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what's up guys lon here from Android Authority and I've spent roughly a week if not more with the HTC u 11 and while that may be enough time to do a full review I've actually been using a Taiwanese version of the u 11 so it's not optimized for us networks and until we get a US version of the u 11 which should be pretty shortly we're going to hold off on the full review just to make sure things like battery life and network performance are as accurate as possible but because I've been using the U 11 for quite some time now I can still talk about what it's like to use the U 11 as a daily driver and share with you guys my initial thoughts and first impressions so because there's just a quick first impressions I'm not going to talk about specs or go into full detail about every aspect of the phone we're going to save that for the full review and instead I'm just going to talk about a few things that have stood out to me and what I like and don't like about the U 11 so far first let's talk about how this phone looks and feels it carries over a similar design that we initially saw on the U ultra and even though it's similar to the U ultra the design is much more refined on the U 11 it doesn't have a large camera bump like the u ultra did and it has a smaller 5.5 inch screen so it's much easy to use in one hand the edges of both the front and back glass curve down to meet the metal frame giving it a very seamless feel with no sharp or rough edges it's very similar to what Samsung has done with the Galaxy s8 it is very comfortable to hold but because it's made mostly of glass and doesn't have flat sides or chamfered edges to help with the grip it does feel quite slippery I love the liquid glass surface don't get me wrong it looks amazing and some of the colors like solar red will shift and change colors depending on the angle and how the light hits it it's a really cool effect but the mirror like finish shows and attracts finger prints like crazy and HTC seems to be pretty aware of this considering they've included a clear case inside of the box to not only protect the U 11 but also keep away the fingerprints one thing that you will not find on the U 11 is a headphone jack and HTC is pretty firm on sticking with this decision so I wouldn't expect them to bring it back any time soon the biggest reason why it's because HTC feels they can deliver a better audio experience through USB type-c port and I have to admit audio sounds incredible on the u11 the included.you sonic earbuds not only sound really good but they also feature active noise cancellation which works extremely well for blocking out exterior noise they're definitely above and beyond the typical pair of earbuds that you're used to getting with your smartphone this time around HTC has also included a three-and-a-half millimeter jack two USB type-c adapter with the u11 which they didn't do with the u ultra this means you can still use your favorite pair of over the ear cams and while my Audio Technica m50 X's aren't exactly the highest impedance headphones in the world the u 11 drives these headphones what's significantly louder and fuller sound in comparison to the galaxy s 8 that I was using prior the biggest standout feature on the U 11 is the edge sense technology the sides of the U 11 are pressure-sensitive and this allows you to physically squeeze the phone to activate a specific function or open an app like the camera or web browser it does sound weird to squeeze your phone to make it do something simply because it's not something we usually do with our phones but I really like this feature it works well has a lot of practical uses and isn't a gimmick like you may initially think it would be because this is a Taiwan version of the U 11 it's not optimized for us networks and obviously that's going to impact things like network performance and battery life but I still wanted to provide you guys my experiences so far with the battery life even though this is not a US model and so far it's been surprisingly good and I say surprisingly because it doesn't have the biggest battery we ever seen in a smartphone it's only 3000 milliamp hours but it's lasted me comfortably through a full day with a consistent 5 hours of screen on time which is really impressive so it has me feeling very optimistic for what battery life is going to be like on a US version the last thing that has really stood out to me so far is the camera so you might have heard that the U 11 has to be highest the ExoMars core ever received by a smartphone and I'm not entirely sure how much I buy into those scores but the camera has been impressive and I've thoroughly enjoyed using it I think it's a huge improvement over last year's HTC 10 which by the way wasn't even a bad camera the photos are packed with detail excellent color reproduction and overall good dynamic range mostly because the camera auto processes everything as aged are similar to the pixel video is also really great the built-in OS makes for some very smooth looking footage without a whole lot of noticeable shakes jitters or any sort of warping my favorite feature about this camera is the new acoustic focus feature which leverages before microphones on the u 11-2 record 360 degree or 3d audio and when you zoom in on a subject the audio would get louder or more amplified it's a very neat effect and simulates the act of you physically getting closer to a concert stage a person playing an instrument or whatever the audio source may be overall initial impressions of the you eleven are very positive it's been a very pleasant smartphone experience and offer some really interesting and unique features that really make a standout which is exactly what HTC needed especially if they really want to capture the attention of consumers now I didn't talk about hardware specs or the display but it does tick all the right boxes in those areas and will go more in depth with that in the full review HTC has a lot riding on the success of the U 11 and so far they're certainly on the right track to delivering a homerun hit but what do you guys think about the U 11 let us know your thoughts down in the comments below and give this video a thumbs up if you did enjoy subscribe to the channel which is also down below hit that notification bell while you're at it showing to miss out on future videos as always follow us on social media instagram twitter snapchat google+ all that good stuff we link down below check out the website as well and jorge authority comm your source for all things Android