Rumor: new HTC U will get control via touch-sensitive sides

According to telecom insider Evan Blass, HTC will announce the third device in the U-series in April. The new model would simply be called HTC U, equipped with a Snapdragon 835-soc and a housing with ‘Edge Sense’ edges that are touch sensitive.

Instead of physical buttons on the side, the HTC U gets touch-sensitive sides. Its functionality depends on what is displayed on the screen. Last year popped up There was already a video online that showed such a service, but it was thought that it would only be a concept. According to Evan Blass, HTC will actually apply the new operating method in its latest smartphone, called Edge Sense.

The device will be announced in the middle or end of April and should be available in early May. The information Blass publishes in his article on VentureBeat comes from a source familiar with the Taiwanese company’s plans.

According to the source, the HTC U is equipped with Sense 9, a new version of HTC’s Android shell, based on Android 7.1. The device has a metal housing and a 5.5″ screen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. The cameras are said to be similar to those of the U Ultra, but HTC is said to use a newer Sony sensor. There is probably a 12-inch on the back. -megapixel IMX362 sensor and on the front an IMX351 with 16-megapixel resolution.