You'll want to squeeze HTC's new flagship phone, and not because it's adorable

Weird phone features are back again.

The last few years have seen phone makers largely dump fun little gimmicks in favor of refining the basics: design, display, performance, and battery life.

Nothing wrong with a solid all-around phone, but that's also why people think phones are boring. You now what's not boring? HTC's new flagship, the HTC U 11. Why? Two words: squeezable sides.

Though HTC already launched two flagship Android phones this year — the disappointing HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play — the company's new HTC U 11 is the direct successor to last year's HTC 10. Read more...