HTC U Play Review

With the U of the UK, the Taiwanese smartphone maker has made a new start in 2017. With this series the company has a new design and look in the new smartphone. Their most important feature is the new 'Liquid Surface Treatment' given in their chassis.
Today, we are testing HTC U Play - this is a small and cost-effective variant of the U series. HTC has never been very vigilant about the prices of its premium smartphone. So if we have used the term cheap, then it is connected to u ultra. 39,990 is a big price, especially if you can buy Samsung's magnificent Galaxy S7 (review) by paying a bit more.

HTC U Play Design and Texture

Surely, we are not the fan of big screen smartphones. We liked HTC U Play with 5.2-inch display for everyday use.
Talk of design and beauty, HTC has introduced another great smartphone. Smartphones look great on all sides, but keeping it neat is also a tough one. However, it is easy to use the phone with one hand but holding the phone due to its sliding rear looks like a challenge. We got a black variant for review but on HTC India's online store this phone is also available in Sapphire Blue, Snow and White and Make-Up Powder Pink Color Variants.
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The 5.2 inch Super LCD display given in the phone comes with Gorilla Glass Protection and comes with a full HD resolution. The screen's density is 428 ppi. The brightness is bright and viewing angles are also very good. The colors are good saturated without any blurring. Color temperature can be adjusted according to your need, by going to the Settings app. While the display is Sharp, we saw the difference in color by moving the phone slightly. A notification is on top of the screen LED and backlit Android navigation buttons are given near the Home button. Fingerprint sensor is integrated into the home button itself.
HTC U Play is a thin device with 7.99 mm thickness and weighing just 145 grams. Grip is good with the made metal edges of the phone. We think that power and volume buttons could be easily given to a better place to reach them.
At the bottom of the phone there is a USB Type-C port and mono speaker grill. The above and hybrid sim slots are given. The phone's storage can be increased to 2 TB via microSD card. The rear camera in the phone is slightly outward, but not too much. Like U Ultra, this phone has a 3.5mm headphone shockette.
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Overall, running u play is more affordable than u ultra, while it is equally premium. In the retail box, you will find a Type-C cable, a plastic case, a 10-watt power adapter, a SIM detector tool, a microfiber cloth, and a USB headset.
HTC U Play Specifications and FeaturesHTC U Play has an OCTA-Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor. The phone has 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. We do not expect mediatech chipsets in the flagship level product, and this is not a flagship level processor. So, we are a bit surprised when HTC uses this processor. Explain that Moto M, priced at Rs. 16,000, has also given the fastest helio P15 processor. But this processor is okay for everyday activity. In the benchmark, we found 10-15 percent fewer figures than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 with the same capability.
Talking about the second specification, this phone has features like connectivity 4.2, dual-band Wi-Fi AC, NFC, USB-OTG, GPS and GLONASS. The phone does not have FM radio. Apart from this, 4G VoLTE support is also available. There is also gyroscope and a magnetic sensor.
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U Play runs on Android Marshmallow, which is a big question. Especially considering its large variant, which runs on Android Noaga. Apart from this, there is a lower version of HTC's Sense UI, which was seen in HTC 10 last year. HTC has given Google's app suite instead of a lot of apps in the phone. For example, the gallery is provided with the Photos app while play music for audio.
On the home screen, you can access HTC's Blinkfeed News Reader when swiping to the right first. And many other apps such as underarmarm records, themes and news republic are already installed. HTC has given a new UI Assistant to separate its U series. When we first set up HTC U Play, we did not get any indication for using this feature. Until we found the app, we could not ensure that this feature is in the phone or not.
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HTC U Play PerformanceThe phone's performance is best because of clean software and large RAM. Multitasking is very good in U Play and we do normal work in the phone and have never faced any problem while running a social app. We could play games in the phone too well. However, there was some problem during some select graphics games.
During the camera use and charging, the upper part of the rear gets heated. But there was no heat problem during normal use. Call from phone