HTC U11: A surprise package with squeeze functionality and a quality camera

The last few metres of the journey to HTC's glossily efficient, sci-fi white Taipei HQ are a lolloping dash through puddles and driving showers under grey umbrellas – HTC-branded, of course. Inside, the central atrium (cooled by the natural flow of air rather than aircon, I'm told) is dominated by a huge video screen that is playing a video loop of ketchup being squeezed, a bulging bicep being squeezed, a rubber toy being squeezed, a… well, you get the idea. I'm here to see the new HTC U11, a mobile phone that you can squeeze. In the next 40 minutes, execs from the Taiwanese manufacturer describe why squeezing the sides of a mobile is a natural gesture that adds innovative functionality to the new handset. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.