Snapdragon 835 phone won’t be announced by

HTC at MWC one is coming later this year, the

company promises. It’s now looking likely that the
HTC 11 will instead feature the Snapdragon 821.
Chialin Chang, president of smartphones
and connected devices at HTC, told TBreak:
“When we will look back, it will be clear why HTC
introduced (the U Ultra). We want to have a couple
of months of leadership before the next flagship
CPU comes. But that will be in another period of
time - not at MWC. Not for us or any other player.
I can tell you that for sure.”

What will HTC’s new handset be called?

There’s a bunch of stories on the web right now
suggesting there won’t be an HTC 11. So let’s
clear that up: the phone that has previously been
rumoured to launch as the HTC 11 will still launch,
but it simply won’t be called the HTC 11. HTC is
shaking up its naming system.
President of smartphone and connected
devices business, Chialin Chang, has confirmed
to Engadget that the HTC 11 will be announced
but that it will go under a new name.
It’s very likely that the HTC 11 will be renamed
as the HTC U or HTC U Vive. The HTC U family
unveiled on 12 January is now the company’s
premiere smartphone series, according to HTC. It
includes an HTC U Ultra, also known as the HTC
Ocean Note, while the HTC 11 expected at MWC
is known as the HTC Ocean. This suggests the
U Ultra is the phablet of that line-up, the U Play
the mid-range model and the HTC 11 could be the
flagship. It could even be known as the HTC U

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