The HTC U Play is a mid-range Android smartphone manufactured and sold by

HTC HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...

as part of the

HTC U series The HTC U series is a line of upper mid-range and high-end flagship Android smartphones developed and produced by HTC. The first phones in the series, the HTC U Play and the HTC U Ultra, were announced in January 2017. The HTC U series is the ...

. It was announced alongside the HTC U Ultra on January 12, 2017.

Specifications

Hardware

The HTC U Play features a curved glass back with an aluminum frame. It includes a non-removable 2500 mAH battery and a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with Gorilla Glass. It comes with either 3 GB RAM and 32 GB of storage or 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of storage. The HTC U Play also supports a microSD card.

Software

The HTC U Play shipped with

Android 6.0 Marshmallow Android Marshmallow ( codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system developed by Google, being the successor to Android Lollipop. It was announced at Google I/O on May 28, 2015, and release ...

with the

HTC Sense HTC Sense is a software suite developed by HTC, used primarily on the company's Android-based devices. Serving as a successor to HTC's TouchFLO 3D software for Windows Mobile, Sense modifies many aspects of the Android user experience, incor ...

UI.

Release

The device was released on March 1, 2017 in the

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and on March 8, 2017 in Australia. The device was also released in some other countries around the globe.

References

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