HTC's 'U Ultra' flagship phone pairs AI with a secondary screen

Last year, HTC's flagship 10 smartphone won plenty of accolades -- we liked it because the company bucked the gimmicks and built a no-nonsense device that was excellent in its own right. With a new year comes a new flagship, though, and this time HTC is taking a very different approach. Meet the HTC U Ultra, a peculiar little machine that'll feel at least a little familiar to fans of other high-end smartphones. When we say "familiar," though, we're not talking about the phone's design and materials. In fact, the U Ultra's look is unlike any in recent memory. Some of HTC's usual design flourishes, like the pill-shaped fingerprint sensor and the centered UltraPixel camera are still here, but designers traded the usual aluminum look for a finish that looks almost liquid.