[HTC U11  Guides, News, & Discussion] 10basetom:
I've been using the Lenovo P2 as my daily driver for about six months in Asia before returning to the States. Sprint was kind enough to replace my HTC Mogul with the HTC U11 for free (via TEP), so I've been using the U11 for the past two weeks.

Here are my first out-of-the-box impressions of the U11 compared to the P2, in no particular order:

- No vibrate toggle

- No cast toggle

- No screenshot toggle

- Touchscreen too sensitive (had to disable keyboard glide typing)

- Touchscreen seems unreliable (sometimes my taps don't register, so I have to switch hands; may be caused by sweat, so related to previous point)

- Prone to hit app switch button when swiping down on right (e.g., while playing Onirim)

- Weak or wonky Wi-Fi (placed U11 next to P2 and U11 was not able to connect while P2 had stable connection)

- BoomSound mode notification would sometimes show

- Location disabled icon always displayed

- No built-in app cloning (Parallel Space can't clone Skype Lite)

- Doesn't last as long (not even close)

- No headphone jack

- Slippery in the hands (like a bar of soap)

- No physical switch to convert into dumbphone (prolly my fav feature on P2)

- Blacks are not as black (P2 is Super AMOLED)

- Only one SIM slot (you won't appreciate this until you go abroad)

- The power button and volume rocker are way too stiff (on the P2 the home button is too stiff)

- No running processes view in Settings / Apps

- No vibrate on call connect option

- Capacitive buttons stay on for three seconds

- "If Wi-Fi isn't working, try opening your browser to connect" toast

- No FM radio (for now)

+ Better camera

+ Better sound when recording

+ Better audio (I guess?)

+ USB Type-C

+ Android 7.1.1 (P2 has 7.0.0)

+ Faster updates (so far)

+ Soon to get BT 5.0 (not useful now, but more future-proof)

+ Thinner and a little lighter

+ Better looking

+ Gorilla Glass 5 (P2 has GG 3)

+ Faster app switching (in P2 you have to long-press home button)

+ Everything looks sharper thanks to the 2K display (P2 is "only" 1080)

+ Twice the storage (P2 also comes in 4GB RAM / 64GB storage model)

+ Edge Sense makes a lot of sense

+ Dust- and water-proof (IP67 certified)

+ Night mode automatically turns off in the morning

Both phones have very light skins and little bloatware, so they are almost like stock. In terms of performance, both phones feel about the same even though one has the almighty SD835 and the other a thrifty SD625. Yeah, I was surprised, too. Even the gaming experience was more or less the same: both games played Elder Scrolls Legends just fine and both stuttered while playing Angry Birds Evolution. I can't decide whether the SD625 is that impressive, the SD835 is not all that, we've crossed the point of diminishing returns for mobile SoC performance, or a combination thereof.

All in all, I'm not too impressed with HTC's latest flagship. Considering it's about 3x the cost of the P2, I would say I'm more productive on the P2, largely thanks to the ginormous 5,100 mAh battery but also because it gets most of the small stuff that matters to me right. The three things that the U11 is better at (taking photos, recording videos, playing music) are not that important to me, but they may be for you. If I hadn't have gotten the U11 for free, I would most likely be returning it. In fact, I might still sell it when the Pixel 2 comes out just so I can move to Project Fi (I travel abroad often, and Sprint sucks for that).