Edge Sense is the HTC U11’s headline function, letting you squeeze the cellphone to work together with it in a wide range of methods, however you won’t have to purchase HTC’s flagship to get a squeezable cellphone of your personal, as rumors counsel a mid-range HTC handset is on the way in which with Edge Sense baked in.
Revealed by TheLeaker and @LlabTooFeR, the cellphone is outwardly referred to as the HTC Ocean Life, although we wouldn’t be shocked if it launches underneath a special identify.
Together with Edge Sense it’s mentioned to have a 5.2-inch 1080p display screen, a mid-range Snapdragon 660 chipset, 16MP cameras on each the back and front, a 2,600mAh battery, Android 7.1.1 and Bluetooth 5.0.
It’ll additionally supposedly run HTC’s Sense 9 interface on prime of Android, and are available bundled with HTC’s USonic headphones.
Making sense
Whereas it’s not clear the place this info was obtained, @LlabTooFeR has a strong observe file, so it may effectively be correct. And it might make sense for HTC to convey its Edge Sense function to extra telephones.
That mentioned, whereas with the ability to take pictures or launch apps with quick or lengthy squeezes is a pleasant concept, we discovered that it wasn’t delicate sufficient on the HTC U11, and that it felt a bit half-baked, so the HTC Ocean Life won’t be price shopping for for that alone.
Nevertheless it sounds just like the cellphone has an honest assortment of specs and options, assuming the worth is correct, and the extra telephones which have Edge Sense the extra incentivized HTC might be to maintain enhancing it.
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There’s no phrase on when the HTC Ocean Life will launch, however assuming it’s an actual factor we’d anticipate to see it someday this yr.
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