You may management HTC’s subsequent telephone by squeezing it

It seems to be like HTC is selling certainly one of its idea telephones to the massive time, as stories declare the telephone maker will launch a brand new flagship telephone, known as the HTC U, with a singular management methodology this spring.

Beforehand codenamed ‘HTC Ocean,’ the HTC U’s standout function is a touch-sensitive body, changing commonplace buttons and quantity rockers with contextual squeezing and sliding of the handset’s sides, in accordance with trusted leaker Evan Blass, by way of VentureBeat.

The telephone is meant to hitch HTC’s latest lineup of different U-branded telephones, such because the HTC U Play and HTC U Extremely.

This report traces up with one other certainly one of Blass’ leaks from earlier this 12 months, displaying a video of the presumed HTC U and its modern management scheme.

Bear in mind the HTC Ocean? (https://t.co/q5ghm3vQ8Z) pic.twitter.com/GtpqowETjMJanuary 8, 2017

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The leak additionally matches with one other batch of HTC-branded uncoverings from final 12 months (additionally provided by Blass) that includes then-named HTC Ocean and its “Sense Contact” capabilities, giving us slightly extra perception into how the just-about-buttonless telephone operates.

Extra cool HTC stuff right here (together with the pill that launched @evleaks): https://t.co/S3WaZkeog9 Test it out earlier than it will get pulled! pic.twitter.com/YJwmZb0SjeSeptember 20, 2016

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From a technical standpoint, the 5.5-inch HTC U is alleged to hold HTC’s Sense 9 consumer interface, a Snapdragon 835 processor, microSD compatibility, inner storage of as much as 64GB or 128GB, a 12-megapixel again digicam and a 16-megapixel front-facing digicam.

Like all leaks with out official wording, it is best to take this information with wholesome skepticism, however given Blass’ report and specificity, we would not be stunned if we see extra of the HTC U in mid- to late April, when the telephone is predicted to be unveiled.

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