Test: HTC U12 Life | mobile

Compared to HTC, HTC has a fairly modest presence in the Swedish market. You are selling the top model U12 Plus and this mid-range model for just over 3,000 crowns.
HTC has been known for its luxurious quality feel for quite some time and so you can not expect an acrylic plastic phone like this. There are certainly more luxurious phones with glass or metal backs in this price range, but some people actually prefer plastic as a material that does not spread as easily as glass and ages with more dignity than metal. The plaster has a ribbed pattern that gives a little more grip and a little character on the phone.

We noted a mini-trend with mobile phones with a small energy-saving chipset associated with an extra-large battery, which gives phones that last longer. This category includes Moto G6 Play, Nokia 2, Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite and this briefcase. If anything, I think HTC could have given the phone a little more battery at the expense of thickness and weight. However, we can still say that the life of the battery is the power of the phone.

The performance is also good. The phone is not very fast and you notice delays in the browsers, but for the price range, it's fast. You also get a wide and thin high definition screen, which may have a bit of low maximum brightness, but is also excellent. HTC does not have a sensor panel that comes in at the top of the screen, but I still think you get the right screen compared to the surface of the phone.
The fingerprint reader is located at the back of the phone, slightly up to my tastes, making it difficult to seize the hand.

Working memory and storage capacity are also reasonable for the price tag. The camera, on the other hand, is not something to boast about. The camera images are very clear in daylight, even if the contrasts are difficult to obtain, so that the darkness becomes too dark. In low light conditions, the camera is not so impressive and zooming on the images, it is also seen that the reproduction of the details is not in the upper class.

The HTC U11 Life predecessor was part of the Android One program. This means that it has Google's own Android version without system submission and that, with the help of Google, it guarantees at least two major system updates and updates. every three years.

U12 Life, by contrast, has the Android version of HTC with the Sense interface. However, I am alone to wish that he has Android One. HTC has changed the appearance and changed the settings in Android, but I never know if it adds anything, and I do not think HTC has added features memorable to the system.

Overall, the HTC U12 Life seems to be a reasonably well-balanced phone for the price range, which means it does not look particularly positive or negative. I think it's nice to use every day, but I might wish something that makes the phone stand out a bit more. The battery life is the closest, but here are the above mentioned Motorola and Xiaomi competitors with similar prices that do an even better job.

Example of the camera image

Contrasting images have trouble with the camera.