HTC U Play deals and reviews

What the critics say (scores are out of 100)

90	Australian PC World | Nick Ross The HTC U Play is less divisive than its big brother. It's easier to use, does everything well and represents great value. Read full review
83	NotebookCheck | Florian Wimmer HTC has built a stylish, relatively solid mid-range handset. Ultimately, HTC's U Play is a solid mid-range smartphone, but the competition now offers more. Read full review
80	The Mobile Indian | Nirupam Manik HTC U Play is certainly a new approach from HTC in the smartphone space. The U Play does bank heavily on the new aesthetics and the software coupled with a decent camera. Read full review
80	NDTV Gadgets | Roydon Cerejo The HTC U Play is a neat little device with striking looks and smooth all-round performance. The real kickers, though, are the price of this phone and the budget-class processor that HTC has used. Read full review
70	phoneArena | Daniel P. The HTC U Play offers a very pleasant design to look and hold, a simple but functional interface, and decent picture and video capture abilities. The U Play ticks all the boxes in its segment, save for a few camera mishaps, so if you are pleased with its premium design, and don't mind paying a bit extra, it's a nice choice in the midrange category. Read full review
70	TechRadar | John McCann The HTC U Play is a solid Android smartphone. It has enough grunt under the hood, a decent display, strong cameras and smart bundled earbuds – but it's a package which feels like it's missing something. Read full review
60	S21 The HTC U Play is a mid-range phone that's priced too high and comes with a list of problems. It's not a phone we can recommend. Read full review
60	The Inquirer | Holly Brockwell Overall, the HTC U Play is fine. On the plus side, it looks stylish and takes good photos that look particularly bright on its HD display. However, its performance is on the slower side of average, the battery doesn't last the day, it's slippery as heck and it doesn't have a headphone port. Read full review
60	Trusted Reviews | Max Parker It looks and feels great, but mid-range insides and a few stand-out problems make the HTC U Play a tough sell at the price... The HTC U Play is a good phone that's let down on three counts. Its camera is often far too laggy, some games don't run that well, and the battery life isn't good enough. Some won't like HTC's decision to kill the headphone jack, either. Read full review
60	Recombu | Chris Barraclough The HTC U Play is a mixed bag unfortunately, and very much lurks in the shadows of rivals Read full review

Compare HTC U Play specs side-by-side with other phones COMPARE SPECS

Dimensions & Form	Form factor: Touchscreen bar Dimensions 145.99 x 72.9 x 7.99 mm (5.75 x 2.87 x 0.31 in) Weight: 145 g (5.11 oz)
Screen	Size: 5.2 inches diagonal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels Screen Density: 424 ppi Screen-to-Body Ratio: 70 % Display Type: Super LCD capacitive touchscreen
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Performance	Chipset: Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10 CPU: Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.1 GHz Cortex-A53) GPU: Mali-T860MP2 RAM: 4GB
Camera	Main Camera: 16 megapixels with dual-tone LED flash Secondary Camera: 16 megapixels
Storage	Built-in Storage: 32GB Expandable Storage: Micro SD
Battery & Charging	Capacity: 2500 mAh Removable Battery: No Wireless Charging: No Quick Charge: Yes (v2)
SIM standard	Nano SIM Compare SIM Only deals
Water & Dust Resistance	Not Available
Fingerprint Reader	Front
References & More info	Official website GSMArena specs page

Photos taken with the HTC U Play

We've used Flickr to find a selection of pictures taken by the HTC U Play camera. Here is a selection of photos taken by users from around the world so you can see what kind of picture quality you can expect from real-world use of the HTC U Play.

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