HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4?

**smooth3006** · 03-16-2013, 12:18 AM

Same boat here, I'm torn at this point. The only downfall for the one is it doesn't ship with 4.2.

**Will Rosario** · 03-16-2013, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by Mellimel22

My new 4.2.2 radios is rock solid. Hell even my 4.1 stock radios was good. I avg about 3mb of lte in my basement in Chicago. I basically want the s4 because of the hardware. 1.9 quad looks awesome.

Yeah the 1.9 quad looks awesome alright, meanwhile on the Verge's first hands on at the event the S4 was lagg central. unacceptable for a flagship phone. in every single video ive seen on the HTC One everything is smooth and fluid, with no lag in sight.

**Ayy Pii** · 03-16-2013, 03:43 AM

Ive never been a fan of htc phones. Too many problems with my friends phones. I always wanted to get the s3 but now that the s4 is here i might settle for that when i am due for my upgrade

**LIU S** · 03-16-2013, 08:09 PM

**Charles Lambton** · 03-16-2013, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by LIU S

holy... I cringed when I watched that but that's amazing that it just rubbed off.

**BEARD GANG** · 03-16-2013, 10:26 PM

Does the one have a notification light and do we get options to change its colours

**kevinnugent** · 03-17-2013, 04:57 AM

It has an LED. And apps can change the colours.

**BEARD GANG** · 03-17-2013, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by kevinnugent

It has an LED. And apps can change the colours.

Is there no htc settings for it rather than third party ones.. Wat colours does it have

**So Cold** · 03-17-2013, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by kevinnugent

It has an LED. And apps can change the colours.

Are you sure? I know it has a notification light but as far as changing the colors go htc had not done that in the recent past

Sent from my Note 2

**tygger27** · 03-17-2013, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Treesham

tough call for me, but it's definitely going to be one or the other. i LOVED my Evo 4G, which i got on launch day. as it got older, however, it had an odd "memory leak", and that disappointment me. i upgraded to the S2, which i have enjoyed, but not loved, and now am extremely disappointed in and frustrated with because of the AWFUL battery life and the somewhat fried charging system as a result of some bad updates last summer.

so, it's a dilemma for me, because i've been reading great things about both. i use my phone a ton, and use data a ton, so i suppose battery life between charges is one of the most important things to me. i guess i'll wait and see how the various testing goes, and make a decision from there.

**tygger27** · 03-17-2013, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by smooth3006

all i know is almost every review ive seen on the htc one is positive minus blinkfeed being useless.

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if you mean multitasking then yes. if you mean multiview then i don't think so, that's a note 2 feature.

Was talking about multi view. Looks like this is a software feature of jelly bean, so I'm thinking both devices should be able to do it.

**androidluvr2** · 03-20-2013, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by GNexROC

Whats the consensus on HTC radio quality?

Better than Samsung's, worse than Motorola's.

**dpham00** · 03-20-2013, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by androidluvr2

Better than Samsung's, worse than Motorola's.

Imo, my thunderbolt radio was way worse than any other phone I ever had. And I had multiple replacements, all with the same problem.

My note 2 seems better than my RAZR maxx, Rezound.
Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

**mclarryjr** · 03-20-2013, 04:03 PM

My thunderbolt had a much better radio then my Gnex and now my DNA blows them both out of the water.

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**chronic illusionz** · 03-20-2013, 04:13 PM

Verizon isn't getting the One so this makes my choice a little easier.

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**Alex trebek** · 03-20-2013, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by chronic illusionz

Verizon isn't getting the One so this makes my choice a little easier.

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This just pisses me off. I am a longtime verizon and htc user. This is the second awesome phone I haven't gotten because of verizon (n4) maybe switching to tmo but I guess I'll just deal with it

Sent from my HTC Rhyme

**Highrisedrifter** · 03-20-2013, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by chronic illusionz

Verizon isn't getting the One so this makes my choice a little easier.

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Originally Posted by Alex trebek

This just pisses me off. I am a longtime verizon and htc user. This is the second awesome phone I haven't gotten because of verizon (n4) maybe switching to tmo but I guess I'll just deal with it

Sent from my HTC Rhyme

Don't give up hope. It may yet come to Verizon. It seems that allegedly (and I mean allegedly) the HTC One is 'undergoing testing' with Verizon.

- posted 20 March 1300 GMT

**dpham00** · 03-20-2013, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by mclarryjr

My thunderbolt had a much better radio then my Gnex and now my DNA blows them both out of the water.

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Just about anything would beat them... That isn't saying much. The gnex was built to Google specs

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

**Alex trebek** · 03-20-2013, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Highrisedrifter

Don't give up hope. It may yet come to Verizon. It seems that allegedly (and I mean allegedly) the HTC One is 'undergoing testing' with Verizon.

- posted 20 March 1300 GMT

The thought of this brings me hope. You are a good man, thank you

Sent from my HTC Rhyme

**Fhenrus** · 03-21-2013, 01:19 AM

Do you think One's Blinkfeed will be removable? I'm excited on trying it, but I will surely want to wipe it out if I don't like/use it.

**BigDinCA** · 03-21-2013, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Fhenrus

Do you think One's Blinkfeed will be removable? I'm excited on trying it, but I will surely want to wipe it out if I don't like/use it.

It's been discussed ad naseum, but no - you can't remove BlinkFeed from Sense. You can set a different screen to be the homescreen and BlinkFeed will be relegated to one of the others off to the side. And you can disable any feeds to it so it doesn't really do anything at all. But, as of right now, it will always take up some real estate.

And if it gets boring here waiting for the release, there's always some late night geek-reading: