HTC U that is codenamed as HTC Ocean will be finally unveiled in the coming month.

At the start of the year, HTC introduced its new U series of smartphones with the launch of HTC U Ultra and U Play. However, none of these feature flagship specs. Popular leakster, Evan Blass has been spilling leaked information on an alleged HTC flagship phone called HTC U.

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HTC has now released media invites for May 16 launch event. The invite does not directly mention the arrival of HTC U, but it carries the letter U indicate that the HTC U is arriving next month. The invite says that the launch event will begin at 2 PM in Taipei. The unveil event will kick off at 2 AM in New York and 7 PM in London, Gizmo China reported.

The Taiwanese company has also released a tweet carrying a short video clip which shows a hand pressing the touch-sensitive sides of the phone. Previous rumors have revealed that the HTC U will come be coming with a touch-sensitive frame called Edge Sensors, Playful Droid reported.

A leaked video that surfaced earlier this year revealed that by pressing the Edge Sensor of the phone, users can access functions of the phone. Speculations are rife that the HTC U will not be featuring any physical buttons.

According to leaked information, the HTC U is rumored to come with a 5.5-inch quad HD screens. It is powered by Snapdragon 835 chipset. The 4 GB RAM variant of the phone is pegged to include 64 GB storage whereas the 6 GB RAM model is speculated to come with 128 GB storage.

It will be running on Android 7.1 Nougat OS and Sense 9 UI. It will be featuring a 12-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing shooter of 16-megapixel. It will be packed with a 3,000 mAh capacity battery.