We have been hearing rumors that HTC’s upcoming handset, the HTC U, will feature a touch-sensitive frame. We are unclear as to how that might work or what kind of functionality it could offer. However in a recent video that surfaced, it is allegedly a teaser video for the upcoming phone that shows off the touch-sensitive frame in action.
From what we can tell, all users have to do is squeeze the sides of the phone for the feature to activate. They can then slide their finger or thumb up and down the side of the phone’s frame in order to navigate the different apps that can be launched, and tap again to launch it. Basically this is a shortcut of sorts that saves users time from poking around the screen, and also enables one-handed use.
Launching the camera via this method was one of the examples shown in the video. Now we should point out that the video was not uploaded by HTC but by a YouTube channel called Tech Tera. We can’t speak to how authentic the video was, but it does look pretty real. Either that or it is a very elaborately made concept video. Either way HTC has confirmed that the HTC U handset will be officially announced on the 16th of May, so we guess we’ll just have to wait until then to find out more.
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