HTC unveils its ‘unexpected surprise’ announcement, shows off Blue Sapphire U Ultra

“HTC will give you an unexpected surprise,” said the company’s Taiwanese Facebook page last week. While many, including us, thought HTC would possible unveil the HTC 11, the company instead simply unveiled a fresh new colour for the U Ultra.

First, we should mention that the new flagship devices from HTC are not currently available in Canada and the company has not said when it will bring the U Ultra here.

However, for those that live in Taiwan, you can now pre-order the 128GB Sapphire Blue HTC U Ultra until March 28th for NT$28,900 (around $1,000 CAD), which is approximately $200 more than the 64GB Brilliant Black, Cosmetic Pink, Ice White variants.

Specs

HTC U Ultra

HTC U Play

HTC 10

Display

5.7-inch, 2.0 inch secondary display (160x1040)

5.2 inch

5.2 inch (1440x2560)

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 2.15GHz quad-core processor

Octa-core, 64-bit MediaTek Helio P10

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, Quad Core, 64bit, up to 2.2GHz

RAM

4GB

3GB or 4GB

4GB

Storage

64GB or 128GB

32GB or 64GB

32GB

Dimensions

162.41 x 79.79 x 3.6-7.99mm

145.99 x 72.9 x 3.5-7.99mm

145.9 x 71.9 x 3.0 - 9.0 mm

Weight

170 grams

145 grams

161 grams

Rear Facing Camera

12MP (HTC UltraPixel™ 2 with 1.55μm pixel) PDAF + Laser focus

12MP (HTC UltraPixel 2 with 1.55μm pixel)

Front Facing Camera

16MP, with HTC UltraPixel

5MP (1.34μm pixels)

OS

Android 7.0 with HTC Sense

Android 6 with HTC Sense

Battery

Non-removable 3000mAh with Quick Charge 3.0

Non-removable 2500mAh

Non-removable 3000 mAh Quick Charge 3.0 with cool charge

Network Connectivity

Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5 GHz), NFC

Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5 GHz), NFC

Sensors

NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5 GHz), DLNA, Motion G-sensor, Fingerprint sensor

NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5 GHz), DLNA, Fingerprint sensor, Motion G-sensor

SIM Type

Nano SIM

Nano SIM

Launch Date

March 20, 2017

April 12, 2016

Misc

USB Type-C

Android 7.0 with HTC Sense, USB Type-C, Bluetooth 4.2, Fingerprint sensor

HTC BoomSound

Source: HTC, AndroidAuthority