HTC U12+ Review

HTC’s skipped the U12 and gone straight to the U12+. In making this move, the company has shrunken the bezels and lengthened the screen to gain the popular 18:9 display ratio, while keeping the footprint slightly smaller than the U11+ and only moderately bigger than the...
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[@on99kfc]

wait....? I can launch an app from a long squeeze or a short squeeze, why you guys can't? U12+ user here

[@gamersworld6992]

on99 u12+ isnt launch it is still at pre Order??then how did u buy?

[@on99kfc]

GAMERS WORLD I am from Hong Kong 😃

[@xMel21x]

Even on the U11 can launch any app and you can set some functions inside of each app

[@gerard7417]

Yes u can !!!!! Go to settings and change that

[@weareruledbyNarcissists]

on99 probably the reviewer isn't used to it yet

[@gerard7417]

Why don't people understand that a BUTTONLESS phone is brilliant HTC cares about it's consumers by making the longevity of the phones buttons last WAY longer now u won't have to worry about ur buttons not working anymore I hated pushing buttons but this is a true game changer not to mention makes the phone more water resistant

[@muzzamilahmad6244]

I agree wth u my samsung j5 pro volume down button doesn't push any more .... Sory for bad english

[@supertigerman013]

Gerald Why do you even care about longevity when it is essentially broken from beginning? And what now, it helps with waterproof? S9 has the same IP68 rating but with both mechanical buttons AND headphone jack. Stop defending what they did. For now U12+'s buttons are purely bad, end of story.

[@gerard7417]

XtraDreamLantern17 how is it essentially broken in the beginning ? literally ur whole comment made NO SENSE

[@supertigerman013]

Gerald What I'm saying is that the buttons which don't respond in the way users want should be described as being "broken". There are shit tons of reviewers claiming that the power button is way too sensitive and frequently causes ghost press/force restart while you're holding your phones but volume up button is way too hard or even impossible to use. Yes, it doesn't fail after time, but it doesn't even function properly in the first place so there is no point of discuss how durable it can be in long run. You should read the reviews on the internet to get the rough idea of how annoying it can be. Unless HTC fixes this mess by the time it will be sold to consumer, this phone is simply not something which should be recommended to other people, especially considering that it has no feature to stand out from the rest of the market.

[@tophat3345]

How many people you know have honestly ever complained about the SIDE buttons being broken? Hell, they didn't fix it, they BROKE something that shouldn't have been broken in the first place. And the water resistance argument is a joke; Samsung have implemented IP68 with clicky, tactile buttons since 2 years ago. How is this caring for their customers? You tell me.

[@nava5725]

Thanks, I prefer HTCU12PLUS, it's just excellent in every way,...way to go 😉

[@gerard7417]

Nav A HTC is the best phone in 20!8

[@tredfxman]

Just ordered my HTC U12+ tonight !!!

[@jimmyjoy93]

First time seeing an unbiased and well put review about a HTC phone from phonearena. Keep it up man!

[@Gravage]

Great review, Corey. Welcome to PhoneArena!

[@iant93893]

Welcome to the PhoneArena team, Corey! This was a great review :)

[@kona328WH]

Good review style and presentation dude. Keep on improving

[@cristisun184]

Good memories with one of the best smartphone ever made.I still use the type c audio dongle.What a fantastic smartphone.

[@luisminervinovlog330]

awesome video bro, detailed and thorough. Subscribed!

[@MrSirnate15]

Great review!!!!!😃✊🏿

[@elvyfoster7455]

The button placement looks like it is most likely going to make it hard to place this phone in a stabilizer or gimbal mount for using the phone for video recording.

[@jeffkoe310]

Really great review!

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

Thanks for the impartial review

[@chresnasanubari1776]

Hello sir, do you not sell a htc u12+ after your review?

[@Naldynator]

Awesome reviewer! Love your style. Here's to hoping HTC fixes the button issue. Otherwise, this is an outstanding phone!

[@TheSupremeSkill]

Many here before have complained about accents, but now when we have a native speaker, it is quite difficult to separate some specific words and technical terms. I wish this reviewer could speak little slower, since we have many channels already for native English speakers. For non native speaker, it is often naturally easier to listen others who are foreign to English. About the phone: It is funny how HTC excels with the camera these days, which certainly wasn't the case some time ago, but of course they have to get something wrong, unfortunately so wrong, that I wouldn't even consider this phone over 500 €. Bulky design, no headphone adapter in the box, display is nothing special, no actual physical buttons and average battery life by flagship standards are together just no. Still nice to see HTC in the business.

