pressure, you can use Edge Sense with gloves. This should also work in most cases, according to HTC.

Not only is this a sensational gimmick, but while it is sometimes useful, it does not feel very comfortable or enjoyable. We've also noticed that visual feedback is displayed when trying to use apps like Twitter, even though we did not put any pressure on them. After its launch in September 2017, HTC has introduced beta features for the Edge Sense app's U11 users. You can go into certain apps and assign short and long bruises to actions. Google Maps provides a short zoom to zoom, which works well, and you can, for example, set a long squeeze to zoom out.

Some colors better cover up the dingy stains, but they all suffer to some extent from this problem. The good news is that there are some new options - Amazing Silver and Solar Red - the latter offers everything from red to gold. The bad news is that the Solar Red is not available for launch. The fascinating way in which the phone changes its pearlescent color is achieved through the so-called "Optical Spectrum Hybrid Deposition", in which a lot of heat and pressure bind the colors in layers to the glass.

Hardware:

As the phones' hardware reached a high point a long time ago, it is no wonder that all brands are now primarily characterized by design. Although it may not be as interesting as the squeezable design, the specifications of the HTC U11 are pretty top notch.

Screen:

Things start with a 5.5-inch screen, making the HTC U11 the company's biggest flagship to date. HTC sticks to the quad-HD resolution (1440 x 2560) and the HTC 10's LCD5 technology - it's far more standard compared to the craziest displays on the LG G6 and Galaxy S8. The increase in size means a drop to 534ppi compared to its predecessor, but that's hardly a problem. The colors may not be as strong as AMOLED rivals, but you probably will not be disappointed with the screen, which is certainly a flagship level. Gorilla Glass 5 is used here like the U Ultra, but there is no talk of a sapphire crystal edition.

Processor and memory:

HTC uses mostly Qualcomm processors in its phones. That is not different here. It's nice to see the latest Snapdragon 835 chipset or mobile platform, as Qualcomm calls it. The octa-core processor (4x 2.45 GHz & 4x 1.9 GHz) is worthy of any flagship 2017 and the performance is as expected. As you can see from the benchmark results, it is good to compete with the competitors. We only had it frozen once and it seems to be unique.