HTC U11+ with 6-inch 18:9 display now available in India at Rs 56,999, exclusively on Flipkart

At Rs 56,999, HTC launched the U11+ in India on Tuesday and today, it is for the first time that the smartphone goes on sale, exclusively on Flipkart. HTC U11+ is the company’s latest premium phone which comes with an edge-to-edge display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC clocked at 2.45GHz. HTC has also partnered with Flipkart to offer several launch offers as well.

On buying the smartphone via Flipkart, customers having Axis Bank Buzz Credit card can avail up to 5 per cent flat discount. Additionally, the e-commerce site is also offering up to Rs 20,000 off under its exchange offer.

To recall, HTC had first unveiled the U11+ in its home market, back in the month of November last year. Soon after the initial announcement, HTC had said that the phone will hit selective markets, including India. Living up to its promises, the company launched the HTC U11+ in India in two colour variants, including — Amazing Silver and Ceramic Black, and both the models are available on Flipkart. We can expect the phone to be available on Flipkart until stock lasts.

Going by the specifications, the new HTC U11+ sports a 6-inch Quad HD+ Super LCD 18:9 display with a screen resolution of 1440 x 2880 pixels. The display is further protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5, which will save the device from cracks. The HTC U11+ runs on Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box with the company’s HTC Sense UI running on top.

The HTC U11+ is one powerful phone as the device comes powered by Qualcomm’s very recent Snapdragon 835 SoC clocked at 2.45GHz. The company launched the smartphone in two variants — one with 4GB and the other one with 6GB of RAM. However, it is noteworthy that currently, only the 6GB RAM with 128GB of internal storage model of the U11+ is available for buying on Flipkart.

As far as the camera is concerned, the HTC U11+ comes with a 12-megapixel UltraPixel camera coupled with autofocus, BSI sensor, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, and dual LED flash. That’s about the primary camera. While on the front, the smartphone comes with an 8-megapixel camera along with BSI sensor and f/2.0 aperture. U11+ also comes with support for 4K video recording.

The HTC U11+ is powered by a 3930mAh battery coupled with support for QuickCharge 3.0. Additionally, the smartphone also comes with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa support and HTC U11+ let them integrate with Edge Sense. There’s also the HTC Sense Companion, BoomSound speakers, and HTC USonic earbuds. The device sports IP68 certification which rescues the phone from both water and dust.