[@coreygaskin6593]

Thanks TheSupremeSkill; will keep this in mind!

[@enricopascual4990]

Nice review with a bit of fresh air bro 👍. I had an m7 & m8 . The new camera set up might sway me back to htc but as u showed now the control buttons terrible😵

[@jonni556thayoutuber9]

just ordered one

[@anesutorafael]

When are they releasing the 9.0 pie updates? Planning to buy one.

[@Deveal2014]

Great review

[@DankBlank]

HTC's senseUI is one of my favorites. Doesn't look outdated on my one M9 in comparison to the S6's UI from the same era.

[@vinnieti]

Nice review, totally feel your pain on News Republic. That app needs to be abolished haha

[@Blueskytriplefive]

Vincent Cardona OMG I thought I was the only one who hated it😂😂😂

[@kamallb4650]

I have a hate love kinda relationship with that thing!

[@BossPow1]

Great amazing review

[@saezrosario2730]

This phone its a beast👌

[@armanimitchell6227]

I have the U12 Still to the Day. It's a Beautiful Device Hand's Down, Performance Still Is Smooth, Camera's Are Amazing.

[@rousepayne5903]

I have this beast! HTC U12 plus for life!!

[@ernest4483]

It's been a while since I had an HTC phone it was the M7

[@rtrey2436]

Can you turn off the squeeze feature ?

[@OmarSS87]

Yes

[@Jhihmoac]

...It's an incredible device by competitive standards, even more so to the die-hard HTC user, but it's too BIG! I've been spoiled by the HTC 10, and its still strong processing power, its size, on-board DAC, and the headphone Jack... I have never had any problems with Sense UI (agreed on NR on Blinkfeed, however) teamed with the TouchPal keyboard... I'm going to pass on this one, and keep rocking my 10...

[@BrownyTheGamer15052003]

is this a expensive squisy?

[@gerard7417]

neko kittin compared to crapples 1,000 dollar phone NO

[@BrownyTheGamer15052003]

Gerald what then? No butons..

[@elizabethkenah6482]

Definitely the hottest of phone arena’s reviewers... HMU ;)

[@ricerous330]

HTC seem to be coming back but why build such a phone in 2018 without a wireless charging, when the whole phone is glass.

[@mikldude9376]

Abu Yussif yep , and why no dedicated 3.5 mm headphone jack ? Just plain cheap. Also the squeeze feature could have been done with a simple button instead of an arkward hamfisted squeeze .

[@gerard7417]

Wireless charging is HELLA slow using a cord is much more efficient in safety and power and active noise cancellation is way better so does having no buttons prolongs the life of the phone

[@ricerous330]

Gerald Then they shouldn't have used glass, metal would've been the best.

[@tredfxman]

DUDE!! THIS IS WHY. - Wireless Charging: HURTS THE BATTERY !!! - HTC knows Exactly what they are doing here trust me....

[@ricerous330]

3DFX We also know better bcoz we are the final consumers

[@AIBustos]

Nothing special enough to take away from the competition. Very "meh" overall. Absolutely love the translucent backing though! 😍 As a child of the 90's translucent tech cases just do something for me.

[@nazmulislam4895]

no front flash, no headphone port, htc 12 life have & gl also water prove but have headphone port 💔 although no notch, that's good

[@Xtechi]

Competitive price?!!

[@bobbyroberts2566]

Lets see if HTC can fix the buttons. I heard the haptic feedback is rather bad so HTC may at least make these "buttons" more accurate to touch hopefully.

[@xMel21x]

Bobby Roberts Still using the first firmware... With a firmware improvement it can be fixed...

[@tredfxman]

Melbourne Dauz Nice to hear! Thinking on getting this here in Sweden 18 of June when its out! But the bad part for ALL Android phones is the Snapdragon 845 SOC overheats so easy when recording 4K (This is for ALL Android phones so not specific to U12+) But it seems a huge problem for Qualcomm... 4K video is not easy to push around....

