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Buy the HTC U11 and get 3 months of Amazon Music Unlimited
HTC and Amazon have just announced a new promotion. If you purchase the HTC U11 through Amazon or HTC’s websites, you’ll be given three free months of Amazon Music Unlimited. The streaming music service features “tens of millions of songs and thousands of hand-curated playlists and personalized stations.” The service makes perfect sense for new…
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HTC returns to the Philippines, launching the HTC U11, U Ultra, U Play and Desire 10 Pro
At an event at the Peninsula Manila in Makati City, HTC revealed that it is officially selling its phones in the Philippines, again. HTC will be selling its flagship U11 (P36,990), the U Ultra (P26,990), U Play (18,990), and the Desire 10 Pro (13,990). The Philippine Peso pricing of HTC’s devices is 10-15% higher than what you’d pay for…
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5 Reasons you should use Amazon’s Alexa on the HTC U11
HTC fans who also have a soft spot for Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa now have the luxury of accessing it alongside Google Assistant on the HTC U11! While there are some limitations, the U11 is the first phone to ever offer wake word support for Alexa. The Snapdragon 835 software that runs the U11 solves…
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Update for Unlocked HTC 10 in the US delivers July’s security patch
UPDATE: One of our sources has informed us that HTC is, in fact, working on the security update for the international models of the HTC 10. At this time, we are not privy to the update’s release timeline, but we’re working to gather more information. ORIGINAL ARTICLE HTC has been a bit slow at getting Android’s monthly security…
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The HTC U11’s Bluetooth 5.0 software update is in the works
More than a few of you were disappointed that the HTC U11 didn’t have Bluetooth 5.0 when it was announced. The phone’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC does support the Bluetooth standard, but for some reason, HTC’s software engineers didn’t enable the feature. The good news is that HTC is planning on adding support for Bluetooth…
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128GB HTC U11 goes up for pre-order in the US tomorrow
The HTC U11 is the best smartphone we’ve seen from the company in years. HTC released a 64GB and 128GB version of the phone, but the latter has only been available in a handful of select markets. But that’s about to change. Starting tomorrow, HTC will start taking pre-order for the 128GB model of the…
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No, HTC doesn’t want to put ads in your phone’s keyboard
HTC can’t seem to catch a break. A few days ago, an update to TouchPal (the third-party keyboard which is used on HTC’s newest smartphones) started showing banner ads for a handful of HTC 10 owners. While HTC has resorted to showing ads in BlinkFeed and even using its Themes app to promote a new…