Gadgetory

it looks like a button feels like a button but it's not a button that's right no more clicks on the new HTC u12 plus the sleep/wake button and the volume up/down buttons are nothing more than haptic feedback illusions Apple did something similar when it replaced the home button on the iPhone 7 and 7 plus with a touch sensitive area that simulates the look and feel of a real button but HTC has taken it a step farther and replaced all of its buttons when the phone is powered off the sleep/wake button still works apparently the digital button requires so little power that it will work on a dead battery getting rid of mechanical buttons reduces the risk of a part breaking and it allows the phone to have a dust and water resistance rating of ip68 then there's a left and right sides of the you 12 Plus which are squeezable much like last year's u 11 and Google pixel to which HTC manufactured HTC's squeezed technology gets an upgrade now you can squeeze short squeeze long or squeeze and hold each squeeze triggers a different action which you can customize you can have it open an app turn the flashlight on or open the camera and take a picture among other things the sides of the phone are touch sensitive which ATTC calls edge since 2 they can receive tap for input for example you can tap with your thumb and index finger to minimize the screen for one-handed use the you 12 plus can even tell which hand you're holding it with and offset the shrunken display accordingly the you 12 plus comes with four cameras two on the front and two on the back both enable boquete mode which lets you take portraits of people with a blurry background you can adjust the focus point before or after you take a picture to change the blur the rear camera also has a 2 X optical zoom and a nifty feature called sonic zoom during video recording it uses the four microphones to focus in on your subject as you zoom in for better audio the u12 plus shoots HD and 4k video at 30 and 60 frames per second it also shoots slow-motion video at 240 frames per second in 1080p the u12 plus has an 18 by 9 6 inch quad HD display with minimal bezels and no not the fingerprint readers on the back it runs on a snapdragon 845 processor with 6 gigabytes of RAM and it comes in either 64 or 120 gigabytes of storage the phone comes in three colors flame red which looks like Iron Man's armor ceramic black which isn't actually made of ceramic it's still Gorilla Glass and translucent blue which allows you to actually see the inside of your phone the HTC u12 plus is available for pre-order now and will tip in mid June in the US the 64 gigabyte model costs $7.99 and the 128 gigabyte model 849