Gorgeous HTC U11 Solar Red Ships with Android 7.1, Pre-Orders Are Now Live

HTC has announced today that a Solar Red variant of its HTC U11 smartphone is available for pre-order from select carriers after it teased on Twitter over the past few days.

The HTC U11 Solar Red variant of the Android phone is here to accompany the existing Brilliant Black, Amazing Silver, and Sapphire Blue flavors that the Taiwanese consumer electronics giant is offering on its online store since the launch of the device earlier this month. An Ice White HTC U11 variant should also be available.

"The liquid glass surface is crafted to impress using Optical Spectrum Hybrid Deposition. By layering highly-refractive precious minerals across the phone’s back cover, we’ve created stunningly vivid new colors that transform light with every movement you make," says HTC on the product's web page.

Shipping with Google's Android 7.1 (Nougat) mobile operating system the new HTC U11 series is a 5.5-inch (1440 x 2560) smartphone that features a Super LCD5 capacitive touchscre...