3Dee
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@rion_j Ha! hadn't seen that before! Just confirms my post above I think - I'd use precisely none of those features, whereas the HTC One features are perfect for me, so very much each to their own.
I currently have an iPhone 5, and I am switching from my 5 to my first Android phone next month (May). The HUGE problem is that I can't decide between the HTC one and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Day to day, I keep going back and forth between which phone I am going to get. I adore the One's insane speakers and great build quality and dislike the "Ultrapixel" camera , while I love the GS4's beautiful 13MP camera, multiple software features, Touchwiz, and the fact that they made a smaller, thinner, and lighter device while giving it a bigger display. Can I get help choosing between the two greatest Android phones for at least the first half 2013!
1. How can you judge build quality on a phone you don't have?
2. More than likely Samsung will have the better build quality as well as support for longer
3.the Samsung does more, with the same processor, but clocked faster. Doing more with a faster processor =better
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I think it is well recognized even among Samsung loyalist that the HTC One is built from more premium materials in that aluminum is more premium than plastic. I do not have to have it or even touch it to know that one is more premium than the other.
That said that is not the total picture, but for some it is. Not to mention the one speaker deal is getting old. How hard is it to put dual speakers on the galaxy line? Now that I have had a phone with sealed battery and no SD card (only 16GB to boot), I would not hesitate to try a phone with those features while in the past I would not have. I can't speak to sense because I have only had touch wiz and vanilla.
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All so uneducated about SD cards and battery. Please go read anandtech review and learn something about removable sd cards and how batteries really work.
I wanted to get a S4 but i started reading about all the gimmicky features and I found only one that might really be useful. The ability to wear gloves. All the other features did what they were supposed to do. Drag you into buying the phone, using it a couple of times and then turning them off. The screen while 1080p is not as good as the One's screen. Sound...don't even bother. Camera in low light please...not even close. Day pictures are good, not great but I can live with the trade off. CPU speed is a bit faster but nothing outlandish or brag worthy.
HTC One is plenty fast. Give me something more solid guys! 4.2.2 jellybean vs. 4.1.2 JB really. I may sound biased to HTC one but I just want it to be a fair fight. Everyone is so trained too love Sammy and there marketing dollars. The Note is a solid device, which i like very much.
Let's put it this way. The One must be raising some real concerns as Sammy just got busted paying off college kids to talk nasty about the One and there going to get fined. It's why there next flagship is going to be aluminum, get my drift. Anyways, buy away buy away buy away robots. I believe HTC will win top phone this year followed by whatever Google is doing and then S4.
Like I said before, the s4.
Same cpu but clocked higher, more features, more than likely a better build quality (if history is any indicator), better camera in better light situations, more support
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Better build materials yes you can tell that, but better build quality you can't tell from just looking at it.
HTC has historically had poor build quality with a lot of their phones. Problems like batteries losing to much of a charge over time, charging ports poorly soldered on and coming loose, parts falling off (also saw that the speaker grill on the one isn't very good), that isn't good build quality.
Build quality is how well the phone is built, not what material it's built from
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All so uneducated about SD cards and battery. Please go read anandtech review and learn something about removable sd cards and how batteries really work.
I wanted to get a S4 but i started reading about all the gimmicky features and I found only one that might really be useful. The ability to wear gloves. All the other features did what they were supposed to do. Drag you into buying the phone, using it a couple of times and then turning them off. The screen while 1080p is not as good as the One's screen. Sound...don't even bother. Camera in low light please...not even close. Day pictures are good, not great but I can live with the trade off. CPU speed is a bit faster but nothing outlandish or brag worthy.
HTC One is plenty fast. Give me something more solid guys! 4.2.2 jellybean vs. 4.1.2 JB really. I may sound biased to HTC one but I just want it to be a fair fight. Everyone is so trained too love Sammy and there marketing dollars. The Note is a solid device, which i like very much.
Let's put it this way. The One must be raising some real concerns as Sammy just got busted paying off college kids to talk nasty about the One and there going to get fined. It's why there next flagship is going to be aluminum, get my drift. Anyways, buy away buy away buy away robots. I believe HTC will win top phone this year followed by whatever Google is doing and then S4.
Personal Opinion
I never really liked HTC's. Ever since the Evo, they just werent all that. It was like a basic phone with a good design
the HTC One is an improvement, but just doesn't catch me enough to want it compared to the S4
The HTC camera is bad, and they have always been bad (well the Evo was decent)
The speakers are a plus though, the stereo sound, but I use headphones or connect my phone to external speakers most of the time
Also the lack of a MicroSD Card and removable battery is a HUGE miss...try using a phone with a removable battery trust me you will see what i mean
I love the new HTC UI, much better than the last one
Also I use my camera a LOT, and the HTC One just doesnt do it for me with features, and quality. Dual mode camera is such a win to me
I do wish the GS4 had a better design, was disappointed that it looked just like the S3, but I'm gonna throw a Spigen Neo case which looks just amazing!
HTC One. Better screen, better sound quality, better build quality (if the actual phone is any indicator), nicer overlay, more dev support, better camera in low light.
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The lack of sd and sealed battery are not as big a deal since having a nexus although I would prefer at least 32 GB. At first I though the wireless charging is gimmicky but it is actually handy to just lay your phone on a charging mat so the sealed battery is not an issue.
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