[@bobbyroberts2566]

Melbourne Dauz hopefully its only software related. Otherwise, HTC is doomed with this phone

[@kamallb4650]

Drama drama.... People need to stop crying about headphone Jack.. Like some idiots talk about lack of the Jack n later they use wireless headphones...I mean wtf!... U invest in this thing n it lasts for years...n those fancy phones lag on their first year itself (y'all know about which company I'm talking about)... Htc always makes solid devices..and they ate underrated as hell!

[@gogigp]

Well, with that LCD, no 3.5, boring front, mediocre battery they will stay "underated". Bluetooth audio is really expensive, like Sony WI-1000x is around 250 to 300$, and it sounds like way better when you plug it in 3.5 ( yes it has 3.5 cable plus). That shows clearly how inferior wireless audio is while USB C is in mess and htc is mostly proprietary. So the problem isn't just that 3.5 is removed, but that it's replacements are way inferior, messy and horribly overpriced.

[@weareruledbyNarcissists]

Goran Petrovic peter chou needs to come back. He is the mastermind in htc's previous designs and exciting sense ui. Now everything is just flat and boring

[@gogigp]

abe tokii not sure it's bcs of Peter Chou missing, but htc is certainly not devoted to smartphones. It's so obvious. And it's a shame. Lg and Vivo are new htc.

[@weareruledbyNarcissists]

Goran Petrovic I think it is huawei in my opinion. Especially the strong resemblance of the mate 10 pro to the one m8

[@gogigp]

abe tokii my least favourite brand is Huawei due to worst audio on 3.5 where they kept it. Where they didn't, it's even worse. Battery life is the only advantage of Huawei phones. I also am not fun of their displays.

[@user-bv8wr3vw4x]

2:1 ratio

[@dylanpower1438]

I love my iPhone X

[@RFTDANKS]

I want a phone

[@waheediqbal7407]

htc are far better than any othrr android

[@oliverny4559]

难看死啦

[@user-vi2fp5qh4b]

(👏👍nokia nokia 😘😘 samsung👈😜

[@MegaSalsalsal]

YOUR soooo CUTE MEN...

[@elizabethkenah6482]

rowell jack macaspag yeah he’s so hot

[@DrEarbuds]

Well scripted review . Like watching a company's instructional videos

[@nader_888]

Button problem too bad

[@rahulmalhan2262]

No thanks.. I will wait for HTC 13 once it get released then I will wait for HTC 14.

[@gamersworld6992]

U11 is better than this

[@dennistetrault9832]

At one point I loved HTC phones....now they resort to stupid gimmicks and crazy colors to attract customers. Get back to basics HTC and ditch Sense it’s awful

[@DacLMK]

HTC is pretty much dead. After the One M9 they failed to deliver a good phone.

[@kona328WH]

Your talking a little too fast and a bit too scripted. Be a bit more relaxed and less mono tone.

[@anthonyt425]

kona328WH Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

[@brandenongkp]

Pass ,fail again

[@MartinHaga]

branded haha! Tell me why

[@Terrether333]

Why??

[@anthonyt425]

For the people saying why I'm assuming because it doesn't do anything better than the competition yet it cost the same, if not more.

[@kamallb4650]

Anthony Turner gawd! R u visually impaired or what?

[@anthonyt425]

Kamal LB lol

[@AntonioCunningham]

750 dollar!?! No headphones jack, no removable battery and a squeeze gimmick? Looks like HTC don't know de wae.

[@sheikhabdullah4539]

Antonio Cunningham squeeze is really useful unless you don't know how to use it

[@tredfxman]

LOL which Premium phone have a removable battery nowadays? Were not living in 18th century anymore dude...

[@AntonioCunningham]

3DFX The one I'm willing to buy. I'm not one of those suckers who buys a phone every year and battery degradation is a thing. I hate that phone OEMs listen to the moronic Tech viewers who don't even buy their own phones on what's good or bad. They don't fit everyone's use case.

[@IsiahHD]

Lmfaoooooo

[@24ecko]

True. I just bought a Huawei P20 Pro and hate that it doesn't have a headphone jack (or SD slot). I'm thinking of going back to my Huawei Mate 10.

[@lamansaid4596]

This review suck and boring ... no energy make me almost sleep .....