HTC U11 life Review By PhoneArena

This is the familiar HTC u11, but this is the new you 11 life, a scaled-down mid-range version of the earlier year flagship. It's still got a similar colorful design, as well as squeezed to use egg sense controls. But do we give up an order for the phone to sell for hundreds of dollars less I'm Stephen chance with phone arena? Looking it to that, as I review the HTC? U 11 life, the? U 11 life clearly takes a lot of design notes from its flagship relative, but pick this phone up and the difference is immediately start revealing themselves. Instead of being a sturdy glass and metal, handset, the! U 11, life feels pretty lightweight and is covered in plastic. HTC tries to give the phone the same sort of color-changing finishes the u 11 and while the base notes are there, the effect isn't quite the same. Instead of shifting colors, we instead see color separation and extreme angles.

The basic layout here is quite similar to the U 11, with buttons in the SIM tray in their same locations. The handsets also similarly ip67 rated for dust and water resistance and while edge sense, is once again present so far less beloved features similarly carry over like the absence of an analogue headphone jack. While the included- u sonic, noise, cancelling earbuds are pretty nice using them highlights one of the odd design departures from the U 11 here on the life, the bottom eggs USB port is no longer centered, a change that caused us to fumble with the handset more than once. Instead of a 5.5 inch, 2k class display the U 11 life goes with a 5.2 inch 1080 by 1920 panel. Both brightness and color.

Accuracy are fine, a thing exemplary, but no big missteps, either the phone's powered by a Snapdragon 630. What? If Paul comes mid-range chips? We've come to love with her power efficiency here at delivers suitable performance for everyday tasks, backed by three gigs of RAM, and operates a much same level as other recent mid-range years, like the Motor Z to play. The 32 gigs of storage is sensible for a phone in this price range, and you've always got the option from micros. Expansion. Edge sense works the same here as it did in the U 11, with fully customizable squeeze to access shortcuts, including the option for different results from short and long squeezes.

That said, we did hit some issues when using the feature to access the phone's camera and a multiple occasions. The software would lock up forcing us to reset. We don't know whether to blame eggs, the camera or another system component, but the end result is very frustrating all the same. Here's hoping HTC can fix it with an update. The bundled you sonic earbuds, as we mentioned, are the same pair found with the u11 itself and offer some really nice sound quality.

We can't quite say the same for the phone's built-in speaker, which attempted to give us almost mushy sounding audio that lacked a lot of crispness, but maybe the biggest audio disappointment is the lack of an included adapter for analog headphones. HTC tells us this was part of a decision to keep costs down, while the u11 life runs the power efficient, Snapdragon 630 chip, it's also got a pretty small battery measuring in it just 2600 William hours. As a result, the phone won't give you crazy day plus battery life, but it does manage to stretch that battery for just under eight hours of screen on time, not too shabby at all recharging with the included. Adapter is pretty quick too taking just over a hundred minutes. HTC selling the 11 life unlocked, or you can pick it up through T-Mobile for a discount when we gave voice calls a try on that carriers network.

We noticed a bit of electrical noise coming from the phone's earpiece, it's much less distracting than the interference we heard with some other recent handsets touring voice calls, but it's present. Nonetheless, as for the cameras, both front and rear sensors are 16 megapixel components with phase detection autofocus for the main camera and HDR boost on both. We didn't go into this expecting a lot from this package, but came out pleasantly surprised with image quality. It's nothing on the pixel twos level, mind you, but still decent for a mid-range her, and we especially enjoyed seeing that HDR processing salvaged. Otherwise, if he shots, even if the effect does take a moment to generate video recording, is also pretty solid, supporting filming up to 4k and lossless audio capture, and we found footage to be a little shaky at times.

It's still nice and crisp and a refocusing while filming is smooth and responsive the HTC. U 11 life is a pretty nice mid-range err. It offers a smattering of flagship features, has de long battery life and includes a nice camera. We wish HTC would address some software glitches and don't love that the phone doesn't come with an analogue headphone adapter. That's going to matter more to some users and others, and at least the bundle USB earbuds are really nice at $350.

The price isn't too objectionable either. If you love the look of the U 11, but are trying to save some cash, the? U 11, life could be a good compromise. I'm still going to shake with phone arena thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe from or smartphone reviews just around the corner.

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