Arrangement Performance

Organisation functioning isn't overly surprising. The HTC U11 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, which is an SoC nosotros've covered in several devices before. It's an octa-core 10nm SoC with viii Kryo 280 CPU cores split into a 2.45 GHz functioning cluster and a 1.ix GHz efficient cluster, each with iv cores. At that place's also an Adreno 540 GPU clocked up to 710 MHz, and an LPDDR4X memory controller practiced for 29.viii GB/s of bandwidth.

HTC has fabricated full utilize of the Snapdragon 835'south integrated Snapdragon X16 modem for downstream communications through supporting Category 16 LTE downwards, aka. Gigabit LTE with upward to 4xCA. Nosotros're not seeing 300 Mbps Category 13 upstream, with HTC instead opting for a 75 Mbps implementation. There are several dissimilar U11 variants out in that location, so make sure you get i that gives yous full access to your network's capabilities.

As for other connectivity, the U11 supports Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/chiliad/n/air-conditioning and Bluetooth 4.2, even though the Snapdragon 835 supports up to Bluetooth 5.0. NFC is included in this handset as you'd wait.

For RAM and storage, the U11 is available in two variants: 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage; and 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage. I received the onetime to review. There's likewise microSD card expandability, so even though you're getting a generous amount of on-board memory, you can slap in up to a 2TB microSD for more storage in the future.

Across our system benchmarks here, the HTC U11 performs as expected, falling within a few percent of other Snapdragon 835 devices. So what I've said about other S835 handsets also applies here. It'south 31% faster than the LG G6, 24% faster than the Exynos Galaxy S8+, and 13% faster than the Huawei P10. These phones employ the Snapdragon 821, Exynos 8895, and Kirin 960 respectively.

Those looking to upgrade from the HTC 10 will run into 56 per centum better CPU operation, which is a significant performance upgrade. The HTC 10 used the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, so we're seeing a great generational comeback here.