HTC smartphone business president Chialin Chang has left the company. He joined HTC as CFO back in April 2012 and served since, is now resigning to his role as President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business, effective immediately with an aim to personal career plan. Continue reading “HTC Smartphone president Chialin Chang resigns”
HTC today launched the U11+, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the ‘U series’ in India. It was announced back in November last year and comes with a 6-inch Quad HD+ 18:9 Full Screen display with 82% screen-to-body ratio and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 coupled with 6GB of RAM. Like the original U11, it comes with Edge Sense technology.
A mysterious HTC smartphone has found surfacing the Geekbench benchmark platform. The device is expected to be a mid-range phone going by the specifications it is offering. According to the benchmarks, the phone comes with a model number 2Q5W1. Continue reading “New HTC smartphone with Snapdragon 625, Android 8.0 Oreo surfaces in benchmarks”
HTC just as it promised has started rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to U11 in India. The update has already started rolling out to users in batches and comes with version number 3.16.708.3 and is of 1.48GB in size. The phone was originally launched with Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) back in June last year. The phone got Oreo update in Taiwan back in November last year. Continue reading “HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”
Back in September last year, Google officially confirmed that it has signed a deal with HTC to acquire team of HTC talent for US$1.1 billion in cash and said that transaction is expected to close by early 2018 after approvals. Today Google has confirmed that it has officially closed the deal.
HTC has filed a patent for a mobile VR headset with magnetic phone case according to the documents listings found in the database of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The VR headset is said to be bundled with a magnetic phone. Continue reading “HTC files patent for mobile VR headset with magnetic phone case”
HTC just announced HTC U11 EYEs, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the U11 series in Taiwan, as expected. It has a 6-inch full HD+ 18:9 display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 with 4GB of RAM. Like the original U11 and U11 Plus, this feature Edge Sense technology for squeeze interaction, but this runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “HTC U11 EYEs with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front cameras announced”
Update: After pulling the RUU file for the HTC 10 Oreo in the U.S. the company has started rolling out the update in Taiwan (v3.16.709.3) and Hong Kong (v3.16.708.3), other countries should get it soon. Continue reading “HTC 10 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
HTC U11 EYEs, a new mid-range smartphone in the U11 series codenamed Harmony is expected to be introduced in China on January 15th, according to @evleaks. It will have a 6-inch FHD+ full-screen screen, on-screen button and Edge sense technology that lets you launch apps or perform certain actions just by squeezing the phone.
HTC at the CES 2018 show has introduced the VIVE Pro and VIVE Wireless adaptor. Also, the company has also announced a radical redesign of Viveport VR and Vive Video. These improvements bring in the much desired higher resolution, improved audio, wireless freedom, and immersive content discovery. Continue reading “HTC VIVE Pro with dual-OLED displays and VIVE Wireless Adaptor announced”
HTC has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for the US unlocked U11 Life as confirmed by the company’s Mo Versi, VP, Product Management on Twitter. While the international U11 Life which is powered by Android-One already runs on Stock Android 8.0, the U11 Life US model was launched last month running Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Sense U.I. Continue reading “HTC U11 Life Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
OnePlus has launched the much-hyped OnePlus 5T smartphone with some noteworthy upgrades, today at an event in Brooklyn, New York. This upgraded version comes just five months after the launch of OnePlus 5, which was arguably one of the best smartphones in the market. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs HTC U11 – What’s Different”
HTC was one of the first OEMs to confirm Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for some of its top-end devices and even released U11+ earlier this month with Android Oreo. Today the company has started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for its flagship HTC U11 smartphone starting from Taiwan. The changelog is simple that mentions Android 8.0 (Oreo) update and VoWifi support for Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) customers along with enhancements and bug fixes. Continue reading “HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update begins rolling out starting from Taiwan”
HTC today at the Vive Developers Conference (VDC) in Beijing has announced Vive Focus Standalone VR headset after teasing it for some time now. The company has also introduced VIVE WAVE VR Open Platform which will be open for easy mobile VR content development and device optimization for third-party partners.
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HTC was one of the first movers of the Dual camera technology on smartphones. The HTC EVO 3D was one of the first dual camera smartphones to launch back in the day, but since the poor implementation of 3D, the device never succeeded. However, right after the U11+ launch event, HTC President Chialin Chang speaking has confirmed that the company would re-enter the dual-camera smartphone space in 2018.
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